/ Dhorpatan


PLACES NEARBY: | Jaljala | Nishel Dhor | Burtibang |

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  HOW TO REACH

Car/Jeep        13 hours (388 kms)

Bus                6 hours (200 kms to Pokhara)
     2 hours (72 kms
Pokhara to Baglung)
     3 hours (90 kms Baglung to Burtibang)
     2 hours (32 kms Burtibang to
Dhorpatan by Jeep)

Airplane        25 minutes (to Pokhara)


The village gets its name from the flat meadows above the 4000m high tree-line which are locally known as patans, and the marshy flat open valley next to which the village itself sits is called dhor. Hence, the name Dhorpatan. Hunting is allowed only in Dhorpatan in Nepal. The Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve lies a day’s drive west of Pokhara in the shadow of Mt. Dhaulagiri. The Reserve is home to many species of animals. There are 32 species of mammals recorded which include snow leopard, musk deer, red panda and blue sheep. 164 species of birds are found inside g reserve among which the Koklass pheasant, Impeyan pheasant, and Cheer pheasant are common. The reserve is also home to two species of reptiles. The blue sheep is the most popular species, other include ghoral, serow, rhesus macaque, langur, wild boar, Himalayan Tahrand mouse hare. The musk deer, wolf, wed panda, cheer pheasant and Danphe are the endangered species. There are seven hunting blocks within the reserve; four in the southern part and three in the northern part to make hunting easy and effective.

The winters are very cold due to low temperature and strong winds. The higher altitudes are covered by snow all year. Mornings are cloudy and it usually clears up in the afternoons. Snowfall occurs till early April. The best time to visit the reserve is between March and April.

The hunting reserve was established in 1987 with the objective of facilitate the hunting sport and to conserve the balance of species of the temperate, subalpine and alpine ecosystem of western Nepal. The reserve covers an area of 1,325 sq km in the Dhaulagiri Himal and extends to Rukum, Myagdi, and Baglung districts. The altitude ranges from 2,000 m to 7,246 m. Hunting license is issued by the Department of the National Park and Wildlife Conservation in Kathmandu.

Dhorpatan is also connected to the Guerrilla Trekking Trail.

The enclosing valley is drained to the west by the Uttar Ganga, tributary of the Bheri river, which in turn joins the Karnali river. According to Hindu mythology, bathing in Uttar Ganga is considered scared. Every year there is a fair organised in Dhor Barah Temple of Uttarg Ganga during Vaisakhi Purnima and Jani Purnima. The road connectivity is good till the headquarter of the park.

The best time to visit Dhorpatan is from mid September to mid December.

 

How to reach

      By road: Kathmandu - Pokhara 200 km, six hours by bus.

      By air: Kathmandu-Pokhara 25 minutes flight. Pokhara-Baglung 72 km, two hours by bus. Baglung-Burtibang 90 km, three hours by bus. Burtibang-Dhorpatan 32 km, two hours by jeep.


ढोरपाटन

जङ्गली जनावर, विशाल पाटन, जङ्गल र हिमाल ढोरपाटनका विशेषता हुन् । नेपालमा ढोरपाटनमा मात्र शिकार खेल्न पाइन्छ । ढोरपाटन शिकार आरक्षमा झारल र नावरको शिकार खेल्न पाइन्छ । सन् २०१६ को गणनामा ढोरपाटन क्षेत्रमा २,२०० नावर र ३८० झारल थिए । आरक्ष प्रशासनले बर्सेनि निश्चित संख्यामा शिकार खेल्न अनुमति दिन्छ ।

वर्षका दुई सिजन असोजकात्तिक र फागुनदेखि वैशाखसम्म शिकार गर्न पाइन्छ । आरक्षका ६ ब्लकहरू सुनदह, सेङ, दोगाडी, बार्से, फागुने र घुस्तुङमा शिकार खेलाइन्छ । शिकारीले जनावरको सिङ आफैंसँग लान पाउँछन् ।

सरकारले रुकुम, बागलुङ र म्याग्दी जिल्लाका भूभाग समेटेर सन् १९८७ मा आरक्ष बनाएको थियो । आरक्षको क्षेत्रफल १,३२५ वर्गकि.मि. छ । त्यहाँ ३२ प्रजातिका स्तनधारी जनावर पाइन्छन् । प्रमुख जनावर नाउर, झारल, थार र भालु हुन् । आरक्षमा दुर्लभ एवं संरक्षित पन्छी डाँफे, मुनाल, चिर लगायत १६४ प्रजातिका चरा उड्छन् ।

खासमा ढोर भनेको खुला र पाटन भनेको चौर हो । त्यसैले ढोरपाटनमा फराकिला चौर छन् । साथै अग्ला पहाड र जङ्गल छन् । ढोरपाटन गुरिल्ला पदमार्गसँग पनि जोडिएको छ । ढोरपाटन शिकार आरक्षको मुख्यालय अगाडि कुनामा उत्तरगङ्गा छ । हिन्दू मान्यता अनुसार उत्तरगङ्गामा नुहाउँदा पवित्र भइन्छ । पाप पखालिन्छ । त्यहाँ पानीको मुहान छ । त्यो पानीमा नुहाएर उत्तरगङ्गाभन्दा तलको रुद्रतालमा पिण्ड चढाएमा पितृ तर्छन् भन्ने जनविश्वास छ ।

उत्तरगङ्गामा ढोर बराह मन्दिर छ । स्थानीय शङ्कर गुरुङका अनुसार त्यहाँ वैशाखे पूर्णिमा र जनै पूर्णिमामा मेला लाग्छ । निकुञ्जको हेडक्वाटरसम्म सडक सञ्जाल जोडिएको छ ।

ढोरपाटन घुम्ने उत्तम सिजन असोजदेखि मंसिरसम्म ।

कसरी पुग्नेः

काठमाडौंपोखरा २०० कि.मि., बसमा ६ घण्टा । पोखराबागलुङ ७२ कि.मि., बसमा दुई घण्टा । बागलुङबुर्तिवाङ ९० कि.मि., बसमा तीन घण्टा । बुर्तिवाङढोरपाटन ३२ कि.मि., जीपमा दुई घण्टा । 


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