There
are local home-stay facilities in Shaktikhor, Gadi,
Chisapanitar, Chitram, Majhbang and Hattibang, resting
places, porter shelters with bath rooms/toilets. Tea
houses are available in Siddhi, whereas camping site
is available in Uppardang Gadi, Hattibang, Chitram
and Jyandala. The nearest point where all major tourist
facilities are available is Sauraha near the Royal
Chitwan National Park or Narayanghat.
Dining
Wholesome and organic locally produced agricultural
items are available along the Chepang Hills Trail.
Millets, wheat, corn, buck wheat Dhido (Nepali food
item) and roti, baked corn, soybeans and other beans,
dal and rice, gundruk (partially fermented edible
leaves), seasonal vegetables and fruits, ghee, milk,
honey, curd, other juices, poultry/goat items, edible
roots, etc. are available. Other items like Kheer
(pudding), sel-roti (fox bread), black dal's phuloura
(a type of fried item), crab, tama (bamboo shoots),
fish, nettle, etc. are also available on demand.
• Chepang Museum:
A Chepang Museum has also been established at Shaktikhor
in order to preserve and promote primitive cultures,
originalities, costumes, life styles of the people.
Different materials used by the Chepangs and relics
like catapults used in killing birds, slings and bows
used for
hunting animals, crushing devices, dhiki and janto
(traditional stone tools for beating and grinding
grains), pots, wooden containers, drums have been
kept in the museum. The museum is managed by thr ethnic
minorities. It was setup by the District Development
Committee and the help of Praja Cooperative
• Shaktikhor Tourist Information Center:
A brief visit to the tourist information center at
Shaktikhor is recommended for current travel information,
while trekking in the Chitwan Chepang Hills, which
include resource materials that can provide cultural
and natural attractions of the Chepang Hills. this
center also can arrange trained tour guides, cooks,
informative books, tents, utensils, and facilitates
Chepang museum tours, local handicraft sales and crop
sales, documentary show, etc.
Visit the Information Centre and register your name
for entrance to Chepang Museum. The Information Centre
provides information about upardang Gadi, Siraichuli,
Chepangs and many more. |
