The jeep safari services operated inside the Chitwan National Park (CNP) here are to be halted from June 29 in view of the monsoon. The safari is being shut down because it will be difficult for vehicles to enter the park during the rainy season.
CNP closes the jungle safari every year during the monsoon season. As the monsoon ends, the safari is
opened around mid-September when the festivals begin. If the monsoon prolongs, the opening time is also postponed accordingly.
Avinash Thapamagar, the CNP Information Officer, said the jungle safari will be reopened after repairing the
roads damaged during the monsoon due to rain.
Although the jungle safari inside the park will be stopped, he mentioned that jeep safaris will continue in
the community forest of the park buffer zone.
Tourist activities, including trekking inside the reserve and observing the crocodile breeding centre, will be
regularly conducted, he informed.
Dr. Ganesh Pant, the CNP Chief Conservation Officer, informed that there is a practice of closing jungle
safaris in such parks around the world for a few months every year. He added that due to this, the wildlife inside
the sanctuary will not be disturbed, and life will be made easier.
It is said that during the monsoon season, floods occur and rivers swell, trees fall, roads become slippery
and muddy, and with the growth of grass and shrubs, even wild animals cannot be seen easily.
Thirty-two jeeps are operated from the Sauraha area, 10 from Kasara, seven from Meghauli, and five from Amaltari, providing a jungle Safari to tourists.
