Qué hay en Chitwan (Sauraha), Nepal, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Thatch grass cutting, Maghi, the Tharu New Year

• Temporada

  Thatch grass cutting

  10–31 Ene · normalmenteCosechaMucha gente

  For a few days each January the park opens to villagers with permits to cut elephant grass and reed for roofing, and tens of thousands come in on foot and by cart. The Tharu villages mark the start and end of it.

• Festival

  Maghi, the Tharu New Year

  13–16 Ene · normalmenteGran festivalMucha gente

  The Tharu villages around the park celebrate their new year on the first of Magh with river baths at dawn, feasts and stick dancing. It is a family festival first, but the Sauraha villages welcome visitors who come respectfully. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Wintering birds (1 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente))

Concurrido — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus mejores meses por clima

• Naturaleza

  Wildlife viewing on short grass

  1 Feb – 15 Abr · normalmenteTemporada de faunaReserva pronto

  With the tall grass cut and the waterholes shrinking, rhino and deer are visible across the floodplain instead of hidden in it. This is the stretch guides push for, and the Sauraha lodges know it.

Sigue en marcha: Wintering birds (1 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En marzo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Wildlife viewing on short grass (1 Feb – 15 Abr (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Wildlife viewing on short grass (1 Feb – 15 Abr (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

• Cierre

  Jungle safaris suspended

  15 Jun – 15 Sep · normalmente

  The park stops jeep safaris, jungle walks and canoeing inside its core once the monsoon sets in, to protect tracks and people as the Rapti rises. Buffer-zone walks and birding carry on, and drives usually resume from mid-September. Fuente ↗

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Jungle safaris suspended (15 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente))

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Jungle safaris suspended (15 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — Dashain, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Dashain

  20 Sep – 25 Oct · normalmenteFiesta nacionalCierresMucha genteReserva pronto

  Nepal's biggest festival, and its longest public holiday: offices and many shops close for a week or more, and long-distance buses and domestic flights sell out as people travel home. Kites fly and bamboo swings go up, and hotels in holiday spots fill with Nepali families. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Jungle safaris suspended (15 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Dashain, Tihar

• Festivo

  Tihar

  15 Oct – 15 Nov · normalmenteDiwaliCierres

  The five-day festival of lights comes soon after Dashain: houses are lit with oil lamps and strings of lights, crows, dogs and cows are honoured with garlands, and groups go door to door singing deusi and bhailo at night. The last days are a public holiday and many businesses close. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Dashain (20 Sep – 25 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — Tihar

• Naturaleza

  Wintering birds

  1 Nov – 28 Feb · normalmenteTemporada de aves

  Around 160 migrant species drop into the oxbows and grasslands from the north for the cool months, on top of a resident list already among the longest in Nepal. Early morning on the Rapti is the easiest way to see them. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Tihar (15 Oct – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Concurrido — Chitwan Elephant Festival, vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Chitwan Elephant Festival

  24–31 Dic · normalmenteGran festivalMucha genteReserva pronto

  Sauraha's end-of-year festival brings dozens of working elephants onto the Baghmara ground for races, football and a beauty contest, ending with a feast for the animals. Hotels book out for the week; welfare groups remain critical of the spectacle. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Wintering birds (1 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente))