Saturday, January 29, 2011

Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park

Popular trekking, hiking and recreation area, the Park offers the retreat from Kathmandu.The park was
estalished as a watershed and Wildlife Reserve in 1976 and was declared as a national park in 2002 for the protection of flora and fauna. Vegetation varieties in the park include its 129 species of mushrooms while animals include 19 species of mammals including Himalayan black bear, leopard, barking deer, wild boar, wildcat, rhesus monkey and langur monkey. The park also boasts of 177 species of birds and 102 species of butterflies.

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