Chitwan national park of Nepal

       Chitwan national park is the frist national park is the Nepal .With Its lush forests and exotic fauna which include the rare one horned rhino , the royal Bengal tiger ,crocodiles,elephants, deer and over four -hundred species of birds ,the Royal Chitwan Parks offers one of the finest wildlife experience in Asia .Lying in the Terai belt ,encompassed by the Churia Hilss and flanked by he Rapti ,reu and Narayani rivers, the park covers an area of 932 sq.km. It was established in 1973 and is the oldest National Park in Nepal . The park became a world heritage site in 1984 .

During the 19th century , chitwan was the private hunting reserve of the rana Prime ministerd . In 1911King George V led a hunting party to Chitwan and  is sai to have thirty -seven tiger and eight rhinos .Between 1944 and 1940 , the king and his guests, is said to have killed four hundred and thirty-three tigers and fifty -three rhinos