OYO Rooms - accommodation in Tikapur

This is a pleasant budget venue minutes from the gate of Bardiya National Park. The rooms include mosquito nets, fans, and A/C. The bathrooms are very simple, but include hot water. The food was delicious and plentiful. Breakfast is included. We at lunch and dinner there too because there are really no other options nearby without a vehicle. Water was provided. Laundry was available. There is reasonable wifi in the common areas and limited in the rooms. The facility has a generator that provides electricity for basic functions if the power goes out (it went out briefly a few times during our stay). The venue provides and organizes safaris and walking trips into the park. The rates were reasonable. We had an open jeep (no covering), a guide, and a driver. The half-day and full-day safaris were quite straining on the body and I recommend anyone considering them do research about the different options. We were fortunate to see elephant, rhino, five kinds of deer, dozens of birds species and a python coiling around a recent kill... but no tigers. I would stay there again, but my friend found it a bit exhausting. The owner arranged transport to and from Nepalgunj (about 2 hours and USD50 each way).

This is the best place to stay in town. Very clean and well maintained. The staff is terrific.

The service at this hotel is quite normal and doesn’t match the standard of branded hotels like Siddhartha. It’s not really worth the price they charge. Guests often need to redial or remind the staff multiple times for basic requirements. Overall, the experience wasn’t very impressive considering the cost. There are better hotel options available nearby that provide more value for money.