From unique traditional home to tent in garden, our different accommodation options will provide you with the most authentic experience possible and will always reflect the local character and spirit of your stay with us.
Built just like a traditional house, the rooms are named after the animals you are likely to see in the national park. Charming, we provide all that you need for a comfortable stay. The decoration is simple, the rooms are functional and all the beds are supplied with mosquito nets. These aren’t needed for the cooler months between November and February though. In the local, traditional style, the walls are constructed from reed and bamboo, covered with a layer of mud and dung and topped with a traditional thatched roof.
STANDARD ROOM – IN THARU STYLE
Like a traditional house and simply decorated in a Tharu style, the rooms are spacious and privately located to ensure a quiet night of sleep. Our standard rooms give the authentic tharu feeling while sleeping under the thatched roof and enjoying the view of local surrounding fields while taking your shower. From this outside living area you can enjoy the view of the forest hideaway garden.
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DELUXE ROOM – IN THARU STYLE
Our deluxe rooms are large and privately set to ensure a peaceful setting in the forest. These rooms are newly constructed, semi concrete , well carpeted with the mixture of tharu and modern art. The rooms are installed with modern appliances and facilities to make your stay as comfortable as possible.
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Known as ‘Tharu’, the indigenous people of the western lowlands of Nepal live in close harmony with nature. The local community depends on the forest and rivers for their survival and livelihood and still lives as they have done for generations. In keeping with this rural way of life, Forest Hideaway provides accommodation from budget to deluxe, in traditional clay and timber cottages with grass thatch roofing and indigenous décor.
The hotel contains a library, bar and restaurant offering a set buffet or appetizing a la carte menu. All this is situated within a beautiful garden.
Forest Hideaway Resort provides a relaxed setting from which to explore the pristine conservation area that is Bardia National Park.
Electricity has reached Bardia recently. We have added generator to produce electricity in case of power cut. Or guests are provided hot shower heated with solar system during the day and hot water bottle during the night.
An early morning 30 km drive by jeep will drop you by the Karnali River. This is followed by a serene day rafting down the gentle Karnali. Drifting down the river allows you to spot wildlife, especially the endangered freshwater Gangetic dolphin, the gharial crocodile, exotic birds and big game on the nearby river banks. Swimming is also possible and sometimes the dolphins may join you!
These are aimed at particular habitats or types of wildlife. For example, a popular choice is a Black Buck Antelope Tour or a prolonged three-day deep jungle trek. Please do not hesitate to contact us for any further details or information on what you want to do.
Explore the community forest, river habitats and open water areas to see the wide range of varieties of birds. Bird watching is best done on foot for the least disturbance, but you can take a jeep safari or drift down the Karnali River for sightings of the many river birds. Our well-trained guides can help identify the different varieties of resident and migratory birds encountered.
Bardia National Park provides a number of well looked after domestic elephants. These fearless, majestic animals provide the safest and easiest way to move around inside the park. Walking through tall grasslands and dense jungle, you’ll sight wildlife safely from the back of the elephant.
FROM THE BLOGNepal is not only known for trekking in snow-capped Himalayas but also an exquisite Jungle Safari through the pristine National parks. The geography of Nepal is such that the northern side has Himalaya’s whereas the southern lowland commonly known as Terai is densely vegetated with tropical forests providing habitat to diverse variety of wildlife, flora and different native as well as migratory birds.
