The largest and least disturbed national park in Nepal's Terai. Known for Bengal tiger sightings, one-horned rhinos and wild elephants, with Tharu homestays at the park's edge.
🗓️ Best seasonMid-February to mid-June, the best time for tiger sightings.
🚌 How to reachBy road: go from Nepalgunj to Kohalpur, then west on the Mahendra (East-West) Highway. Thakurdwara, the park headquarters, is about 90 km (around 2 hours) from Nepalgunj by car, jeep or bus.
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Dudhwa National Park
📍 Uttar Pradesh
A Terai park of forest and grassland in Lakhimpur Kheri district, on the Nepal border. Together with Kishanpur and Katarniaghat it makes up the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve. It is home to tigers, Indian rhinos brought back in 1984–85, and large herds of swamp deer (barasingha). Book safaris and stays through UP Ecotourism, as overnight rooms are limited.
🗓️ Best seasonOpen from 15 November to 15 June. It is closed during the monsoon.
🚌 How to reachClosest point on our bus network: Rupaidiha
A Terai sanctuary in Bahraich district, right on the Nepal border. It was set up in 1975 and is part of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve. On boat rides along the Girwa river, a branch of the Karnali, you may see gharials, mugger crocodiles and Gangetic dolphins. Jungle safaris run in registered gypsies, and a guide is compulsory. A wildlife corridor links the sanctuary with Nepal's Bardiya National Park.
🗓️ Best seasonNovember to March. It is closed in the monsoon, from mid-June.
🚌 How to reachClosest point on our bus network: Rupaidiha
Nepal's first national park (1973) and a UNESCO site since 1984. See one-horned rhinos, Bengal tigers and gharial crocodiles on jungle safaris, and Tharu culture around Sauraha.
🗓️ Best seasonOctober to March (pleasant, around 25°C). April to June is very hot and July to September is rainy.
🚌 How to reachBy road: go from Nepalgunj to Kohalpur, then east on the Mahendra (East-West) Highway to Narayanghat/Bharatpur. The park headquarters at Kasara is 21 km from Bharatpur, and Sauraha is the main tourist base.
📍 Kanchanpur (near Bhimdatta/Mahendranagar), Sudurpashchim Province
Far-western grassland park with the world's largest known population of barasingha (swamp deer). It also has tigers, wild elephants, rhinos and sarus cranes.
🗓️ Best seasonOctober to March. April to June is hot (up to about 42°C) and July to September is monsoon.
🚌 How to reachBy road: go from Nepalgunj to Kohalpur, then west on the Mahendra (East-West) Highway through Attariya to Bhimdatta (Mahendranagar), the park's nearest city.
Gir is the last refuge of the wild Asiatic lion. Gujarat's 2025 lion census counted 891 lions across the region, 384 of them inside Gir National Park and Sanctuary. You need a safari permit, booked in advance on the official site (girlion.gujarat.gov.in). The park closes every year from 16 June to 15 October.
🗓️ Best seasonNovember to March is best. The park is open from 16 October to 15 June.
🚌 How to reachClosest point on our bus network: Rajkot
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