Birding Trek to Langtang National Park: October 2014
Birding Terk to Langtang National Park: October, 2014) Langtang National Park with 1710 km 2 as the first national park in the mountain region of Nepal was established in 26 March 1976. The main aim of its establishment is to protect the central Himalayan ecosystem of Nepal. It is the nearest national park and is only 117 km north from the Kathmandu by road. The park encloses the catchment of two river system : one draining west into the Trisuli and other east to Sun Koshi. The Park is bisected east-west to south-east by the Gosaikunda Lake (4300m) and Dorje Lhakhpa (6888m) range in the north. Langtang Lirung (7245m) is the highest point in the park. The park has recorded 46 species of mammalian fauna including Snow Leopard, Clouded Leopard, Musk Deer, Red Panda and Assamese Monkey. Till now, 58 species of Butterfly, 10 species of spider, 30 species of fish and 11 species of herpeto -fauna is recorded. Park harbors more than 1000 species of plant including Larix nepalensis, Rhodode