You might be thinking, Nepal is all about mountains, monasteries, and temples. But that is not it, Nepal is full of wilderness.
You can find almost all hills covered with forests. There are various virgin inaccessible mountain regions ready for trekking.
You can find lush forests, uninhabited valleys, amazing glaciers and lakes.
There are 13 National Parks.
- Banke National Park – 550 km2 (210 sq mi)
- Bardiya National Park – 968 km2 (374 sq mi)
- Chitwan National Park – 932 km2 (360 sq mi)
- Khaptad National Park – 225 km2 (87 sq mi)
- Langtang National Park – 1,710 km2 (660 sq mi)
- Makalu Barun National Park – 1,500 km2 (580 sq mi)
- Parsa National Park – 637 km2 (246 sq mi)
- Rara National Park – 106 km2 (41 sq mi)
- Sagarmatha National Park – 1,148 km2 (443 sq mi)
- Shey Phoksundo National Park – 3,555 km2 (1,373 sq mi)
- Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park – 159 km2 (61 sq mi)
- Shuklaphanta National Park – 305 km2 (118 sq mi)
One Wildlife Reserve: Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve
One Hunting Reserve: Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve
Six Conservation Areas
- Annapurna Conservation Area – 7,629 km2 (2,946 sq mi)
- Api Nampa Conservation Area – 1,903 km2 (735 sq mi)
- Blackbuck Conservation Area – 15.95 km2 (6.16 sq mi)
- Gaurishankar Conservation Area – 2,179 km2 (841 sq mi)
- Kanchenjunga Conservation Area – 2,035 km2 (786 sq mi)
- Manaslu Conservation Area – 1,663 km2 (642 sq mi)
Nine Ramsar Sites
- Bishazari Tal – 3,200 ha (12 sq mi)
- Ghodaghodi Tal – 2,563 ha (9.90 sq mi)
- Gokyo Lake Complex – 7,770 ha (30.0 sq mi)
- Gosaikunda – 13.8 ha (34 acres)
- Jagdishpur Reservoir – 225 ha (0.87 sq mi)
- Kosi Tappu Wildlife Reserve – 17,500 ha (68 sq mi)
- Mai Pokhari – 90 ha (220 acres)
- Phoksundo Lake – 494 ha (1.91 sq mi)
- Rara Lake – 1,583 ha (6.11 sq mi)
So where do you want to visit?
