06/08/2016
Sauraha is a village in Nepal's Chitwan District
situated close to the Rapti River and the Chitwan
National Park, 23 km (14 mi) east of Narayangarh
city. It is the eastern gateway to Chitwan National
Park. Beginning literally as a small and quaint village
of daub huts, houses and hotels, it has grown into a
small town with hotels, resorts, restaurants, internet
cafes, and gift shops. [citation needed ]
Get in
By air
In addition to good road access, Sauraha has good
air connections through Bharatpur airport with regular
daily air services from Pokhara and Kathmandu. The
airport lies just 15 kilometer to the west of Sauraha.
Will need to change to bus, jeep, taxi for connection
to Sauraha.
By bus
Via Kathmandu: there are three types of buses
available. Cheaper Birganj bound buses which will
drop you at Tadi Bazaar about 4 kilometers north of
Sunauli where you can easily get local bus, taxi,
rickshaws, tanga/pony carts. These second bit more
expensive type is the direct tourist buses that are no
more comfortable than normal intercity except they
are full of tourists. A third type are more comfortable
aircondition buses (Greenline, etc.). All buses will
travel via Mugling, Narayangarh/Bharatpur, Tadi
Bazaar, Sauraha; 4–5 hours.
Via Sunauli / Bhairahawa on an eastern bound
(Birganj/Biratnagar) buses traveling through Butwal,
Bharatpur, Tadi Bazaar. Change to local bus, jeep,
pony cart, rickshaw to Sauraha: 3 – 4 hours.
Via Pokhara: direct tourist buses are available via
Mugling, Narayangarh / Bharatpur, Tadi Bazaar,
Sauraha; 3 – 4 hours.
