Terai · 150m · best Oct–Mar
UNESCO-listed jungle where one-horned rhinos wade the Rapti River and Bengal tigers move through elephant grass.
Deep inside the park stands the shrine of Bikram Baba, where Tharu and hill communities alike tie threads and make wishes — the jungle's own god. The Tharu, 'people of the forest,' lived with rhinos and tigers for centuries, protected — they say — by the forest spirits and their resistance to malaria.
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🎯 Browse activities in ChitwanTharu dhikri · River fish curry · Local ghongi
🍽️ Sauraha's riverside sunset restaurants for the view; ask your lodge for a Tharu dinner night with ghongi (snails) and dhikri.