A nest for birds, a home for humans

12 years ago bought the land attached to Kumroz Community Forest. He prepared a reservoir in one bigha of the said land. Artificial reservoirs are stocked with fish every year. As fish began to grow in the pond, turtles and crocodiles began to live along with birds of prey. "20 species of rare water birds were found nesting around the wetland," said Dhungana, who became a tourism businessman along with the conservationist.

Now there are few fruit plants that can be eaten by humans. There are 50 species of fruit bearing plants here. "There are only 10 species of plants that Raj Dhanesh eats," he said. "The chirping of birds wakes up the sleep of the guests early," said Dhungana, "Wild animals of the cat species are seen around the rooms of the resort." He said that it was built after realizing the need for a resort that connects the forest and wildlife in the outer area of ​​the park. He said that more than 200 species of plants were collected and planted from villages and nurseries because the construction of the resort should not reduce the area of ​​the park but increase it. There are now 15/15 plants of the same species within the resort. "One hundred species of bird habitats have been found inside the resort," he said, "wild animals have also made habitats." Dhungana claims that

has now become not only accommodation for resort guests, but an opportunity for those who want to study forests, birds and wildlife. The resort is environment and tradition friendly. Local products and arts and crafts have been used in its construction. The structure of the resort is similar to that of a village house.

"We have made an original type of construction using the diversity of the Terai," he said, "We have made furniture like the time of our grandfathers, it will give satisfaction to the tourists." Artistic butted wood is used. The building has been erected. Covered with mud. There is a stone print. Door knobs and handles are traditional. "The fusion of Nepalese art has been done in wood," he said, "cement and iron have not been used, the art carved in wood has created a fragrance in gold." The rooms of the resort have been built under trees. A house has a room. A view of the pool is visible from the balcony. Only the restaurant building has been constructed with two floors for forest observation.

Hotels/resorts are also public places. People from all communities, different abilities and physical conditions come here. Prakash Neupane, general manager of the resort, said that the resort's reception, dining hall, swimming pool, parking toilet, seminar hall and 10 rooms have been made wheelchair-friendly. A wheelchair ramp has been built to access the resort's restaurant. The resort has 34 deluxe rooms apart from handicap friendly. There are four family rooms. They have access from one to the other. All hotels/resorts in Chitwan provide the same type of services to tourists. "Guests who come here find themselves with nature," he said. He says that as soon as you go to the natural environment, you get a different feeling. Therefore, he said, first a habitat for birds was created and then a habitat for humans was created. "First there was a field," Dhungana said, "now it has become a forest." He claims that he made the field a forest during the clearing of the forest. He started the construction of Vanavas even before the Corona epidemic. According to Dhungana, the construction was completed by hiring a partner after the economic pressure. He had prepared the resort according to his idea, but he had no knowledge of operations. After that, he entered into a resort management agreement with the Siddharth Group, established in the hospitality sector and emerging from rural areas. Dhungana said that after the agreement, the name of the exile became Siddhartha Vilasa exile. Now Siddharth Group has taken over its entire management. The investment of

resort has reached 45 crore rupees. 52 posts have been created. Now 44 people have got employment. According to Dhungana, managing director of the resort, 50 percent of the workers will be appointed to women within two years. He says that 50 percent of the people who work here are local residents. Apart from that, he said that 50 percent of the communities targeted by the constitution and the victims of wildlife will be given employment. "The resort will work for the conservation of the rare Khar Mayur as part of its social responsibility," he said. "My life was spent in the forest," Dhungana said, "that's why I made a forest home."