Chitwan & the Terai · Short drives, short walks, big views
Family trips in Chitwan & the Terai
Routes with drives under five hours, walks children can finish, jungle days in Chitwan, boating in Pokhara and a short trek such as Poon Hill or Dhampus that ends at a lodge with hot water.
Trips
Places
Chitwan & the Terai150 mAmaltari
Tharu and Bote village on Chitwan's western edge
Chitwan & the Terai160 mBarauli
A Tharu village homestay run by its women
Chitwan & the Terai165 mKasara
Chitwan's park headquarters and its gharial nursery
Chitwan & the Terai175 mSauraha
The Rapti riverbank where most Chitwan safaris begin
Experiences
Rivers and lakesNarayani boat trip with Bote boatmen
Drift down the Narayani with a Bote boatman, whose community has fished and ferried on this river for generations. Watch …
WildlifeJeep drive in Chitwan's western sector
Enter the park on its western side near Amaltari for drives through grassland, riverine forest and sal forest, with fewer …
HeritageA night in an Amaltari family home
Stay overnight with a Tharu or Bote family in Amaltari's community homestay: help in the kitchen, eat home-cooked food, watch …
FoodTharu feast and dance evening
An evening of Tharu food and dance in Amaltari: a thali of rice, lentils, greens, ghonghi snails or river fish …
Rivers and lakesSunset walk to the Narayani
Walk with a village guide through fields to the banks of the Narayani, watch fishermen and birds as the light …
FoodCook a Tharu meal with your hosts
Join the women of Barauli in the kitchen to cook a Tharu meal on a clay stove: rice, lentils, greens, …
HeritageBicycle ride through Barauli's fields
Ride flat village lanes with a local guide, past mud-walled houses, rice and mustard fields, village ponds and shrines, meeting …
WildlifeCommunity forest jeep safari
A jeep drive in the community-managed forests of the Chitwan buffer zone near Barauli, where rhinos, deer and many birds …
Stays
jungle lodge150 mTiger Tops Tharu Lodge
A lodge on the edge of Amaltari village in Nawalpur, built in the style of Tharu longhouses with mud-plastered walls, …
resort165 mKasara Resort
A villa resort at Patihani on the edge of Chitwan National Park, close to the park headquarters at Kasara. It …
resort175 mGreen Park Chitwan
A well-run, comfortable hotel in Sauraha, a short walk from the Rapti and the park entrance, with an outdoor pool, …