National Parks in Nepal

Along with her natural beauty, Nepal is the country of cultural and biological diversity. Nepal has different types of conservation areas for the protection and management of the endangered species and other valuable mammals, flora and fauna such as one horned rhino, spotted tiger, red panda and many plant species. 

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.

The Royal Chitwan National Park is the oldest National Park. It is also included in the World Heritage Site. Among the National Park , She-phoksundo national park is the largest(3555sqkm) and Rara National park is the smallest (106sqkm). Out of the conservation areas Annapurna Conservation Area is the largest(7629sqkm)  and Blackbuck Conservation area  is the smallest with 16.95sqkm.