Chitwan National Park is a protected natural area covering an area of 932 km². It was created in 1973, and became a World Heritage Site in 1984. It is located in central-southern Nepal, and exactly in the Chitwan district, 200 km from the capital Kathmandu. The vegetation consists of deciduous forests, and lush rainforest. Chitwan Park is home to at least 43 species of mammals, 450 of birds and 45 of amphibians and reptiles.
Elephants and Indian rhinos are the largest species found in the park, but there are also other herbivores, gaurs, sambars, Indian muntjacs, chital deer, hote deer, Sumatran sirau, quadrihorned antelopes and wild boars.