Two Nepals, both rarely seen
Most travelers go north. We go south, then east. Bardiya National Park is Nepal's largest, and one of the last places on earth where you can track a Bengal tiger on foot. We work with a single naturalist family who have spent three generations reading the Karnali floodplains — they know where the cats move and when.
Then a crossing few travelers make: a private vehicle and a domestic flight to Ilam, in the far east, where the hills turn to tea. You stay in an estate house above the Mai Khola, walk the rows at first light with the head taster, and learn why the same leaf, processed differently, can taste like jasmine or like rain on stone.
The arc of the journey
- Days 1–4 Bardiya National Park — tiger tracking, riverboat, Tharu village dinner
- Day 5 Transition via Nepalgunj and a private flight to Bhadrapur
- Days 6–7 Ilam tea estate — tasting, walks, slow afternoons
What is included
A senior naturalist with us throughout Bardiya. Private boat transfers on the Karnali. The estate house in Ilam, exclusively yours. A complete tasting flight curated for you on arrival.