Nepal is a blend of nature and human-efforts. It boasts around 18 % of its land as protected area-either known as national park or wildlife reserves or conservation area. Eight national parks, three conservation areas, four wildlife reserves and a hunting reserve – just within the area of 147181 sq. km of the kingdom. The lowlands with sub-tropical jungles to arctic conditions in the Himalayan highlands engulf virtually all topography and climate zones found on Earth. After all these protected areas ranges from the plain land of Terai to as high as the highest point on earth.

Royal Chitwan National Park (A World Heritage Site/UNESCO in 1984)

Area : 932 sq. km
Opened : 1973
Entrance Fee
For Nepalese Nationals, Free
For SAARC Nationals, Rs. 200/-
For Other Foreign Nationals, Rs. 500/-
(Note: Entrance fee not required for children under 10 years)
Attraction : 600 species of plants, 50 types of mammals, 68 species of fish, 486 species of birds including wood peckers, peacocks, hornbills, peahens, red-headed trogons, flycatcher, Indian pitta, floricans, 49 types of amphibians and reptiles as well as 100 numbers of Royal Bengal Tigers and endangered Rhinoceros, Langur, python, rhesus monkey, hog deer, barking deer, sloth deer, Chttals, wild gaur, wild dog, wild cat, wild boar, leopards and elephants, dolphins, marsh crocodiles, Gangetic crocodile etc.

Royal Bardia National Park

Area : 968 sq. km
Opened : 1982
Entry Fee
For Nepalese Nationals, Free
For SAARC Nationals, Rs. 200/-
For Other Foreign Nationals, Rs. 500/-
(Note: Entrance fee not required for children under 10 years)
Attraction : 400 species of birds, 53 types of mammals, 25 species of reptiles and 121 types of fish. Likewise, over 40 tigers, more than 100 endangered rhinoceros, elephant, deer, Gangetic Dolphin and Crocodiles etc.

Makalu-Barun National Park and Conservation Area

Area : 2330 sq. km
Opened : 1991
Maximum altitude of the park : 8463m
Entry Fee
For Nepalese Nationals, Free
For SAARC Nationals, Rs. 200/-
For Other Foreign Nationals, Rs. 1000/-
(Note: Entrance fee not required for children under 10 years)
Attraction : Innumerable sights of water falls, natural flowers, rural settlements and different ethnic groups, mountains, cultural monument including chhortens, unbelievable topography, 400 species of birds including two species of spotted wren babbler, 86 species of fodder tress, 47 types of orchids, 67 species of bamboos, 48 varieties of primrose, 15 types of Oak, 84 species of fish including salmon, different varieties of animals including Himalayan Thar, Ghoral, Himalayan marmot, common Langur, weasel, serow, endangered fauna snow leopard, red panda, Himalayan black bear etc.

Shey-Phoksundo National Park

Area : 3555 sq. km
Opened : 1984
Maximum elevation of the park : 6883m
Entry Fee
For Nepalese Nationals, Free
For SAARC Nationals, Rs. 200/-
For Other Foreign Nationals, Rs. 1000/-
(Note: Entrance fee not required for children under 10 years)
Attraction : Innumerable sights of water falls, natural flowers, rural settlements and different ethnic groups, mountains, cultural monument including monasteries, chhortens, unbelievable topography, beautiful lake Phoksundo (deepest and Nepal's second biggest lake) 200 species of birds including white-throated tit, wood accentor, crimson-eared rose finch, Impeyan pheasant, chough, Tibetan snow cock, brown dipper, Tibetan twit, lammergeyer, Himalayan griffon, Tibetan partridge, yellow-throated marten, cheer pheasant, raven, 29 species of butterfly including Paralasa Napalaica (highest flying butterfly), 6 varieties of reptiles, 286 species of flora, Blue sheep, wild dog, marmot, weasel, snow leopard, mouse hare, ghoral, Himalayan black bear, jackals, lungur, rhesus, Himalayan thar etc.

Sagarmatha (Everest) National Park (A World Heritage Site/UNESCO in 1984)

Area : 1148 sq. km
Opened : 1976
Maximum elevation of the park : 8848m
Entry Fee
For Nepalese Nationals, Free
For SAARC Nationals, Rs. 200/-
For Other Foreign Nationals, Rs. 1000/-
(Note: Entrance fee not required for children under 10 years)
Attraction : Innumerable sights of water falls, natural flowers, rural settlements and different ethnic groups, mountains, cultural monument including monasteries, chhortens, unbelievable topography, 118 species of birds including Impeyan pheasant (Danfe), yellow-billed chough, snow pigeon, snow cock, lammergeyer, blood pheasant, red billed chough, Himalayan griffon, varieties of wildlife including endangered snow leopard, Himalayan black bear and lynx, wolf, weasel, jackal, mouse hare, musk deer, Himalayan thar, ghoral, Juniper trees, rhododendron etc.

Langtang National Park

Area : 1710 sq. km
Opened : 1970
Maximum elevation of the park : 7234m
Entry Fee
For Nepalese Nationals, Free
For SAARC Nationals, Rs. 200/-
For Other Foreign Nationals, Rs. 1000/-
(Note: Entrance fee not required for children under 10 years)
Attraction : Innumerable sights of water falls, natural flowers, rural settlements different ethnic groups, mountains, cultural monument including temples, monasteries, chhortens, unbelievable topography, Different types of wildlife including red panda, snow leopard, Himalayan black bear, Himalayan thar, rhesus, langur, serow, wild dog, ghoral and birds including Impeyan pheasant, tragopan, varieties of trees including chirpine oak, hemlock, spruce, fir, blue pine, maple, rhododendron etc.

Rara National Park

Area : 106 sq. km
Opened : 1976
Maximum elevation of the park : 3330m approx.
Entry Fee
For Nepalese Nationals, Free
For SAARC Nationals, Rs. 200/-
For Other Foreign Nationals, Rs. 1000/-
(Note: Entrance fee not required for children under 10 years)
Attraction : Innumerable sights of water falls, natural flowers, rural settlements and different ethnic groups, mountains, cultural monument including temples, unbelievable topography, Beautiful Lake Rara (biggest lake of Nepal), a rich habitat of endangered red panda, leopard, jackal, musk deer, Himalayan black bear, Himalayan thar, wild dog, langur, wild boar, common otter, wild yellow-throated marten macaque and birds including water fowls, Gallinaceous, red-crested pochard, common teal, merganser, gulls, coots, great-crested grebe, black-necked grebe, different vegetation including rhododendron, oak, Himalayan spruce, Himalayan cypress, pine, black juniper etc.

Khaptad National Park

Area : 225 sq. km
Opened : 1984
Maximum elevation of the park : 3000m approx.
Entry Fee
For Nepalese Nationals, Free
For SAARC Nationals, Rs. 200/-
For Other Foreign Nationals, Rs. 1000/-
(Note: Entrance fee not required for children under 10 years)
Attraction : Innumerable sights of water falls, natural flowers, rural settlements and different ethnic groups, mountains, cultural monument including temples, unbelievable topography, Religious Khaptad Baba Dham (meditated spot of late Khaptad Swami), The flora including Pine, mountain Sal, Alder, Oak, birch, fir, rhododendron, over 135 flowers including gentians, buttercups, primulas, wild berries, 270 species of birds including bulbuls, flycatchers, eagles, cuckoos, partridges, Impeyan pheasant, large numbers of wild animal including yellow-throated marten, rhesus monkey, ghoral, barking deer, wild boar, langur, leopard, wild dog, jackal etc.

Shivapuri National Park

Area : 144 sq. km
Opened : 1976
Entry Fee
For Nepalese Nationals, Free
For SAARC Nationals, Rs. 50/-
For Other Foreign Nationals, Rs. 250/-
(Note: Entrance fee not required for children under 10 years)
Attraction : 9 rare species of birds including kingfisher, redstarts, black bird, fork tail, eagle, laughing thrushes, sunbird, 129 species of mushroom, 150 species of butterflies, 16 endemic plants, 19 species of mammals including barking deer, wild boar, yellow-throated marten, rich vegetation of Sal, sub tropical hardwood, chirprin, Oak etc.

Royal Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve

Area : 305 sq. km
Opened : 1976
Entry Fee
For Nepalese Nationals, Free
For SAARC Nationals, Rs. 200/-
For Other Foreign Nationals, Rs. 1000/-
(Note: Entrance fee not required for children under 10 years)
Attraction : Large numbers of wild animals including Tiger, swamp deer, blue bulls, spotted deer, wild boar, hog deer, barking deer, leopard, jackal, rhesus monkey, langur monkey, elephant, 268 species of birds including grass owl, warblers, flycatcher, Sarus crane, Bengal florican, swamp francolin, eagles, storks, egrets, herons, diverse reptiles including crocodile, cobra, python, marsh mugger and wide grassland, flora including Sal, Khair trees, visitors could have an opportunity to sight tigers hunting swamp deers etc.

Parsa Wildlife Reserve

Area : 499 sq. km
Opened : 1984
Entry Fee
For Nepalese Nationals, Free
For SAARC Nationals, Rs. 200/-
For Other Foreign Nationals, Rs. 1000/-
(Note: Entrance fee not required for children under 10 years)
Attraction : 300 species of birds including endangered great hornbill, flycatchers, red jungle fowl, woodpeckers, peafowl, large numbers of animals including Buffalo (Arna) tiger, leopard, elephant, blue bull, gaur, sloth bear, wild dog, hog deer, barking deer, chital, samber, striped hyena, jungle cat, rhesus macaques, langur, palm civet, different snakes such krait, common cobra, python, rat snake, king cobra, flora including pine, Khair (Acacia Catechu), silk cotton, sissoo (Dalbergia sissoo) etc.

Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve

Area : 175 sq. km
Opened : 1976
Entry Fee
For Nepalese Nationals, Free
For SAARC Nationals, Rs. 200/-
For Other Foreign Nationals, Rs. 1000/-
(Note: Entrance fee not required for children under 10 years)
Attraction : Over 450 species of birds including Ibis, egrets, herons, storks, 20 species of ducks, large numbers of wildlife including wild buffalos, elephants, blue bull, wild boar, spotted deer, hog deer, jackals, vegetation including Khar-pater grassland, Khair sissoo scrub etc.

Kanchanjunga Conservation Area

Area : 2035 sq. km
Opened : 1998
Maximum elevation of the area : 8586m
Entry Fee
For Nepalese Nationals, Free
For SAARC Nationals, Rs. 200/-
For Other Foreign Nationals, Rs. 2000/-
(Note: Entrance fee not required for children under 10 years)
Attraction : Innumerable sights of water falls, natural flowers, rural settlements and different ethnic groups, mountains, cultural monument including temples, monasteries, chhortens, unbelievable topography, 10 of Nepal's 20 indigenous gymnosperms, 15 of Nepal's 28 endemic flowering plants, Different varieties of flora including flowering glory of rhododendron (30 kinds), lilies, orchids (69 of Nepal's 250), primula, larch, fir, juniper tree line, rich diversity of endangered wildlife including snow leopard, musk deer, Himalayan thar, red panda, blue sheep, rhesus macaw and birds including shy drongo, Impeyan pheasant, red-billed blue magpie etc.

Annapurna Conservation Area

Area : 7629 sq. km
Opened : 1986
Maximum elevation of the area : 8091m
Entry Fee
For Nepalese Nationals, Free
For SAARC Nationals, Rs. 200/-
For Other Foreign Nationals, Rs. 2000/-
(Note: Entrance fee not required for children under 10 years)
Attraction : Innumerable sights of water falls, natural flowers, rural settlements and different ethnic groups, mountains, cultural monument including temples, monasteries, chhortens, unbelievable topography, 1200 types of plants, 40 types of orchids, 9 species of rhododendron, 100 types of mammals including snow leopard, blue sheep, 39 species of reptiles, 22 species of amphibians, 478 species of birds including multi-coloured Impheyan, blood pheasant, koklas, rich numbers of insects and beautiful butterflies etc.

Manaslu Conservation Area

Area : 1663 sq. km
Opened : 1997
Entry Fee
For Nepalese Nationals, Free
For SAARC Nationals, Rs. 200/-
For Other Foreign Nationals, Rs. 2000/-
(Note: Entrance fee not required for children under 10 years)
Attraction : Innumerable sights of water falls, natural flowers, rural settlements and different ethnic groups, mountains, cultural monument including temples, monasteries, chhortens, unbelievable topography, 29 species of mammals including elusive snow leopard, Himalayan thar, musk deer and 200 species of plants, 11 types forest, over 50 species useful plants including medicinal herbs, 3 species of reptiles, 20 species of birds etc.

Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve

Area : 1325 sq. km
Opened : 1983
Maximum elevation of the Reserve : 7000m
Entry Fee
For Nepalese Nationals, Free
For SAARC Nationals, Rs. 200/-
For Other Foreign Nationals, Rs. 1000/-
(Note: Entrance fee not required for children under 10 years)
Attraction : Innumerable sights of water falls, natural flowers, rural settlements and different ethnic groups, mountains, cultural monument including temples, monasteries unbelievable topography, Large numbers of wildlife including blue sheep (for hunting), leopard, musk deer, cheer, red panda wolf, Himalayan thar, Himalayan black bear, ghoral, serow, wild boar, mouse hare, langur, rhesus macaque, barking deer, the birds including partridges, pheasants, flora including hemlock, rhododendron, spruce, oak, juniper, birch, fir, pine etc.