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Chitwan<\/strong> – safaris and tours for two days, where to stay and how to get to the national park on your own, infrastructure and entertainment in Chitwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After trekking in the Himalayas, you want warmth and civilization. So every time we finished a mountain hike to Annapurna or Everest, we would immediately go somewhere much warmer, with plenty of delicious food and the opportunity to relax in an interesting area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After trekking around Annapurna<\/strong> and to Mardi Himal<\/a><\/strong> – we rested in the resort city of Pokhara<\/a><\/strong>. And after the hike to Everest<\/a><\/strong> – we went to Chitwan National Park<\/strong>, located in the lowlands, near the border of Nepal with India. The plan was not just to relax, but something more interesting – close encounters with elephants, rhinos, crocodiles, and other wildlife that inhabit the Nepalese jungle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Chitwan,<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Most tourists who come to Nepal get to Chitwan as part of a tour group. That is, they don\u2019t bother with looking for bus tickets, don\u2019t search for hotels, don\u2019t choose jungle excursions. Maybe it\u2019s easier this way \u2013 you pay your money and get pleasure. But here everything depends on the organizers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you, like me, don\u2019t particularly like to depend on other people\u2019s decisions, then I recommend organizing everything yourself. I\u2019ll tell you in more detail about how to get to Chitwan independently, what to see there, and where to stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chitwan National Park – infrastructure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Chitwan National Park is a protected area in the lowland Terai<\/strong> in the southern central part of Nepal. The park is known for its biodiversity: rare mammals and birds live in its dense forests and grass plains. Here you can even see gigantic rhinos and Bengal tigers. Long canoes cross the northern Rapti River<\/strong>, where crocodiles live. Inside the park is the Valmiki Ashram, a pilgrimage site for Hindus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To get to Chitwan National Park, you need to reach the village of Sauraha<\/strong>. This is quite a picturesque place, bordered on one side by the river, beyond which begins the jungle and reservation, and on the other side are rice fields with low mud-brick houses nestled between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Chitwan,<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But for tourists there is good infrastructure: hotels<\/strong> and even resorts<\/strong> with their own park grounds and pools, restaurants and bars, souvenir shops, food and drinks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only thing I didn\u2019t like was the large amount of plastic garbage on the roads. Also the lack of proper sidewalks \u2013 if you walk, you have to go either on the road or on the dusty, stony shoulder. It doesn\u2019t look very nice \u2013 but this is a problem throughout Nepal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in general \u2013 the nature<\/strong> here is great, there are wild and domesticated animals<\/strong>, plenty of entertainment, and it\u2019s all quite inexpensive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to get to Chitwan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The first<\/strong> and simplest option is to buy in any agency in Kathmandu<\/strong> or Pokhara<\/strong> two-night tour costing from 80 to 150 dollars (depending on services and transport).<\/p>\n\n\n\n