Bardia National Park---we had been reading and hearing how amazing this place is, but the only problem was it was either an 18hr Nepali bus ride or a 12hr car ride (we chose the car)! This is one of the last places that you can see a wild Bengal tiger along with tons of other wildlife. It's also one of the few places in the world that you can go on a walking safari. We stayed at a great resort right outside the park (wildlife also came with our room including very large spiders and a poisonous snake!) but we loved it! Our guide, Santa, was amazing. He led us through the park for 3 days searching for animals and we were very successful and very lucky!
We saw 2 kinds of monkeys, lots of deer, wild parakeets and tons of other birds, wild boar, a pack of 35 wild elephants, 5 rhinos, Indian rock python (17 ft long), Jackal, Gharial crocodile, and last but not least 1 wild Bengal tiger. We searched for the tiger for 3 days and finally saw it on the last day running across the river bed about 100 ft in front of us. We don't have any pics of it, because it happened so fast but it was amazing. Very rewarding after seeing many paw prints, claw markings on trees, and we actually heard it growl while it was hiding in some tall grass across the river.
We loved the walking safari. It's a completely different perspective you have when you are in their territory. We actually only had to run once (but we REALLY had to run!) That's protocol when you accidently sneak up on a rhino! Bardia was a great ending to our time in Nepal and a once in a lifetime experience!
Tiger print
Searching hard for the tiger
Lots of monkeys
This guy is the greeter at the entrance to the park!
almost had to run but luckily he didn't see us!
Pack of wild elephants bathing in the river
Us with our guide Santa....and his tiger stick!
That safari sounds awesome! I can't believe you guys had to run! Also, I loved that your guide's name was Santa. lol. When are you coming hooommmeee???
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