National Parks and Protected Areas In Nepal
There are ten National parks, six conservation areas, three wild life reserve and one Hunting reserve in Nepal. In addition there are twelve buffer zones of National parks and wild life reserve. The different types of conservation areas covers around 23% area of the country.
National Parks
1) Chitwan National park - 932 km2 (360 sq mi)2) Sagarmatha National Park – 1,148 km2 (443 sq mi)
3) Rara National Park – 106 km2 (41 sq mi)
4) Langtang National Park -1,710 km2 (660 sq mi)
5) Khaptad National Park – 225 km2 (87 sq mi)
6) Shey phoksundo National Park– 3,555 km2 (1,373 sq mi)
7) Bardiya National Park – 968 km2 (374 sq mi)
8) Makalu Barun National park– 1,500 km2 (580 sq mi)
9) Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park– 159 km2 (61 sq mi)
10) Banke National Park– 550 km2 (210 sq mi)
Wildlife reserves
1) Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve – 175 km2 (68 sq mi)
2) Parsa Wildlife Reserve – 637 km2 (246 sq mi)
3) Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve – 305 km2 (118 sq mi)
Conservation areas
1) Annapurna Conservation Area – 7,629 km2 (2,946 sq mi)
2) Kanchenjunga Conservation Area – 2,035 km2 (786 sq mi)
3) Manaslu Conservation Area – 1,663 km2 (642 sq mi)
4) Blackbuck Conservation Area – 15.95 km2 (6.16 sq mi)
5) Api Nampa Conservation Area – 1,903 km2 (735 sq mi)
6) Gaurishankar Conservation Area – 2,179 km2 (841 sq mi)
Hunting Reserve
1) Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve – 1,325 km2 (512 sq mi)
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