Bardia National Park (BNP) in Nepal

Bardia National Park (BNP)
Type	wild

Owner	Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (Governing body)
Size	968 km2
Founded	1976
Address	Thakuradwara
Place	Bardia
Region	Southwest Nepal
Country	Nepal

Directors

Key People

Veterinarians

Elephant department

Head keepers of elephants

Elephant keepers
Record history
History of updates	2021-01-13

Latest document update	2021-01-13 12:03:34
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Description

Bardia National Park (BNP), located at Thakuradwara, in Bardia, Nepal , was founded in 1976.

Living elephants

At the Bardia National Park (BNP) lives 3 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)

Comments / picturesPreviously known as Royal Bardia National Park (RBNP), Bardia National Park is situated in the mid far western Terai, east of the Karnali River, Nepal. The park is the largest and most undisturbed wilderness area in the Terai. About 70% of the park is covered with forest with the balance a mixture of grassland, savannah and riverine forest. It is also the home of one of the last known herds of wild elephants in Nepal.

1987: there were only two bulls within the Royal Bardia National Park (RBNP) in 1987, but in early nineties a Herd of 25 elephants arrived from other areas, including India.

2018: BNP holds a large population of residential elephants (n~80) as well as itinerant herds of apr 40 elephants elephants that travel north from Indian forests (Pradhan et al., 2007).

References for records about Bardia National Park (BNP)

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Bardia National Park (BNP), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1413. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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