Overview
Rara Overland Tour Package- 6 Nights 7 Days from Kathmandu in 2024
Experience the beauty of Rara Lake with our 6-night, 7-day Overland Tour Package from Kathmandu. Explore the scenic drive and immerse yourself in the stunning surroundings.
Rara Lake Tour is the best place to celebrate Holidays in Western part of Nepal. Everybody has dream to visit Majestic lake Rara,Mugu and Karnali Zon. The Rara & Mugu area is so beautiful, like a paradise. The local food with hospitality will add more memory to your visit. Rara National Park, Nepal’s smallest and most scenic national park that spreads over an area of 106 sq km is situated about 370 km north- west of Kathmandu and lies in Mugu a mountainous district of the western region of Nepal. The Rara Lake tour & National Park ascends from 1800m to 4480m forested by conifers. The pivotal of Rara National Park is the pristine Rara Lake, which stands high at the self of 2990m and spreads over 10.8 sq km. More than 500 different kinds of flowers and herbs including Rhododendron, the national flower, Black Juniper, Oak, West Himalayan Spruce and Himalayan Cypress are found in this Park.
Visit Nepal’s deepest Lake, the Rara, hiking through lovely Juniper forests and enjoy the spectacular landscape that surrounds this pristine lake.
Rara Lake at 2,990m, is the deepest lake in Nepal and also one of the most pristine. Surrounded by green hills on all sides, covered in juniper trees, one can camp by the sparkling waters of the lake. Go boating in the clear waters, hike to nearby hills for a closer view of the mountains and lake, get acquainted with the charming local people, or just walk around the large lake watching out for wild flowers or a rare bird along the way.
The park is surrounded by alpine coniferous vegetation and offers a representative sample of the region’s flora and fauna. More than 500 different kinds of flowers, 20 species of mammals and 214 species of birds can be observed in the Rara National Park. As for life in the lake, the snow trout is one of the fish varieties recorded here so far.
The rich vegetation of the park supports diverse species of wildlife including the endangered red panda, musk deer, Himalayan black bear, leopard, jackal, Himalayan tahr, Yellow-throated martin, wild dog, wild boar, common langur, rhesus macaque and the common otter. During winter the park abounds in bird varieties like coots, great-crested grebe, black-necked grebe, red crested pochard, mallard, common teal, merganser and gulls. Migrant water fowl and gallinaceous birds can also be seen during certain seasons.
Rara in the far north western part of Nepal is the smallest national park in the country, while the Rara Lake is Nepal’s biggest lake. The lake is 167m deep at some places, and drains into the rivers Mugu Karnali via Nijar Khola. Chuchemara Hill at 4,087m is the best vantage point to enjoy magnificent views of the deep blue lake, the forested hillsides and the snowcapped peaks.
Nepalgunj is industrial and transport hub of the far west Nepal. It is the gateway to some of the world’s best and scenic trekking routes for lower and Upper Dolpa and other western Himalayas. It is also centre for Nepal’s famous amazing wildlife, jungle safari, jungle adventure reserve parks like Bardia National Park, Rara National Park, Shey-Phoksumdo Park, Khaptad National park. See the great range of bird species, about 380, and dolphins in Karnali river.
The heart of Nepalgunj is Tribhuwan square. Hindu worship and trade is centered around the Bageshwari Mandir; behind the temple is a large pool with a jaunty statue of Mahadev (Shiva) in the middle – marvellously kitsch. Huge number of devotes, even from neighboring country India, can be seen during the nine days of Hindu festival season ‘Ramnavami’ falling in last of September or starting of October and on ‘Mahashivratri’.
Nepalgunj is also a gateway for Mount Kailash tour through Simikot and Hilsa boarder. Nepalganj is just – 190 kilometres from Lucknow, the capital city of Uttar Pradesh state of India and about 100 kilometre from city ‘Lakhimpur Kheri’ and about 80 kilometre from ‘Shrawasti of India.
4 Days Rara Tour
3 Days Bardia Safari
4 Days Bardia Safari
5D Bardia Safari Tour
8 Days Kathmandu Chitwan Pokhara Nagarkot Overland Tour
Outline Itinerary
Location: Mugu District
Coordinates: 29°31′45″N 82°5′35″E
Type: fresh water
Primary inflows: Karnali river
Primary outflows: Nijar River
Max. length: 5.1 km (3.2 mi)
Max. width: 2.7 km (1.7 mi)
Surface area: 1,061 ha (2,620 acres)
Average depth: 100 m (330 ft)
Max. depth: 167 m (548 ft)
Water volume: 10,682 m3 (377,200 cu ft)
Shore length1: 14 km (8.7 mi)
Surface elevation: 2,290 m (7,510 ft)
Day 01 : Kathmandu-Kohalpur/Surkhet 12-13 hrs/732m
Day 02 : Kohalpur-Manma 10-12 hr/2033m
Day 03 : Manma-Rara 8-9 hr/2990m
Day 04 : Rara Explore & Murma top Hiking 4 hr/3770m (Maximum altitude)
Day 05 : Rara-Manma 8-9 hr/2514m
Day 06 : Manma -Kohalpur 10-12 hrs
Day 07 : Kohalpur- Kathmandu 12-13 hrs
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