Wildlife & Nature
From the rhinos and tigers of the Terai to the snow leopards of the high Himalaya, a field guide to Nepal's extraordinary wildlife — and how, and…
By Maya Rai · Aug 29, 2026
Ask most travellers what Nepal is for, and they will say mountains. They are not wrong — but they are only half right. Squeezed into a country smaller than many single Indian states is one of the most compressed wildlife gradients on Earth: a land that climbs…
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Nepal covers only about 0.1% of the planet's land area, yet it holds a wildly disproportionate slice of its life. That is a direct product of relief. In the far south lie the flat, alluvial plains of the Terai, an extension of the Gangetic lowlands where sal…
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If you have come for charismatic megafauna, you are heading south. The lowland national parks — Chitwan (952 km²) and Bardia (968 km²) chief among them, both UNESCO-listed — protect grassland and riverine forest that support Nepal's rhinos, tigers…
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Each of Nepal's flagship animals has its own story — its own park, its own season, its own reason it nearly disappeared or came roaring back. We have written a full field guide to each; start here and follow the trail. The greater one-horned rhino — from…
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Nepal’s first snow-leopard count — the national survey that put a real number (397) on a ghost. From bird hunters to bird guides — how former hunters came to protect over 900 species. Nepal’s tiger recovery — from 121 to 355 wild tigers — one of…
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What makes Nepal special is not only what lives here but what it has managed to keep. The National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act of 1973 built the framework — Chitwan was gazetted that same year — and today a network of national parks, conservation…
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