Chitwan & the Terai · Feasts, markets and the lunar calendar
Food and festivals in Chitwan & the Terai
Newar samay baji and yomari, Thakali dal bhat, Sherpa shyakpa, Tharu ghonghi, Mithila sweets, Ilam's tea and tongba in the eastern hills. And the festivals that bring them out: Dashain, Tihar, Indra Jatra, Bisket, Tiji and Chhath.
Trips
Chitwan & the Teraimax 1,400 mJanakpur and Mithila Art
Four nights for the Mithila culture of Nepal's south-east: one in Kathmandu, three in Janakpur. The white-domed Janaki Mandir, the sacred ponds, …
Chitwan & the Teraimax 1,400 mRamayana Trail: Janakpur to Devghat
Six nights on the Nepal side of the Ramayana. Three nights in Janakpur, Sita's city in Hindu tradition, for Janaki Mandir, the …
Chitwan & the Teraimax 160 mTharu Homestays in Barauli and Amaltari
Three nights with Tharu families on the western edge of Chitwan National Park: one night in Barauli and two in Amaltari, both …
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 Terai200 mDevghat
Where the Kali Gandaki and Trishuli become the Narayani
Chitwan & the Terai90 mDhanusha Dham
Where a piece of Shiva's broken bow is said to rest
Chitwan & the Terai74 mJanakpur
Sita's city, white marble and two hundred sacred ponds
Chitwan & the Terai83 mSimraungadh
The lost capital of the Karnata kings of Mithila
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 …