I was in Chitwan National Safari Park in March 2006 and had a great time, stayed at the Island Jungle Resort, the accomodation was great (the food was basic but edible), they could easily improve the food but the friendliness of staff was excellent. Tourism has been hit dramatically we were between 6 and 14 people only on the island. The guide we had first did not give a briefing about jungle safety!!! (I think his enlish was poor) and it was by chance that an ex guide visiting with good english was able to give us an excellent briefing on day 2. All in all we had a fantastic time, the early morning elephant rides were fantastic and the elephant bathing was awesome, being in the water with these great creatures is just something else. We saw plenty of rhino, both on Jeep safari and on elephant (and my friend from Sweden had to dash up a tree on a walk to ensure safety from a mother and baby rhino..... can't get a closer shave than that!!!), but no sloth bears or tigers seen, although we did see some reasonably fresh tiger prints which were unnervingly close to our accommodation. We went to see the elephants sleeping at night which was great. We did a boat ride, saw 1 croc. We saw some monkeys and lots of birds, too many to remember them all but kingfisher, parakeet, woodpecker, heron (oh and many more). Quite a few butterflies too and some interesting bugs. The grass had been burned and I was told that March/April is a good time to visit as the grass has been cut and burnt (which scares the animals) but once it settles down it is easier to see animals as the grass gets very long. Monsoon (July/August apparently there are lots of ticks and leeches.....yuck) but again in October is a nice time to visit. All in all I had a wonderful experience and would definately return, however I have never been on Safari anywhere else so maybe I'm easily impressed!!!