Thirty-seven years in the wild.
From Temple Tiger Jungle Resort inside the park itself, to Green Jungle Resort on the Narayani’s bank, the same family of jungle hospitality, still finding its way.
From royal hunting ground to protected park.
For a century this forest was a royal hunting reserve. In 1973 it became Nepal’s first national park — 932 km² of sal forest, grassland and riverine habitat, later a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the last refuges of the greater one-horned rhinoceros and the Royal Bengal tiger. Staying here means staying inside that history, not beside it.
- Before 1973 · Royal hunting groundBig-game expeditions under Rana and Shah rule; the forest’s abundance is what made protection urgent.
- 1973 · Chitwan National Park gazettedNepal’s first national park — hunting ends, protection begins.
- 1984 · World Heritage listedUNESCO recognition for outstanding habitat and species diversity.
- 1989 · Temple Tiger inside the parkThirty-seven years ago our story starts deep inside Chitwan itself; today Green Jungle Resort carries it forward on the Narayani’s bank.
Archival hunting-era photographs to follow — placeholders reserved for licensed historical images.
This is where it all started, thirty-seven years ago, Temple Tiger Jungle Resort, deep inside Chitwan National Park, at a time when very few had reason to come this far. Values carried forward today, just outside the park’s west sector, on the bank of the Narayani.
We don’t see our guests as a means to an end. They are companions we share our home with, which is why personal service and attention to detail matter here more than any amenity list. It’s a platform for cultural awareness and sustainable tourism as much as it is a place to sleep.
Over 80% of our team comes from the villages that border the resort. A share of what we do funds local school teachers’ salaries and has put medical refrigeration into the nearest health post, because the resort and the community around it were never really two separate things.
The Solar Array
Every villa and common space runs on Nepal’s largest hotel solar installation. It costs more than the grid would; we’ve chosen to run on renewable energy anyway.
The Tharu Community
The indigenous Tharu community and neighbouring villages are the resort’s identity: over four in five staff come from here, and village walks, craft and dance are hosted with the people who live them — not staged at a distance.
The Dance
We’ve long supported a dance troupe from Bag-khor village, Tharu and Bote traditions performed for guests, and kept alive for reasons that have nothing to do with guests at all.
Welcome to Green Jungle Resort
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Our founding philosophy