Hotel Butterfly — Hotel in Ratnanagar

We came to Chitwan only for 2 days. When we left the bus just to find a herd of guides or lodge owners trying to convince us to go to their places. We chose the hotel Butterfly because their guide was the most transparent with their prices. They offered us the drive and after checking the place we were convinced to stay. The owner was truly friendly and helpful. He Helped us to organise the little time we had there.||The hotel has a beatiful and romantic garden with wooden huts, many flowers and butterflies around. |The rooms were clean and above the bed there were the mosquito nets, anyway our friends did not use it for the night as all the windows had built-in nets.||The water is luke warm, however my husband had a nice, warm shower.|I did not mind about the water because the room temperature was good enough and I already knew it is a common issue in this area, if not in the whole country.||The food was tasty and cheap (from 150 to 300 rupees).||The day we arrived they orginised for us a free walking tour guided by Bishal. We were already lucky to see one Rhino, monkeys, deers and many birds. ||We had chosen with them the full day walk in the jungle with canoeing in the morning| and staying for the night in the tower house by the river.|We had two very nice guides Ganesh and Bishal. Both were very competent and knew a lot about the different species of bird and animals in the Park.|We had the chance to see rhinos, many crocodiles, wild boars, monkeys, langurs, Jakals, snake, many deers, birds, and people on elephants😜 I think I also saw a little leopard. ||The price for the night tower stay was rather expensive 4500 rupees, but for us, nature lovers, was truly worth it. We had the whole Tower just for the 4 of us plus our guides. The rooms were clean, toilet, and basic shower outdoor without courtines.|Anyway it's not a luxury stay but an unique experience with the sound of nocturnal animals and insects. From that tower we had view to the river and crocodiles taking rest and in the dark we were watching the flying fire bugs. |For the dinner they brought us curry veggy with rice and eggs. It was really yummy. We were actually expecting something simple.||In the morning we had the bus back to Kathmandu. They made sure we made it in time. We Even had time for breakfast.||It was a great experience and definitely it is a place to come back again. |Thank you so much...

The lodge offers small bungalows in a beautifully landscaped garden which alone invites you to stay longer in Chitwan. The breakfast in Nepal has long been one of the closest to a European breakfast and is always delicious for a good start to the day.

A guided tour with our guides Sandu and Sanjo made our stay in Chitwan a real experience. It was also the first time for me to spend four days on a walking safari instead of travelling by jeep. The two of them know an incredible amount about the birdlife in the park, were very good trackers and have a very friendly relationship with the villagers around the park. I will miss it if I am presented with a prudish guide again another time. Sometimes they were a bit annoyed with other guides who didn't always stick to all the rules, which can quickly become a danger with wild animals. I really appreciated that.

In the park there were plenty of opportunities to observe wet squirrels, crocodiles, deer and monkeys. In addition, we managed to spot bears and even turtles despite the high grass levels at this time of year. And of course countless insects, dragonflies, beetles and leeches. Yes, even squirrels. I was very impressed by the diversity. Gladly again! Because as I have heard from other travellers, some of them are coming here for the...

A Jeep dropped us there after we arrive in bus from Pokhara, supposed to be the tourist information center we started asking questions about the national park. To make the long story shot, the end up selling us a jungle walking package under the name of “butterfly hotel”. From The two guides that came with us, one didn’t speak English at all and the other one we could barely understand with A LOT of effort. The jungle walk wasn’t good at all,|All day walking through the Jeep tracks (full of jeeps making noise). We saw a rhino st 5 in the afternoon when we where heading back to our acommodation. When we gave the feedback to the person who was supposed to be the tourist information center (that we realize late that was working for the hotel) he was very angry because of our feedback and didn’t want to talk to us and walked out. |My recommendation is to check 2 or 3|Options before a booking something and make sure that your guides have experience and at least talk...