Where is Makalu-Barun National Park:-

     The Park and Conservation Area are situated in the 
Sankhuwasabha and Solukhumbu Districts, bordered by the Arun 
River on the east, Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park on 
the west, the Nepal-China border on the north and the Saune 
Danda (ridge) to the south.

     This is the only protected area in Nepal with a strict 
nature reserve. The park has some of the richest and unique 
pockets of plants and aniinals in Nepal, elsewhere lost to 
spreading human habitation.

     Stepping up the slopes are a series of vegetation zones 
starting  with tropical sal forests below 1,000 m elevation; 
subtropical  Schima - Castanopsis  forests  at 1,000-2,000 m,
fir / birch / rhododendron  forestsin the sub-alpine (3,000-
4,000m);and herbs,grasses and rhododendron/juniper shrubs in 
the  alpine  pastures (4,000-5,000 m).There are 47 varieties 
of orchids,67 species of economically 

     valuable medicinal and aromatic plants, 25 of Nepal's30 
varieties  of  rhododendron , 19  species  of bamboo 15 oaks 
includingArkhoulo,86 species of fodder trees and 48 species  
ofprimrose . Over  400 species of birds have been sighted in 
the  Makalu - Barunarea, including two species never before  
seenin  Nepal, the spotted wren babbler and the olive ground
warbler . Wildlife  includes  the endangered red panda, musk 
deer , Himalayan   blackbeer,  clouded  leopard and possibly 
the  snow leopard,in addition to more subtantial populations 
of  ghoral , Himalayantahr ,  wild  boar ,  barking    deer,
Himalayan   marmot   and   weasel ,  common  langur   monkey 
and   the  serow .  The  Arun   River  system   contain   84
varieties of fish. Some 32,000 people inhabittheconservation 
area.