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 |
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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.