Bardia Eco Lodge is an eco-friendly and carbon-neutral wildlife lodge located in a beautiful riverside setting in Bardia National Park in Nepal, very close to the park entrance. It provides an environmentally sympathetic and sustainable destination for tourists, which also benefits the local community.

The lodge has as little impact as possible on the land and ecosystem which it occupies, and indeed to improve wildlife biodiversity in the area. It also strives to minimise negative socio-cultural impacts on the area's local population. The lodge offers a variety of comfortable lodging choices for travellers, and a design that is both functional and tasteful.

Bardia EcoLodge is first and foremost about Nepal; its culture, its people and its magnificence. In Nepal, all of your logistics are taken care of by Narayan Aryal, our Nepalese partner. Under his guidance, the EcoLodge is managed to the high standards we have set ourselves.   

Activities in Bardia
There are a wide variety of ways to explore the park, allowing you to target different animals and birds in different areas. Our guide will discuss recent sightings with you and your own personal interests, and tailor your visits into the park around these. Some of the more popular activities on offer include:
BardiaJungle walks (half or full day walks from the lodge into the park. You'll do a lot of walking and hopefully some tiger tracking, but have regular breaks at watch towers and areas the guides know are good for spotting larger animals)

Elephant safaris (one or two hour safaris into the park in the early morning or late afternoon, mainly targetting rhino sightings)

Rafting through the park (one of the best ways to travel through the park, this easy rafting trip starts at the spectacular Karnali bridge and finishes by the Elephant stables. There are swimming opportunities, and you should see a wide variety of the parks wildlife, hopefully including Gangetic dolphins. The tour also includes some short jungle walks and breaks at good wildlife viewing spots. The tour finishes with a fun local ox-cart ride back to the lodge)

Jungle Drives (explore the park by jeep, allowing you to cover a lot more ground and enjoy some short jungle walks and breaks at well known spotting sites)

Bird Watching walks (morning and afternoon walking tours from the lodge, in surrounding areas and into the park)

Cycling (a variety of short or full-day cycling tours to visit black buck habitats, and tiny local villages where you can see and learn about the life of the local Tharu community)

Gharial crocodiles trip (drive from the lodge to see native Gharial crocodiles basking on the river bank. There's also a great spot under a large bridge en-route to the camp from Nepalgunj where we normally see both Gharial and Mugger crocodiles).

Tharu culture programme (evening display and explanation of local Tharu dances and culture)

Canoeing Trips (done in calm channels of the Karnali river close to the lodge, we'll hire dug-out canoes from local families and paddle slowly past the park. Good for birdwatching and seeing local life)