Special Interest Tours (Flora & Fauna Tours)

Special Interest Tours
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PS.No.	Products	Places	Season	Remarks
FLORA & FAUNA TOURS :
1	Langtang National Park	32 Km North of Kathmandu	Spring	Ideal for Himalayan Wildlife & Bird Watching, including different kinds of birds of prey, Snow-Patridges, Pheasants & other colourful birds as Robin Redstart, Finch etc.
2	Royal Chitwan National Park	Chitwan	Throughout the Year	One of the best national parks enlisted in the World Heritage Sites. It has a large concentration of Bengal tigers, one horned Rhino, bison, bear, Ghariyal & 489 Bird species.
3	Everest National Park	Everest	Throughout the year	1148 sq. km, wilderness area & consist of rich wildlife including Himalayan tahr, ghoral, musk deer, weasel & black bear, wolf, lynx and snow leopard. This national park is also famous for Sherpa community. It is also included in World Heritage Sites.
4	Shey Phoksundo National Park	Mugu & Dolpa	April - November	The largest National Park covering an area of 3555 sq. km. . Full of virgin forests harbouring one of the world's best habitat of snow-leopard, blue-sheep, ghoral,musk deer, wolf and other wildlife. Also known as hidden valley of crystal mountain.
5	Royal Bardia National Park	Bardia	October - April	This National Park includes some of the last remainings of grassland that once covered much of the Gangetic Plains. Bardia is the home o f wide varieties of animals such as deers, ungulates, monkeys & wild elephants.
6	Rara National Park	Jumla	Feb - Apr, Oct - Nov.	One of the smallest National Park but scenic and covers one of the beautiful corniferous forests. This National Park is named after pristine lake Rara which is the bigges lake in Nepal.
7	Khaptad National Park	Doti, Bajang, Bajura, Accham	Mar-Apr, Oct-Nov.	Khaptad is a plateau of grass land & forest at an elevation of about 3000 mtr.
8	Makalu Barun National Park	Sankhuwasabha	Mar-Apr, Oct-Nov.	It has some of the richest & most unique pockets of plants & animals in Nepal, elsewhere lost to spreading human habitation. Wildlife includes Red Panda, Clouded leopard, black bear etc.Arun river system contains 84 varieties of fish.
9	Sukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve	Mahendra Nagar, Kanchanpur,	October - April	This reserve is one of the last remaining habitat for threatened animals like hispid hare and pygmy hog. This is an important habitat for swamp deer, blue bull, porcupine, hog deer etc.
10	Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve	Rukum , Baglung, Myagdi	Spring - Autumn	This reserve is one of the prime habitats of Blue-sheep, a highly priced trophey animal. Controlled hunting is allowed with proper licence & in certain seasons of the year.
11	Annapurna Conservation Area	Mount Annapurna Region	Throughout the year	This place is recognised as a natural paradise. Upper sub-alpine forest harboures rare animals such as leopards & Blue-sheep. This conservation area is an exemplerary destination for eco-tourism.
12	Shivapuri Watershed Management & Wildlife Reserve	12 Km North of Kathmandu	February -March / Autumn	* 14,487 ha. Altitudanal range 1,366 m - 2732 m , 149 Bird species, * Ideal for camping, * Scenic views.
13	Phulchoki Hill Tour	16 Km South of Kathmandu	Throuhout the year except June - August	2760m, Godawari Botanical Garden at the Foothills, Snow in Feb - Mar, Richest for bird life, * 256 Species recorded. One of the best bird watching spots in Kathmandu valley.