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| Rice terraces up the mountainside |
We stayed
at the Tigerland Safari Resort,
located right next to the Narayani River. Chitwan National Park is right across the river from the resort.
The resort has a huge open air bamboo and rattan “lobby” and all of the rooms are small, one and two unit guest houses with a small veranda. Very nice and relaxing except they kept us very busy the entire stay.
After lunch in the rattan
and bamboo dining hall we headed out on a two hour elephant safari into the
tall grasses of the park (called Elephant Grass as they are as high as an elephant's back).
The elephants are not the smoothest animal to
ride on but we had a great view across the grasslands. We saw four adult and one baby rhinoceros, some deer (barely), a wild boar, a very
small crocodile and tons of birds, including wild peacocks. The elephants were not happy about
approaching the wild boar.
On the way back, Paul lost his lens cap, and the guides waded in the water trying to find it. They don't like any litter in the park. No luck.
Before dinner members of the local Tharu tribe performed several of their ethnic dances, some with sticks that they used as part of the dance, tapping each other's sticks in interesting, and sometimes complex patterns.
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| Long line of traffic on narrow roads |
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| More rice terraces on the mountain sides |
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| Main Lobby building at Tigerland Resort |
located right next to the Narayani River. Chitwan National Park is right across the river from the resort.
The resort has a huge open air bamboo and rattan “lobby” and all of the rooms are small, one and two unit guest houses with a small veranda. Very nice and relaxing except they kept us very busy the entire stay.
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| Tiger Butterfly on Marigold |
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| Narayani River |
After lunch in the rattan
and bamboo dining hall we headed out on a two hour elephant safari into the
tall grasses of the park (called Elephant Grass as they are as high as an elephant's back).  |
| Rhino |
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| Peahens |
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| Wild Boar - The elephants did NOT like approaching him. |
On the way back, Paul lost his lens cap, and the guides waded in the water trying to find it. They don't like any litter in the park. No luck.
Before dinner members of the local Tharu tribe performed several of their ethnic dances, some with sticks that they used as part of the dance, tapping each other's sticks in interesting, and sometimes complex patterns.
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