Located on the edge of Bardia National Park, Karnali Lodge provides very comfortable accommodation and excellent guides for exploring the wildlife of the park.
The lodge has a total of 24 characterful rooms built in a traditional Tharu longhouse style, featuring mud-walls and thatched roofs outside, and high ceiling and comfortable beds shrouded by mosquito nets inside. The lodge has its own generator to provide electricity and hot water is available around the clock.
A central thatched-roofed roundhouse houses the restaurant and bar, with a campfire lit in the evening and early mornings. On clear days, breakfast and lunch are served outside and the level of service provided is exceptional.
Many of the guides employed by the lodge are from the local Tharu community and passionate about the wildlife and culture of the region. The lodge has excellent relations with neighbouring villages, and a village visit is a great way of learning about life in this remote part of Nepal.
The lodge also operate the Tiger Tops Karnali Tented Camp within the National Park.
