Dalla is a small village where you can find Bardia Community Homestay. Run by the women with assistance from their husbands, guests are welcomed by their hosts to stay in their simple mud-built huts that form part of the traditional family home. You enjoy your own private space but are never far from the family environment. Your accommodation is quite rustic and most of the toilets are outside, just a few steps away from your room. Your rooms come equipped with mosquito nets.

About Bardiya

Bardia in the south west corner of Nepal has lots to offer and is home to one of Nepal’s best secrets, Bardia National Park. Lesser known to foreign travellers, Bardia National Park is probably the best place to see Bengal Tigers, alongside more than 30 species of mammals and 250 species of birds, including the endangered Bengal florican and sarus crane. You can also spot the endangered Gharial and marsh mugger crocodiles and Gangetic dolphins in the famous Karnali river that flows through Bardiya.

The Tharu people here have their own language and traditions that are different from their Tharu cousins in Chitwan. You see the villagers as they go about their daily lives toiling in the fields with methods that are still largely manual that has remained unchanged over the centuries.

Some Major Attractions in Bardiya

• Bardia National Park
• Khairpur Blackbuck Conservation Area
• Animal Breeding Centers
• Karnali Bridge Chisapani
• Thakur Baba Temple

FURTHER INFORMATION

Bardia: Rustic living at Dalla’s Tharu Community by Marianne Heredge

Tiger Hunting in Bardiya – Marianne Heredge

A Homestay In Nepal Changed My Life – Michelle Welsh

10 Good Reasons to go to Bardia – by Marianne Heredge

Diary of a visit to Bardiya Community Homestay