"Royal" seems to have fallen out of favor at Chitwan National Park, Sauraha |
"Royal" crossed out of the map of Chitwan National Park, Sauraha |
Chitwan buffer zone - warning signs for Tiger, Rhino, Python, Chital (spotted deer) and Crested Hornbill |
Rapti River separating the tourist village of Sauraha from Chitwan National Park |
Early morning mist, Rapti River, Chitwan Nationaln Park |
Rapti River seen from the Hotel River Side, Sauraha |
Naturalist-guided canoe trips on the Rapti River are popular ways to see Chitwan National Park |
Sunset View Restaurant & Bar along the riverfront, Sauraha |
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Nepal |
Tourists boarding canoes for a morning paddle, Chitwan National Park |
Canoes for the Rapti River paddle from Sauraha |
Canoes for the Rapti River paddle from Sauraha |
Jackie, Karen and Lisa from Canada |
Banks of the Rapti River, Chitwan National Park, Nepal |
Riverside restaurant, Sauraha |
Small canoe, early morning, Chitwan National Park |
Little egret (Egretta garzatta) Chitwan Nepal |
Open-billed stork, Chitwan National Park |
Rapti River canoe trip, Chitwan National Park |
Ruddly Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) Chitwan National Park |
White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) Chitwan National Park, Nepal |
Paddling down the Rapti River, Chitwan National Park |
Ruddly Shelducks in flight (Tadorna ferruginea) |
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) |
Sand Martin nests (Riparia riparia) Chitwan National Park |
Lesser Adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) in flight, Chitwan National Park, Nepal |
Lesser Adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) in flight, Chitwan National Park, Nepal |
White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) Chitwan National Park, Nepal |
The Himalaya rising far in the distance seen from Chitwan Nationanl Park |
Chitwan National Park |
White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) Chitwan National Park, Nepal |
Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) Chitwan National Park |
Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) Chitwan National Park |
Little egret (Egretta garzatta) Chitwan Nepal |
One of our guides for the Jungle Walk, Chitwan |
Jackie, Karen and Lisa on the jungle walk, Chitwan |
Anything could be hiding int he tall grass |
3m tall grass, Chitwan National Park |
Red cotton bug or silk cotton bug ( Dysdercus koenigii ) |
Red cotton or silk cotton bug ( Dysdercus koenigii ) |
Jungle walk, Chitwan National Park |
Claw marks of the Sloth Bear, Chitwan National Park |
Honeycomb the bear was climbing for |
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Cob web on micania micrantha plant |
Wood Mushroom (grows in rain forest's soft wood) |
Chitwan National Park |
Chitwan National Park |
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Gray Langur, Chitwan National Park |
Gray Langur in a tree, Chitwan National Park |
Watching monkies froclicking in the trees with guide Bikram Dhungana, Chitwan National Park |
Tall tree, Chitwan National Park |
Nepali bush guide, Chitwan National Park |
Footpath, Chitwan National Park |
Jungle walk, Chitwan National Park |
Jungle walk, Chitwan National Park |
Rhesus macaque, Chitwan National Park |
Young rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) Chitwan National Park |
Young rhesus macaque, Chitwan National Park |
Young rhesus macaque, Chitwan National Park |
Leech awaiting a victim along the path, Chitwan National Park |
Leech, Chitwan National Park |
A leech got me! |
Grassy plain, Chitwan National Park |
Millipede, Chitwan National Park |
Grassy plain seen from a viewing platform, Chitwan National Park |
Grassy plain seen from a viewing platform, Chitwan National Park |
Chitwan National Park |
Elephant-back army anti-poaching patrol. Chitwan National Park |
Armed Nepali soldier on anti-poaching patrol, Chitwan National Park |
Elephant-back army anti-poaching patrol. Chitwan National Park |
Government elephant, Chitwan |
Anti-poaching patrol, Chitwan National Park |
The jungle walk ends back across the river from Sauraha, our starting point |
Old jeeps used for tours once the park roads dry out sufficiently |
Old Russian military truck used for jeep safaris, Chitwan |
Ruddly Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) |
Asian Openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans) in flight, Chitwan National Park |
Little egret (Egretta garzatta) Chitwan Nepal |
Elephant and mahout, Rapti River, Chitwan, Sauraha |
Elephant and mahout, Rapti River, Chitwan, Sauraha |
Elephant bathing time on the Sauraha riverfront |
Elephant bathing time on the Sauraha riverfront |
Elephant and mahout in the river, Sauraha |
Elephant and mahout in the river, Sauraha |
Elephant bathing time on the Sauraha riverfront |
Young elephant headed for the river at bathing time |
Save the Rhino, Chitwan National Park |
Guide's accomodation at Hotel River Front, Sauraha |
Man leading water buffalo across the river to graze in on the national park side |
Elephant and guide, Sauraha |
Mahout leading his elephant, Chitwan |
Elephant safari, Chitwan Nationanl Park |
Mahout, Chitwan National Park, Nepal |
Elephant safari, Chitwan National Park |
Elephant boarding platform, Sauraha |
Elephant safari, Chitwan |
Tourist elephant, Chitwan |
Tourists on an elephant safari approaching a rhino |
Chitwan is a refuge for the one-horned Indian rhino (gaida) |
Rhino seen from elephant back perspective |
One-horned Indian Rhino, Chitwan National Park (buffer zone) |
One-horned Indian Rhino, Chitwan National Park (buffer zone) |
Our elephant safari remained on the north side of the Rapti River in the Chitwan Buffer Zone where private elephants are allowed |
Sambar, Chitwan National Park |
One-horned Indian Rhino, Chitwan National Park (buffer zone) |
One-horned Indian Rhino, at a water hole, Chitwan |
One-horned Indian Rhino, at a water hole, Chitwan |
One-horned Indian Rhino, at a water hole, Chitwan |
One-horned Indian Rhino, at a water hole, Chitwan |
Ant nest, Chitwan |
Chitwan National Park (buffer zone) Sauraha |
Mugger crocodile, Chitwan (Crocodylus palustris) |
Elephant safari through the Chitwan National Park buffer zone adjacent to Sauraha |
Man poling a canoe, Chitwan |
Elephant safari fording a river, Chitwan |
Elephant safari fording a river, Chitwan |
Peacock, Chitwan National Park (buffer zone) |
Elephant back safari, Chitwan National Park (buffer zone) |
Elephant back safari, Chitwan National Park (buffer zone) |
Startled sambar, Chitwan |
Lesser Adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus), Chitwan National Park, Nepal |
Wild pig, Chitwan National Park |
Bird Education Society, Chitwan National Park, Sauraha |
Heading back to Sauraha |
Mahout and tourists, Chitwan National Park |
Sunset, Chitwan National Park |
The road back to the village of Sauraha |
Distant Himalchuli (7893m/25,895ft) seen at sunset from Sauraha |
Forward mount method of boarding an elephant |
Evening around the campfire at the Hotel River Side, Sauraha |
Evening with local music around the campfire at the Hotel River Side, Sauraha |
Evening around the campfire at the Hotel River Side, Sauraha |
Hotel River Side, Sauraha |
Golden Jackal (Canis aureus) still on the prowl outside Sauraha, just after sunrise |
Golden Jackal (Canis aureus indicus) Nepal |
Bis Hajaar Tal - 20,000 Lakes, Chitwan |
Wildlife present at 20,000 Lakes, Chitwan |
Road to Bis Hajaar Tal - 20,000 Lakes, Chitwan |
Chital (spotted deer) Bis Hajaar Tal - 20,000 Lakes, Chitwan |
Bis Hajaar Tal - 20,000 Lakes, Chitwan National Park (buffer zone) |
Bis Hajaar Tal - 20,000 Lakes, Chitwan |
Asian Openbill storks (Anastomus oscitans) landing, Bis Hajaar Tal - 20,000 Lakes, Chitwan |
One-horned Indian Rhinoceros, Bis Hajaar Tal - 20,000 Lakes, Chitwan |
Rhino, Bis Hajaar Tal - 20,000 Lakes, Chitwan |
The rhino was uncomfortable with our presence on foot |
Bis Hajaar Tal - 20,000 Lakes, Chitwan |
The local boy who found that rhino for us |