SHEY PHOKSUNDO NATIONAL PARK

Area: 3,555 sq. km.

Established: 1984

Location:
Shey Phoksundo National Park is situated in the trans-Himalayan region of Northwestern Nepal.

Features:
The park is the largest national park and contains the highest lake, Lake Phoksundo, in Nepal.
The park contains luxuriant forests mainly composed of blue pine, spruce, cypress, poplar, fir and birch. The Jugdual River valley consists mostly of Quercus (oak) species. The trans-Himalayan area has near-desert type vegetation consisting of dwarf juniper and caragana shrubs.

The park provides prime habitat for the endangered snow leopard and the blue sheep. Other common animals found in the park include goral, Himalayan tahr, serow, leopard, wolf, jackal, Himalayan black bear, Himalayan weasel, Himalayan mouse hare, yellow-throated marten, langur and rhesus monkey. The park is equally rich in many species of birds such as Impeyan pheasant (danphe), blood pheasant, cheer pheasant, red and yellow billed cough, rave, jungle crow and snow partridge.

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