Nepal is rich in Geographic diversity and natural beauty. The lowest land from 65 meters from sea level Kanchan Kalan at Jhapa districts to the top of the world Mt. Everest (8,848m) is in Nepal. Here are many rivers that originate from the Himalayas, tranquil Lakes, glaciers, and Steams. Different types of flora and fauna are found here, which almost exit from the planate such as Royal Bengal Tiger, One Horn Rhino, musk Deer, Snow leopard, etc. Nepal has ten National Parks, three wildlife reserves, 6 conservation Areas, and one hunting Reserve.
National Parks and Wildlife
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Bardia National Park
Bardia National Park is the largest national park in the lowland Terai covering an area of 968 sq. km. The park situated in Nepal's Western Terai was established to protect representative ecosystems and conserve the tiger and its prey species. ...
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Chitwan National Park
The park is situated in south central Nepal, covering 932 km2in the subtropical lowlands of the inner Terai. The area comprising the Tikauli forest-from Rapti river to the foothills of the Mahabharat-extending over an area of 175 km2 was declared ...
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Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve
Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve adjoins Rukum, Myagdi and Baglung districts in the Dhaulagiri Himal range in West Nepal. Putha, Churen, and Gurja Himal extend over the northern boundary of the reserve. Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve was established in 1983 and was gazetted ...
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Kanchenjunga Conservation Area
Kanchenjunga Conservation Area Project (KCAP) is named after Mt. Kanchenjunga (8,586m) - the second-highest mountain in Nepal and the third-highest in the world. Kanchenjunga was designated as a conservation area in March 1998. It covers an area of 2035 sq. ...
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Khaptad National Park
Khaptad National Park is located in the Far-western region of Nepal. The park was gazetted in 1984 covering an area of 225 sq. km. The area of the buffer zone is 216 sq. km. The park is the only mid-mountain ...
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Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve
Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve lies on the floodplains of the Sapta Koshi River in the south-eastern Terai. The reserve was gazetted in 1976 to preserve habitat for the only remaining population of Wild buffalo, Arna (Bubalus are). The 176 sq. ...
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Langtang National Park
Langtang National Park was established in 1976 to conserve the unique flora and fauna of the region. It is the nearest national park of the capital Kathmandu in the Central Himalayan Region. The 1710 sq. km. of the park extends over ...
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Makalu Barun National Park
Makalu Barun National Park and Buffer Zone area (previously a conservation area) was established in 1992. This park is administered and managed by the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation. The government of Nepal and supported by The Mountain ...
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Manaslu Conservation Area
Manaslu was declared a “Conservation Area” in December 1998 by HMG’s Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act of Nepal. It covers an area of 1663 sq. km. The region harbors a mosaic ...
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Parsa Wildlife Reserve
Parsa Wildlife Reserve is located in the south-central lowland Terai of Nepal. The 499 km2 of the pristine sub-tropical jungle makes Parsa Nepal's largest wildlife reserve. Once this area served as a vacation site for the Rana Rulers of the ...
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Rara National Park
Rara National Park is located in the North-Westem high mountains of Nepal. The park was gazetted in 1976 to conserve the unique beauty of Lake Rara, and to protect the representative flora and fauna of the Humla-Jumla region. The park is ...
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Sagarmatha National Park
Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park is spread over an area of 1,148 sq, km in 1976, of the Himalayan ecological zone in the Khumbu region of Nepal. The Park includes the upper catchments areas of the Dudhkoshi and Bhotehoshi Rivers ...
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Shey Phoksundo Narional Park
Shey-Phoksundo National Park is situated in the Trans-Himalayan region of northwest Nepal. It is Nepal’s largest National Park covering an area of 3,555 km2. It was established in 1984 to preserve a unique Trans-Himalayan ecosystem with a diversity of flora ...
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Shivapuri National Park
Shivapuri National Park (159 sq km) is situated on the northern fringe of Kathmandu Valley and lies about 12 km away from the center of the capital city. The area was gazetted as the country's ninth national park in 2002. ...
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Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve
Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve was managed as a hunting reserve beginning in 1969 and was gazetted as a Wildlife Reserve in 1976, covering an area of 305 sq. km. It lies in the extreme southwestern section of Nepal’s Terai in Kanchanpur ...
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Annapurna Conservation Area
The Annapurna Conservation Area (ACA) contains some of the world’s highest peaks the world’s deepest valley-the Kali Gandaki River Valley. It is Nepal’s largest protected area of 7629 sq. km. It was established in 1992. The proposed conservation area encompasses ...
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