Narayangarh & Bharatpur Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Bharatpur (2km south of Narayangarh) is the closest airport to Royal Chitwan National Park. There are regular flights to/from Pokhara (US$44, 20 minutes) and Kathmandu (US$54, 30 minutes) with RNAC(530470) and several private airlines. In Bharatpur, the airline offices are all on the main road opposite the airport.

The main bus station, known as the Pokhara bus stand, is at the east end of town, on the road to Mugling. Buses run regularly to Pokhara (day/night Rs 120/140, four hours) and Kathmandu (day/night Rs 150/160, four hours). Minivans to both destinations leave from the road between the Mahendra Hwy and the bus station. A few buses also run north to Gorkha (Rs 90, three hours).

There are also regular buses to Butwal (Rs 80, two hours), Sunauli/Bhairawa (Rs 150, three hours), Birganj (Rs 140, three hours), Janakpur (Rs 150, six hours), Nepalganj (Rs 380; eight hours), Biratnagar (day/night Rs 380/400, nine hours), Kakarbhitta (day/night Rs 405/475, 12 hours) and Mahendranagar (Rs 565, 12 hours). Buses also pull into the new bus station in Bharatpur and Pulchowk on the Mahendra Hwy.

For Chitwan, you could take a local bus to Sauraha Chowk/Tandi Bazaar (Rs 10, 20 minutes) and then a rickshaw to Sauraha, but it's usually better to take a taxi all the way from Pulchowk (Rs 600).