Jungle Safari in Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve

Established in 1976, Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve is 175 square kilometers of wildlife refuge and wetlands habitat. It is located in Eastern Nepal and can be accessed from the Mehendra Highway. The reserve currently has five elephants. The reserve is also home to the water buffalo (called arna), deer, nilgai, mugger crocodile,Ganges River Dolphin (also called the Gangetic Dolphin), and over 280 species of birds.

In additional to wildlife, the Reserve also protects a substantial part of the Sapta Koshi, (a tributary of the Ganges River) flood plain. In 1987, it was declared a Ramsar site.

Koshi Tappu 4 Nights/ 5 Days Package Tour

Day 01: 

• a.m. Arrival and brief introduction of the facility and program. 
• 1.00p.m. Lunch 
• 2.00p.m. Bird walk in the marshland outside the reserve to see the storks, ibises, snipes, waterfowl, birds of prey etc. 
• 6.30p.m. Slide show on the natural history of the reserve followed by Nepali dinner.

Day 02: 

• 6.30a.m. Breakfast 
• 7.30a.m. Full day excursion on boat and four wheels drive with pack lunch to see waders, waterfowl, birds of prey, marsh crocodile, otters, wild water buffalo and Gangetic Dolphins including a visit to Pink Tower (full day) 
• 6.30p.m. Cultural dance followed by barbecue dinner.

Day 03: 

• 6:30a.m. Breakfast 
• 7:30a.m. Bird walk inside the reserve in the scrub forest, grasslands and wetland habitat with pack lunch to see swamp partridge, black-necked stork, buntings, bulbuls etc. 
• 12.00noon Pack lunch 
• 2.00 p.m. Continue bird watching or optional elephant ride to watch Arna the wild water buffalo, blue bull, hog deer, fishing eats etc. 
• 6.30 p.m. Stargazing 
• 7.00 p.m. Chinese Dinner

Day 04:

• 6.30a.m. Breakfast 
• 7.30a.m. Proceed to deciduous forest near Chatara on four wheel drive to see racquet tailed drongo golden backed woodpeckers, pied hornbills, leaf birds, red-thighed falconet etc. with pack lunch (full day). 
• 7:00 p.m Continental dinner

Day 05: 

• a.m. Bird watching around the camp area or leisure. 
• 8.00 a.m. Breakfast 
• 9.00 a.m. Departure.

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