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RRB in Nepal | Canoe Ride & Jungle Walk

Our last full day in Chitwan, we went on a canoe ride and jungle walk, followed by a visit to the elephant breeding center. The long canoes are carved out of a single tree and, with small moveable chairs placed one behind the other, can seat up to 20 people.

RRB in Nepal | Bathing Elephants

When I was researching the Chitwan portion of our trip to Nepal, I saw that elephant bathing was one of the activities listed in the Green Park Chitwan packages. In my head, I pictured myself seated atop an elephant, a bucket in one hand and a big old brush in the other, scrubbing the friendly creatures clean.

RRB in Nepal | Green Park Chitwan

The nice part about the Chitwan portion of our trip to Nepal is that all we had to plan was how to get there and where to stay. Once our flights and hotel were booked, Green Park Chitwan took care of the rest for us.

RRB in Nepal | Tharu Village

Rice harvest.The afternoon we arrived in Chitwan, we were taken on an oxcart tour of a nearby village, home to the Tharu people, an indigenous group in southern Nepal. Of all the activities organized by our hotel (we booked one of the common four-day, three-night packages, which I’ll write about in a separate post), this was the probably the one

RRB in Nepal | Elephant Safari

Rhino-spotting!From Pokhara we headed to Chitwan, a national park area near the Nepal-India border. We had our mountaineering experience in Nepal. It was time to check out the jungle on safari.

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