Elephant carrying tourists on its back in the Reu river. Royal Chitwan National Park, the Terai, Nepal

Peasant women carrying harvest in woven baskets in mustard fields, Sauhara. Royal Chitwan National Park, the Terai, Nepal

Guests at the Island Jungle Resort hotel take an elephant safari across a river, Royal Chitwan National Park, the Terai, Nepal, Asia

Children playing, Chitwan, Terai, Nepal

Elephant with ranger, Chitwan National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Western Terai, Nepal, Asia

Dawn over Chitwan National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Western Terai, Nepal, Asia

Sunset over Chitwan National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Western Terai, Nepal, Asia

Sunset over Chitwan National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Western Terai, Nepal, Asia

Manaslu mountain range rising 8000m plus in the Himalayas, above the Terai plains, Chitwan National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nepal, Asia

Japanese tourists board the elephant that will take them on safari, at the Island Jungle Resort hotel, Royal Chitwan National Park, Terai, Nepal, Asia

Two year old girl and the elephant that will take her on safari, at the Island Jungle Resort hotel, Royal Chitwan National Park, Terai, Nepal, Asia

Two year old girl and the elephant that will take her on safari, at the Island Jungle Resort hotel, Royal Chitwan National Park, Terai, Nepal, Asia

Two year old girl and the elephant that will take her on safari, at the Island Jungle Resort hotel, Royal Chitwan National Park, Terai, Nepal, Asia

Mahout and elephant in early morning mist, Island Jungle Resort Hotel, Royal Chitwan National Park, on the Gangetic plains of the Terai, Nepal, Asia

Elephants at Island Jungle Resort Hotel, Royal Chitwan National Park, Terai, Nepal, Asia

Japanese tourists on dawn elephant safari, at the Island Jungle Resort hotel, Royal Chitwan National Park, Terai, Nepal, Asia

Intermediate egret, Mesophoyx intermedia, Royal Chitwan National Park, Terai, Nepal, Asia

Elephant (Elephantidae) bathing in Rapti River, Sauraha, Chitwan National Park, Terai Lowland, Nepal, Asia

Blue waters of the Karnali river with a Ganges river dolphin;Platanista gangetica) coming to breathe at the surface., Bardia or Bardiya National Park, Terai region, Nepal

One-horned Asian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) and young, Chitwan National Park, Inner Terai lowlands, Nepal, Asia, Unesco World Heritage Site

One-horned Asian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), Chitwan National Park, Inner Terai lowlands, Nepal, Asia, Unesco World Heritage Site

One-horned Asian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), Chitwan National Park, Inner Terai lowlands, Nepal, Asia, Unesco World Heritage Site