Crocodile Breeding Centre & Rhino Centre

Bardia National Park


A small breeding centre for marsh mugger and gharial crocodiles, as well as turtles. An adjacent enclosure contains Shivaram, a rhino who was injured as a baby in Chitwan. Blind in one eye, he used to wander freely around the park headquarters until he killed a man.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Bardia National Park attractions

1. Visitor Centre

0.16 MILES

Located next to the fee office, this simple visitor centre consists of two large rooms with placards on the park's species.

  • placement: superzone
  • path: Destinations/POIs/superzone
  • possible size: [970, 250], [970, 90], [728, 90], [1, 1],
  • targeting:
    {
      "url": "nepal/the-terai-and-mahabharat-range/royal-bardia-national-park/attractions/crocodile-breeding-centre-rhino-centre/a/poi-sig/1432538/357179",
      "destination": "Bardia-National-Park",
      "continent": "Asia",
      "country": "Nepal",
      "region": "Bardia-National-Park",
      "position": "superzone"
    }