Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival at Bardia National Park and cultural program
Fly to Nepalgunj Airport (KEP) from where an Osho World Adventure representative will pick you and transfer you to the jungle lodge. Visit to nearest Tharu village and cultural program.
Day 2: Visits to wildlife centers and jungle nature walk
You will wake up early in the morning and have breakfast. Then you'll go for a visit to the visitor center, crocodile breeding center, and Tharu cultural museum. After lunch, you will continue for the jungle nature walk.
Day 3: Tiger tracking, bird watching, and jeep safari
Today you will go for tiger tracking and bird watching. After lunch, you will continue the jungle tour with jeep safari.
Day 4: Rafting
Wake up and breakfast before driving to rafting point to start rafting. A packed lunch will be provided. Raft back to jungle lodge for dinner and briefing about next day's program.
Day 5: Dolphin watching and departure
Today, you will go to Karnali River for dolphin sightseeing, After lunch, you will fly back to Kathmandu.
Birdwatching
Nepal is indeed a paradise for birds with over 800 species recorded representing 10% of the world’s population in just a tiny fraction of the earth’s land mass.
Just to list a few: eight species of stork, six species of pheasant, 17 species of cuckoo, 3 species of crow, cormorant, egret, black ibis, eagle, falcon, duck, chukar, partridge, sarus crane, lapwing pigeon, bengal green pigeon, dove, parakeet, koel cuckoo, owl, vulture, peafowl, red jungle fowl, swallow, black drong, blue jay, wood pecker, black-headed shrike, common myna, red-vented bulbul, paradise flycatcher, brahminy duck, house sparrow, red mania, and hawk.
The opportunity to see these and other birds will make your trip a memorable and enjoyable one. These trips also provide panoramic mountain views, glimpses of wild animals, and exposure to the local people’s culture and traditions.
Rafting
Rafting in Nepal is another thrilling and adventurous activity. Lined with high-rise mighty snow-capped mountains in the north, Nepal boasts many water bodies including the perenial rivers. The mighty mountains have given birth to scores of rivers that flow gushing through the river valleys crashing down in the Terai and meandering through it.
These rivers lined with lush green forests, terraced feilds and ethnic life-styled villages on the way offer one of the best destination for white water rafting in Nepal.
There is a popular perception that rafting is an sporting event and requires special skills and some sort of training to do. However, there are rivers in Nepal in which you can do rafting without any training and even if you are not a sporty person.
The difficulty level of rafting varies from very easy to very challenging. Likewise, the length of the rafting trips also range from one day to over a week.
