A huge vegetarian that spends its days amid tall grasses and swampy wallows.

Physical Description: Very large, brownish gray, with plate-like pleats to their thick skin, greater one-horned Asian rhinoceroses are built somewhat like tanks with skinny, short legs. Their hearing and sense of smell are acute, but these animals have poor vision and cannot see a non-moving animal 100 feet away. Present in both males and females, but not newborn young, the distinctive horn is made of keratin--the same protein that forms fingernails and the covering of cow horns.

This watershed area is a true representation of the Middle hills in the protected area system. It also provides over 40% of the drinking water to the Kathmandu Valley. It has high diversity of forest types (sal, subtropical hardwood, lower slopes mixed hardwood, chir pine, oak and upper slope mixed hardwood) which occupy 39% of the land where 16 endemic plants occur.

Parsa Wildlife Reserve occupies parts of Chitwan, Makawanpur, Parsa and Bara districts in central Nepal. The reserve headquarters is situated at Adabar on the Hetauda-Birgunj highway and the Reserve covers 499 sq. kms. and established in 1984.

The dominant landscape of the reserve, the Churiya hills ranging from 750m. to 950m. run east-west of the reserve. The reserve has sub-tropical monsoon climate. The forest is composed of tropical to subtropical forest types with sal constituting 90% of the vegetation.

Trekking and travel in Nepal is less expensive than anywhere in the world. Cultural Treks was formed to help facilitate traveler’s exposure to the people and ways of this kingdom. You will always find our staff energetic and enthusiastic. Sharing with others their way of life in Nepal is their greatest pleasure. Because the staffs know the traditions of this land, your experience with them is sure to be a memory of a lifetime. We believes that a client's trekking experience will be a well earned journey on magnificent and varied trails, through villages, across rivers and over mountains. Being close to nature and interacting with people is all part of the package and exposure to this special part of the world.

An Overview: Nepal has 14 national parks and wildlife reserves most of which have dense tropical jungles teeming with diverse wildlife and exotic birds. Ride on elephant back or drive your four-wheeler to view wild animals in their natural habitat or you might escape for a canoe rides on the jungle rivers. One can also have a memorable nature walks, bird watching excursions, village and cultural tours. Chit wan, the home of Nepal's wildlife, has over 43 species of animals. It is also popular Safari destination in the region.