Day 01: Drive to Chitwan and Explore Chitwan

Your Chitwan Jungle Safari tour begins with a drive to Chitwan. The Kathmandu to Chitwan journey will be in a luxury tourist bus. These buses leave the tourist bus station in Kathmandu at 7:00AM. Therefore, at 6:30 AM, you will be picked up from your hotel and transferred to the tourist bus station located in Sorhakhutte, Kathmandu to board your bus. The journey typically takes 6 hours, if not disturbed by construction, natural disasters or traffic delays. 

Leaving the bustling Kathmandu Valley, the route descends into the lush subtropical plains of the Terai region in Nepal. It’s about 150-170-kilometer drive (depending on the chosen route and your final destination within Chitwan), mostly on the Prithvi Highway, that snakes through the hills, small roadside settlements and important towns, such as Naubise, Malekhu and Mugling and forest, running along the gushing Trisuli River. This drive gives you the opportunity to enjoy the stunning views of river gorges and valleys, beautiful waterfalls, terraced hillsides with pretty little hamlets, farmlands and forest. 

At Mugling, the highway splits. Now leaving the Prithvi Highway and following the Madan Ashrit Highway, you will continue to meet Mahendra Highway, before reaching Chitwan. Driving past a densely forested area, as you approach Chitwan, you can notice the flattening landscape and warmer and humid air. The hills disappear and soon you are surrounded by rice fields and banana plantations.

On this journey, the bus will stop at one of the highway restaurants where you can buy snacks, and a few other stops for toilet breaks. 

In Chitwan, one of the hotel representatives will come to receive you at the tourist bus station. You will be transferred to the hotel, where you will check in, meet your nature guide and enjoy lunch. After lunch, your guide will take you for a village walk around the national park area, which offers a glimpse into the  local life of Tharu (ethnic group in Nepal) people. This village walk is designed to end at the sun set view point for you to enjoy the mesmerizing view of the sun setting over the plains. Having enjoyed the view, for dinner. You will also enjoy a traditional Tharu cultural show either before or after dinner. Overnight in a hotel in Chitwan. 

Meals: Lunch and Dinner 

Please note: Private transportation and domestic flights can be arranged at additional cost. Flights to Chitwan are only available from Kathmandu and Pokhara. There is only one flight, every day, from Pokhara to Chitwan.

Day 03: Bird Watching tour and Return to Kathmandu 

Chitwan National Park provides home to over 500 species of birds and the best time to spot the maximum number is either in the morning or late afternoon. Thus, the bird-watching trip begins before breakfast. You will go on a walking tour with your guide to the areas allocated by the national park for bird watching. You might not be able to spot all 500, but will spot a number that is otherwise hard to spot in one place. You will spend a few hours exploring and photographing them and get back to the hotel for breakfast. The tourist buses leave Pokhara around 7:30 AM. Therefore, after a quick breakfast, you will be transferred to the tourist bus station, where you will board a bus to Kathmandu. The bus will follow the same route to get you back to Kathmandu.  Your tour with Adventure Mountain Explore Treks and Expedition ends with your bus dropping you off at Machhapokhari, Kathmandu. From here, please take a taxi to your hotel. 

Meals: Breakfast

Please note: Private transportation and domestic flights can be arranged at additional cost. Domestic flights from Chitwan only operate in Chitwan-Kathmandu and Kathmandu-Pokhara sector. There is only one flight, every day, from Chitwan to Pokhara.