Valmiki National Park
Bihar's only tiger reserve, against the Nepal border in the Gandak valley.
- Where
- West Champaran, Bihar, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 27.0652, 84.1793
Get the Valmiki National Park stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Valmiki National Park. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Bihar volume with your photos and a note.
Near Valmiki National Park
Lauria Nandangarh 24 km
An Ashokan pillar with a lion on top, and a burial mound beside it.
Udaypur Wildlife Sanctuary 37 km
A sanctuary in West Champaran around a lake that is now on the Ramsar list.
Kushinagar 44 km
Where the Buddha died and was cremated, marked by a reclining figure six metres long carved from a single block.
Parsa National Park 47 km
Sal forest and the low Sivalik Hills spread over 627 square kilometres of the central Terai, next to Chitwan. A wildlife reserve from 1984, it became a national park in 2017, and its forests let animals roam between the two parks.
Chitwan National Park 51 km
Nepal's first national park, founded in 1973 in the jungle and grassland of the inner Terai and a World Heritage Site since 1984. Its 952 square kilometres are home to one-horned rhinoceros and Bengal tigers, watched from jeeps, canoes and on foot.
Ramagrama Stupa 69 km
A grassy brick mound in Ramgram, Parasi District, venerated as a stupa holding relics of the Buddha. Nepal's Department of Archaeology dates its building to between the Mauryan and Gupta periods.
Devghat 79 km
A holy town where the Kali Gandaki and the Trishuli meet to form the Narayani, one of the great religious centres of central Nepal. Temples and ashrams line the banks, and many devotees come to spend their last years here.
Ramgarh Tal Lake 85 km
A lake of nearly seven hundred hectares in the middle of Gorakhpur.
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Questions
Where is Valmiki National Park?
Valmiki National Park is in West Champaran, Bihar. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Lauria Nandangarh (24 km), Udaypur Wildlife Sanctuary (37 km), Kushinagar (44 km).
How do I get the Valmiki National Park stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Valmiki National Park and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Bihar volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Valmiki National Park before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Bihar volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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