Bardia national park is a wonderful and adventurous tour of Nepal specially for jungle walk to sight Tiger. It lies in the southern plains and borders with Karnali river in the west and Siwalik hills in the north. Babai river passes through the national park. This park spread 968 square km area in Mid-Western Region. This park is connected with Banke National Park. The park gives a vibrant combination of flora and fauna . It is a home of the endangered Bengal Tigers.
If you think to experience Bardia National Park , do not be worry. We do organize three to five days package tour to Bardia National Park. This will provide you enough opportunities to discover the national park in different ways. This trip is possible to do within short day. You can do jungle walk, hire a bicycle or a motorcycle to experience the beautiful place.
Bardia is home of 650 species of animals, 400 species of bird and 125 species of fish. The protected area has rare animals such as Bengal tigers, one-horned rhino, Gangetic dolphin, swamp deer, and wild elephant. You meet friendly Tharu people, join their activities such as dancing and cooking, typical ethnic dishes. You will get standard hotel nearby national park.
Nature lovers can join Bardia National Park tour package with family, couple and friends.This is a cheap package tour. You may either take a short flight from Kathmandu and also take a bus to the Bardia National Park.
The flight takes around an hour to reach Nepalgunj Airport. From the Airport, you will have to drive two hours to reach the entry point of the national park. It also takes 11 to 12 hour by bus from Kathmandu to Bardia. Buses ply from Gongabu bus park in Kathmandu and cover around 580 km.
Trip Itinerary
Day 01Kathmandu to Bardia(520km, 8-9 hours drive)
520 km, 8/9 hours BB Plan-Breakfast Standard Accommodation hotel in Bardia
Drive or fly to Nepaljung. By Flight Kathmandu to Nepalgunj is an hour flight and then 60 km for 2 hours drive to Bardia National Park. Drive either by private car or by deluxe bus for 8-9 hours, leaves in the afternoon and arrive in Barida early in the morning. Rest or take a tour like bird watching, visitor's center or village tour.
Day 02Bardia National Park Tour
Full day Sightseeing AP Plan- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Standard Accommodation hotel in Bardia
Morning, go for an elephant ride, come back and have breakfast. Explore the jungle on foot looking for Tiger, Rhino, wild elephants and exotic brid life.
Day 03Bardia Tour
Full day Sightseeing AP Plan- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Standard Accommodation hotel in Bardia
Jeep Safari and visit Elephnat breeding center.
Day 04Barida to Kathmandu.
1 hour by flight/520 km, 8/9 hours BB Plan-Breakfast Standard Accommodation hotel in Kathmandu
Bird watching trip in the morning and then departure after breakfast.
What's included?
Full fledged Cost
- Airport transfer - hotel/airport/hotel
- Twin sharing standard hotel accommodation with breakfast in Kathmandu before and after trek we can book only on your request.
Elementary Cost
- Private vehicles transportation/ Tourist Bus service for all tour destination
- In case of emergency or as per yours request flight cost of Kathmandu-Nepalgunj
- Entrance fee in sightseeing area
- English Speaking guide and all his expenses like salary & allowance.
- All government taxes, vat, company service charge.
What's not included?
- Travel Insurance in case of emergency for rescue and other medication.
- Nepal visa fee
- All kind of hot and cold drinks - coke, fanta, beer, whisky, bottle of water, hot water, tea, coffee etc.
- Tips for guide and porter
- Personal expenses like wifi, hot shower, telephone, battery charge fee.
- All the cost not mention on above cost includes.
FAQs
Yes, you can get on arrival tourist visa at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu. Most of people can obtain visa on entry to Nepal. There are some countries visa will needed to be organize prior to travelling. $25 for 15 days of visa from the date of issue, $40 for 30days and 100US$ for 90 days tourist visa. You need two photos.
You can apply online visa from 1st of March(http://www.online.nepalimmigration.gov.np/).
Yes, our agency airport representative will pick you up from airport. We will be displaying name card of Mission Eco Trek with your name on it. and when you finished you trip we will drop you to airport. Pick up and drop is complimentary from our company.
Autumn (September to November) and spring (March to May), these are the best season to go on a trek. But according to the will of the traveler, the visiting and travelling in Nepal can be managed. Travelling in Nepal should be done during the summer time or September to November and March to May at the low lands can be done at throughout the year.
The travelling at the different parts of Nepal will be different according to the distance of the travelling destinations. Generally, there are different places where one can go for short and long travelling takes generally about 1 day or more week also.
While travelling in Nepal, meals are prepared good quality standards of hygiene, fruit and vegetable soaked . The food along the trail will be simple and a mix of local and international cuisine. If the traveler is camping , then they will mainly be served with the local foods of Nepal and as well as continental and western foods. In Kathmandu you will find meals in good quality tourist restaurants. Most of hotel serve good quality meal & filter water which is safe. It is possible to buy the bottle of mineral water in the trip.
While visiting to Nepal, tour guides is almost mandatory to travel in Nepal for everyone. When you hired one your trip will lot more informative and memorable. You get lots of knowledge about country. But if the traveler is well experienced and have visited at different places of Nepal many times then s/he may not need the tour guides. But tour guide can play big role to make your travel. They will provide informative information about the destination along with its surroundings. Similarly, if any problems will arise during the travel, then the guides will solve it easily and it will be rather difficult for the traveler themselves to solve them.
Yes, Nepal is safe to Travel. Safety during the trekking or travel in Nepal is one of the prime concerns that every trekker or traveler want to know. In the past, Nepal has experienced political unrest, however since November of 2006, the signed Nepal Peace Agreement, between the Government of Nepal and the Nepal Communist Party (Maoists) has brought this unrest to a close. but now there is the situation of peace and tranquility in the field of trekking as well as in whole Nepal.
Besides, the trekking stakeholders in Nepal are also forwarding several steps for the safety of the trekkers. Now after election democratic parties will lead the government and rule the nation that’s why the huge possibility has seen in safety. Yes, there are pick pockets here, as you find in other countries so keep your belongings safe at all times. You need to take usual precautions as you would traveling anywhere in the world.
If someone get sick in the group, a fellow trekker in the group has to descend, then a porter/assistant guide would go with them. So the person descending would be well looked after and it would not impact on the rest of the group's experience. Emergencies are dealt with by the guide and depending on the severity.
Our Guides carry a comprehensive medical kit. But you should bring your own personal kit and carry it with you when on the trek. It should contain antiseptic cream, throat lozenges, headache pills, diarrhoea treatment, re-hydration salts eg Dioralite, Lemsip, plasters and Compede for blisters.
The hotel in Kathmandu provides the free storage services. So you can leave all your items that are not required for the trekking at your hotel or you can leave in our office too.
This is a difficult thing to gauge. We have seen everything from USD 20 to USD 1000 per person for guides and porters. Tipping is not required, but a small gesture of thanks to your guides and local porters. The level of the tip should reflect the level of satisfaction from and personal involvement with your guide. However, we recommend you to spend minimum 10% of your total trip cost for tipping entire local staffs, the ratio of tipping guide and porter will be given to you at the pre-trip meeting in Kathmandu before starting the trek.
Yes, all our trips are guaranteed to run. We never cancel the trip due to not having enough participants; we can arrange the trip for one person as well as a private trip at very minimum additional cost. Please inquire about this during the time of booking.
According to thee size of your groups, it differs. The vehicles will be small and light so that it can be handled easily and safely through the narrow roads of Nepal. It can be a car, minibus, land cruiser, van, Jeep.