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Tourist Area |
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Shey Phoksundo National Park: |
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The name has been derived from two words Shey Gumba and Phoksundo Lake.
Initially it was operating as Shey Phoksundo wildlife reserve. It is the
largest National Park of the kingdom, which is the second largest
wildlife reserve in Nepal. The park is spr ead over parts of Dolpa and
Mugu district. The part covers an area of 3555 sqkm. The Park is famous
for snow leopard. The country of rolling hills and cysmic Activities
free are one of the specialties of Dolpa. It is open till National Park
Rigmo Lake for foreigner. As a culture one third of the people in this
area believed in pre-Buddhist culture (Bon po Religion). Here the
village situated in the higher part of the country which is Shey village
at the altitude of 4480 m. |
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Main attraction in side the National Park: |
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(Kangirowa Mountain, Shey-Monastry, Rigmo Lake, Suligad
Falls etc.)
The interesting fact about Phoksundo Lake is that we can’t find any
birds or fish around the lake. |
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Flora and Fauna : |
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Spruce,
Cypress, Poplar, Brich, juniper etc 14 types of Plant are also found in
Dolpa which are not available in the rest of the world |
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Fauna : |
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Animals like snow
leopard, blue ship, Ghoral, Himalayan tahr, wolf, Jackle, Himalayan
Mouse hare, Himalayan black bear, Himalayan weasel, Yellow throated
marten, Langur and rhesus monkeys etc can be found here in Dolpa.
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Birds : |
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Impeyan Pheasant, red and
yellow-billed choughs, Snow partridge, Munal etc are found in this area.
200 types of Birds are found in this area of which 38 are
internationally important. The rare species like white-throated tit,
wood snipe are also found in the National Park. Highest-flying Papilio
at about 4540 m are also available in this area and the Butterfly named
Nepa’Argus is the only butterfly that is found in Dolpa. |
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Current News |
- Organized "Interaction
Program" in Dolpa by visitdolpa.com.
- Documentary "The
Children of Mountain" shown for the fund collection of school...
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Current Events |
- Organized "Interaction
Program" in Dolpa by visitdolpa.com..
- Documentary "The
Children of Mountain" shown for the fund collection of school.
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