Special Interest Tours (Nature)

Special Interest Tours
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S.No.	Products	Places	Season	Remarks
NATURE TOURS:
1	Orchids, Blue-puppies and other wild flowers	Jumla, Shanischare, Bharatpur, Trishuli, Shivapuri, Hetauda, Mypokhari, Milke, Godawari, Tansen, Dhorpatan, Khaptad, Makalu, Gosainkunda.	March - May	Require special conservation care.
2	Eidelweilss - National Flower of Austria. Endangered in Austria but available in Nepal.	Gosaikunda, Langtang, Dolpa	August /Late Monsoon	Require special conservation care.
3	Snow Leopard Trek (Including Himalayan Thar & Bluesheep Marmod and other highland mammals & birds,).	Annapurna, Dolpa, Mugu, Barun Valley.	All seasons excepting winter	Require special conservation care. Difficult to spot snow-leopard.
4	Red Panda Trek including musk-deer, blood-pheasants	Lang Tang (Difficult to spot)	All seasons excepting winter	Require special conservation care. Sighting of Red -Panda is rare.
5	Fossil Hunting	Shivalik, Chure Range, Thak Khola	All seasons	Collection of fossils is prohibited.
6	Cave Culture Tourism	Mustang Jomsom	All seasons	Special permit is required.
7	Angling	Natural Lakes, Rivers & Ponds	All seasons excepting winter	Special permit is required.
8	Honey Hunting	Lower Larky Bhot, Annapurna Region	Autumn / Spring	Special guide is required.
9	Wet Land Bird Watching	Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Lumbini	September / March	Oct-March ideal for watching water-birds.
10	Butterfly	Lumbini, Chitwan National Park	July
11	Photographic Expedition	Throughout the country	Monsoon	Dramatic visual Effect of snow- capped mountains immediately after the monsoon rain.
12	Migratory Birds	Koshi tappu Wildlife Reserve, Rara National Park, Karnali, Mahakali, Jomsom, Jumla	During Winter in Terai & April - October in Himalayan Region	Nature guide required.
13	Alpine Meadows Tour	Trans Himalayan Region & other northern high altitude regions	Early June	Open grassland & meadows dotted with Primulas, Poppies,Buttercups, Potentilas, Saxifragus, Edelweisses, etc.
14	Apsuwa valley	Sankhuwasabha District, Altitude of 2500 m	Spring	Four days walk from Tumlingtar air strip. Lush green pristime forests with white Magnolias, golden Michelias,Carmine Cherries & only surviving species of Tetracentron sinense. Flight to Biratnagar & take 7 hr drive to Basantpur.7 Days walk from Basantpur.
15	Arun Valley Trip	Hills & Mountains of upper areas of Tamur & Arun rivers.	Late March to Mid June	Flight to Biratnagar. Drive to Basantapur(2500). Less than a week trek to site to witness 25 species of rare rhododendrons.
16	Koshi Tappu(Paradise for water - birds)	Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve / Sunsari District	October to end of March	Flight to Biratnagar. One hr drive surface transport facility available.
17	Crane Watch	Jomsom / Mustang	September last week till Mid October	This is an ideal place to sight the migratory cranes. Flight to Pokhara & Four-five days trekking to reach Jomsom.
18	Monkey Watch	Swayambhu, Pashupatinath	All seasons.	Watching the behaviour of Rhesus monkeys (Temple Monkeys) is amusing & popular pasttime for the visitors. Regular Earth-Watch & John Hopkins University groups visit Nepal for monkey watch.
19	Pheasant Watch	Pipa - Annapurna region	All seasons	Pipar is a small reserve situated in the south - east of Annapurna conservation area. In this area there are more than seven different kinds of pheasant.
20	Sarus Crane Tour	Lumbini & Kapilvastu Districts.	Monsoon	Require special conservation care.
21	Wildlife Safari	Chitwan National Park	Throughout the year	All facilities available.