Nepal: Chittwan National Park. With the heat set to soar further into the red stuff we decided to visit Chittwan before it became too hot. A 6 hour bus ride from Kathmandu.
We stayed just outside the Park as the cost of accommodation inside is about 10 times. On day one we hired a jeep and went deep into the park hoping to see some Rhino’s well did we have such luck ! We saw 5 in total plus numerous Deer and birds. It got a little scary when a rhino gave us the eye when we got a little too close, it was touch and go whether it would charge or not, luckily for us his mind was more on Dinner than playing tourist chase..
Next day we did a Elephant back safari into the park and again we managed to get up close to the Rhino’s, somehow they didn’t take much notice of us even though we were just a couple of feet away. In the evening to add a bit of culture we went to a Tharu culture evening, at the end of the evening many from the crowd got up and danced with the performers, no prizes that I wasn’t one of them but Linda was !!
On our last full day in Chittwan we took a dug-out canoe up river. It was early morning and really atmospheric. We saw loads of birds including the Pied Hornbill and the Stork Billed Kingfisher. After the canoe trip we set about a 5 hour jungle walk, the danger here being that if we encountered more rhino it could get a little dangerous, luckily all we saw were more deer and birds. We really enjoyed our 3 days in Chittwan. Next stop Lumbini.
Chittwan Riverside.
Flower.
Water Buffalo Crossing the river.
Time to dust down your Elephants..
Linda crossing the River on the sturdy looking bridge !!
Sunset Bridge.
More Bovine crossing the river, this time at sunset.
Paddy Fields.
Big Orange Sun.
Into the park.
Oh no I think he saw us !!
Rhino taking a bath..
Grand beastie isn't he?
Golden Monitor Lizard.
Langur.
More Rhino having a relaxing time in the water.
Never smile at a crocodile..
They really are very gentle.
Crested Serpent Eagle.
More Rhino.
I think they just got bored with us..
Now its time for the big boys to have a bath..
How soft is that eh ??
Wahoo lets splash the tourists..
Submersible Elephant..
Linda getting into the groove at the Tharu culture evening..
Stork Billed Kingfisher.
Up River.
Vine .
Termite mounds.
Well that's all folks, next blog Nepal Lumbini.
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