On the advice of Khaptad Baba, the Khaptad National Park was founded in 1984. Khaptad Baba was known as the holy man of the region. Khapatad national park is in the western region and the national parks cover about four districts of Nepal. Inside the national park, it provides you with the best opportunities of bird-watching and the national park has almost 270 species of birds. The common birds that are found in the national park are Impheyan pheasant, partridges, flycatchers, bulbuls, cuckoos and eagles. There are different species of the animal inside the national park. The wild animals like barking deer, wild dog, wild boar, ghoral, Himalayan black bear, yellow-throated marten, rhesus macaque, and langur monkey are also found inside the national park. The Khaptad national park also has 13 primates and 23 species of amphibians and reptiles. We can also find Hindu pilgrims inside the national park where people come to worship shiva o the full moon day.