Safari fotográfico guiado, realizado a pie, por el Parque Natural de Chitwan
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- Distance
- 5.88 mi
- Elevation gain
- 72 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 72 ft
- Max elevation
- 611 ft
- TrailRank
- 51
- Min elevation
- 260 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 4 hours 20 minutes
- Coordinates
- 803
- Uploaded
- January 9, 2022
- Recorded
- December 2021
near Sauraha, Bagmati Province (Nepal)
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CIRCULAR ROUTE OF GUIDED PHOTOGRAPHIC SAFARI, CARRIED OUT ON FOOT, THROUGH THE CHITWAN NATURAL PARK
From the entrance to the park, continue along the riverbank to the boatman's area, as you cross the Rapti River by canoe.
At the beginning of the route, the guide gives instructions on how to act in case we come face to face with a rhinoceros, an elephant or a tiger.
We have seen various birds that the guide has identified, Indian rhinos 50 meters away, monkeys, crocodiles and gharials.
There were a few minutes of tension when the vegetation moved a few meters away and you couldn't see what it was, the grass was more than two meters high, (especially seeing the attitude of the guides) finally it was a rhinoceros that continued on its way through the vegetation (a guide saw it when climbing a tree).
DATA SHEET
TRACK DATA OBTAINED: from Etrex GPS and IBP Index
LOCATION: south-central area of Nepal. Terai lowlands at the foot of the Himalayas. Sauraha town.
ACCESS: From Kathmandu via the Narayanghat - Mugling Highway / H05 and Prithvi Hwy towards Tankeshwar Marg it is 171 km (about 5 hours and 18 minutes).
PARKING: in the streets of Chitwan it is easy to park.
POINTS OF INTEREST: Chitwan National Park, is a World Heritage Site (UNESCO) with wildlife: Indian rhinoceros, porcupine deer, crocodile, gavial crocodile, birds, monkeys...
WARNINGS:
- Potentially very dangerous environment due to wildlife.
- You must go with an official guide and his assistant and follow their instructions.
FOUNTAINS: there are no fountains on the route.
DISTANCE TRAVELED: 9.46 km.
SLOPE: +/- 22m
MAXIMUM HEIGHT: 186 meters.
TOTAL TIME: 4 hours 20 minutes.
MOVING TIME: 2 hours 51 minutes.
AVERAGE SPEED IN MOTION: 3.3 km/h.
PHYSICAL DIFFICULTY (SENDIF Method): easy
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY: without technical difficulty, but very dangerous if you do not go with official guides.
IBP INDEX ASSESSMENT: 31 HKG, for a "low" physical preparation this route would be of "medium" difficulty, for a "medium" physical preparation this route would be "easy".
(https://www.ibpindex.com/index.php/es/)
RECOMMENDED TIME: the best times are the second fortnight of October and November or from March to May. December to February is also a good time. In summer it rains a lot.
WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE ROUTE in December 2021: sun and clouds, two hours of sunshine, maximum temperature of 20º and minimum of 13ºC.
INFLUENCING: (it was Thursday) we did not meet other groups during the route.
TYPE OF ROAD AND SIGNAGE: passable dirt track and path. There is no signage.
ACCOMMODATION: There are many hotels in the area.
ENVIRONMENT: meadows, swampy areas and deciduous forest, mainly salt, there is shade in approximately 15% of the route.
IDENTIFIED PLANTS: sal tree, wild eggplant Solanum torvum, elephant grass Saccharum ravennae, ferns, red cotton, Bombax ceiba.
IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE: Indian rhinoceros, muddy tiger tracks, monkey, crocodile, gharial Gharial crocodile, cotton dyer Dysdecus, squacco heron Ardeola ralloides, Indian egret, Ardeola grayii, great egret Ardea alba, wandering magpie Dendrocitta vagabunda, Indian little silver capuchin Euodice malabarica, jungle owl Glaucidium radiatum, mynah Acridotheres fuscus fuscus, Alexandrine parrot Psittacula eupatria, Rufous swamp Tadorna ferruginea.
GEOLOGY: River flood plains, with ongoing geological processes.
HYDROLOGICAL CONDITIONS in December 2021: it had rained the previous days, finding muddy areas that did not pose much of a problem to pass them.
IMPORTANT
This route is not described to serve as a guide. It collects subjective indications based on meteorology, hydrology and specific personal physical conditions. If someone uses it, it will be under their responsibility, and they must adapt it to their personal physical conditions and to the meteorological and hydrological conditions of each moment and decide whether they can do it or not.
The track marked on the GPS by the satellite is not 100% reliable, sometimes the signal is distorted and it deviates from the path, especially next to cliffs.
From the entrance to the park, continue along the riverbank to the boatman's area, as you cross the Rapti River by canoe.
At the beginning of the route, the guide gives instructions on how to act in case we come face to face with a rhinoceros, an elephant or a tiger.
We have seen various birds that the guide has identified, Indian rhinos 50 meters away, monkeys, crocodiles and gharials.
There were a few minutes of tension when the vegetation moved a few meters away and you couldn't see what it was, the grass was more than two meters high, (especially seeing the attitude of the guides) finally it was a rhinoceros that continued on its way through the vegetation (a guide saw it when climbing a tree).
DATA SHEET
TRACK DATA OBTAINED: from Etrex GPS and IBP Index
LOCATION: south-central area of Nepal. Terai lowlands at the foot of the Himalayas. Sauraha town.
ACCESS: From Kathmandu via the Narayanghat - Mugling Highway / H05 and Prithvi Hwy towards Tankeshwar Marg it is 171 km (about 5 hours and 18 minutes).
PARKING: in the streets of Chitwan it is easy to park.
POINTS OF INTEREST: Chitwan National Park, is a World Heritage Site (UNESCO) with wildlife: Indian rhinoceros, porcupine deer, crocodile, gavial crocodile, birds, monkeys...
WARNINGS:
- Potentially very dangerous environment due to wildlife.
- You must go with an official guide and his assistant and follow their instructions.
FOUNTAINS: there are no fountains on the route.
DISTANCE TRAVELED: 9.46 km.
SLOPE: +/- 22m
MAXIMUM HEIGHT: 186 meters.
TOTAL TIME: 4 hours 20 minutes.
MOVING TIME: 2 hours 51 minutes.
AVERAGE SPEED IN MOTION: 3.3 km/h.
PHYSICAL DIFFICULTY (SENDIF Method): easy
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY: without technical difficulty, but very dangerous if you do not go with official guides.
IBP INDEX ASSESSMENT: 31 HKG, for a "low" physical preparation this route would be of "medium" difficulty, for a "medium" physical preparation this route would be "easy".
(https://www.ibpindex.com/index.php/es/)
RECOMMENDED TIME: the best times are the second fortnight of October and November or from March to May. December to February is also a good time. In summer it rains a lot.
WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE ROUTE in December 2021: sun and clouds, two hours of sunshine, maximum temperature of 20º and minimum of 13ºC.
INFLUENCING: (it was Thursday) we did not meet other groups during the route.
TYPE OF ROAD AND SIGNAGE: passable dirt track and path. There is no signage.
ACCOMMODATION: There are many hotels in the area.
ENVIRONMENT: meadows, swampy areas and deciduous forest, mainly salt, there is shade in approximately 15% of the route.
IDENTIFIED PLANTS: sal tree, wild eggplant Solanum torvum, elephant grass Saccharum ravennae, ferns, red cotton, Bombax ceiba.
IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE: Indian rhinoceros, muddy tiger tracks, monkey, crocodile, gharial Gharial crocodile, cotton dyer Dysdecus, squacco heron Ardeola ralloides, Indian egret, Ardeola grayii, great egret Ardea alba, wandering magpie Dendrocitta vagabunda, Indian little silver capuchin Euodice malabarica, jungle owl Glaucidium radiatum, mynah Acridotheres fuscus fuscus, Alexandrine parrot Psittacula eupatria, Rufous swamp Tadorna ferruginea.
GEOLOGY: River flood plains, with ongoing geological processes.
HYDROLOGICAL CONDITIONS in December 2021: it had rained the previous days, finding muddy areas that did not pose much of a problem to pass them.
IMPORTANT
This route is not described to serve as a guide. It collects subjective indications based on meteorology, hydrology and specific personal physical conditions. If someone uses it, it will be under their responsibility, and they must adapt it to their personal physical conditions and to the meteorological and hydrological conditions of each moment and decide whether they can do it or not.
The track marked on the GPS by the satellite is not 100% reliable, sometimes the signal is distorted and it deviates from the path, especially next to cliffs.
Waypoints
River
Fauna
Flora
Tree
Intersection
611 ft
Intersección, se gira a la derecha y fauna: capuchino pocoplata indio Euodice malabarica
Lake
Ferry
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