The Bardia Jungle Safari tour is the best way to explore Bardia National Park in Nepal. Bardia National Park is located in the mid-far western Terai region of Nepal, and the park covers 968 sq.km. It is 585 km away from Kathmandu, and the park is the largest and most undisturbed expanse of wilderness in southern Nepal. About 70% of the land of the park is covered with Sal jungle, the remaining 30% is a mixture of grassland and savannah forests. The park contains eight types of ecosystems. The park headquarters are situated at Thakurdwara and are surrounded by idyllic villages and fields inhabited by an indigenous ethnic group, the Tharu.
The Bardia National Park had become a conservation area in 1976 AD and then attained National status in 1988 AD, presently a plan is being considered to expand the park further both north and eastwards as the conservation is a strong theme within Bardia, the park as well providing a home habitat for many species also provides an ideal environment for the study wildlife, more than thirty different mammals, over two hundred species of birds and many snakes, lizards and fish have been recorded within the national park, both resident and migratory birds can be found within the park boundaries.
Bardia National Park is home to 19 of Nepal’s 39 legally protected species, which include the one-horned rhinoceros, wild Asian elephant, Bengal tiger, swamp deer, blackbuck antelope, Gangetic dolphin, and gharial crocodile. The endangered birds include the Bengal florican, the silver-eared mesia, and the Sarus crane. In fact, the WWF indicated Bardia National Park as playing a major role in the survival of the world tiger population. As a result, it is not surprising to find that Bardia provides the best opportunity to view the Bengal Tiger in Nepal.
The 4-day Bardia Jungle Safari is carefully arranged by Himalaya Sacred Trek and Expedition to match travellers’ schedules and interests, offering a perfect balance of wildlife adventure, nature exploration, and cultural experience, creating truly lifetime memories in the heart of Nepal’s jungle.
Departure Location: Kathmandu/Pokhara
Return Location: Kathmandu/Pokhara
You will be transferred to Kathmandu/Pokhara airport for your flight to Nepalgunj, and on your arrival at Nepalgunj airport or Amebas Stand, our staff will receive you and then transfer you to our lodge and its facilities. After being given your programs for the day, your room will then be allocated to you, and you will stay overnight at the lodge.
After having breakfast at the lodge, you go on an elephant ride (for an hour), an excellent opportunity to get a lifetime experience on the elephant back and to see the wildlife of the park, visit the visitor centre, crocodile breeding centre, and Tharu cultural museum.
Then have lunch and go for a jungle walk, which is an excellent opportunity to see wild animals, small mammals, birds, and wait in the tower (Machan) to have the wild sightseeing, accompanied by our experienced naturalists and wildlife tracker. Excellent photographic opportunities are plentiful; return and overnight at the lodge.
We wake in the morning and have breakfast, then around 8 am, we will go for tiger tracking and bird watching, which is an excellent opportunity to see a Royal Bengal tiger and a great variety of birds found in Bardia.
After having lunch and going for a jeep drive, an excellent opportunity to see wild animals, and you will also encounter many other smaller mammals that have made Bardia their home, return and overnight at the lodge.
After having breakfast at the lodge, you will go to visit the Karnali River for dolphin sightseeing, then have lunch. Hence, transfer to Nepalgunj and fly back to Kathmandu/Pokhara, and after arrival at Kathmandu/Pokhara, we will take you to your hotel or any desired drop-off place at Kathmandu/Pokhara. The trip ends.
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56 Days
Start – 2026-04-25
End – 2026-06-03
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Booking Open | 1 – 12 PAX |