Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reseerve
Posted by Bardia Jungle Cottage on July 14, 2009
Sukhlaphanta is a similar version of Bardia National Park. It has an area of 305 sq km. which is located in southwestern extreme of the Kingdom; its topography is primarily riverine floodplain, open grassland and sal forest. It also has a large lake and the Bahini River flows through the park.
The park is home to tiger, leopard, and a good number of Swamp deer (prime habitat, often sighted), otters, his’s-pid hare, blue bull (nilgai), hog deer and wild boar.
The park also has over 300 species of birds and most of the tourists who make the trip here are keen bird watchers. Reptiles include gharial and mugger crocodiles, python, cobras, kraits, rat, snakes and monitar lizards.
Climate
The area has a tropical monsoon climate with four different seasons:winter ,spring, summer and monsoon .The months of December and January are fairly cold and misty with occasional frost.The mean monthly minimum temperature varies from 10 to 12 o C in winter , gradually rising to 17oc in the spring and 26oCin the summer.Over 90% of the annual precipitation fall during monsoon between June and September.Mean maximum temperatures are 40-42°C in summer (April-May), when hot westerly winds of up to 160km per 4hour have been recorded. (Balson, 1976).In February and March ,the maximum temperature rises up to 22o to 25ocC.The relative humidity remains fairly high throughout the the year except in the dry months of the pre-monsoon period.
Activities include:
Elephant safari, Jungle walk, Bird watching, Camping.
The best time to visit is February- March.
