Chitwan National Park located in the lowlands of south-central Nepal is considered the best park in Asia and by far the most popular wildlife sanctuary in the country.
The park encompasses 932 sq km of sub tropical forest consisting of grasslands, sal forest, and riverine forests. The park is the home to the Royal Bengal Tiger, the great one-horned Rhinoceros, 4 different kinds of deer, leopards, gharial, crocodiles, sloth bear, langur monkeys, antelope, hyena, cobras, kraits and pythons and many different species of butterflies, insects and over 562 kinds of colorful endangered birds including Great Pied Hornbill, Bengal Florican, Peregrine Falcon and lesser Adjutant stork.