Description
This short itinerary extends your holiday in Nepal by 3 days. It is designed to work with the Kathmandu & Pokara itinerary or the Kathmandu & The Annapurna Trek itineray and starts on the morning you leave Bandipur, modifying the last days of your trip.
This takes in two of the most popular activities in Nepal - rafting and wildlife watching and gives you a very varied and interesting holiday. Rafting down the Trisuli River you pass through some really beautiful scenery and is a wonderful experience. There are a few bits of white water which add to the excitement but this is not a difficult river and the rafting is suitable for people with no previous experience. Of course it changes with the seasons but a support vehicle is always close at hand should the river be too fierce for you at any point!
Chitwan is a really fabulous part of Nepal and you'll see some of the diverse wildlife that live down in the Terai. That's an area of grassland plains and forest that stretches for miles along the foothills of the Himalayas. Chitwan was Nepal's very first national park established back in the early seventies and it is home to the rare Asian one-horned Rhino that thrives in this habitat. That's the one that looks as though it is wearing an armour-plated suit. And there are lots of other mammal species here too. This includes sloth bears and tigers, wild boar, rare antelopes and wild elephants.
Elephant-back safaris are the best way of getting through the park, lifting you above the tall grass of the Terai and through the dense undergrowth of the jungle to areas that are impossible to reach by car. You'll also explore the region by jeep, on foot and perhaps by canoe. Each method of travel has its advantages and makes the most of this UNESCO World Heritage Site.
