We have just spent three nights at Gaida and although some it was nice and fun it was not was written on the tin!
We booked the tented camp and when we arrived we were told that the tented camp had closed down three years ago!
We stayed in the wildlife huts which were nice. The problem with not being at the tented camp is that we were not in the park and didn't get to the park. The tented camp is 18 k's away from the place we stayed.
When we asked about the park we were told we couldn't get in! So we just did wildlife watching from the camp which is on the edge of the town. Not the wildlife trip we had planned at all. Our nature walk was being walking down the drive to the road in the morning and yes the guide new all birds but it was hardly a jungle experience. Our jeep safari took us through a town and to a polluted lake with locals getting drunk and we walked alone the lake for 15 minutes and then got back into a beat up old truck which was not the roofless landrovers shown on the website. We felt ripped off and miss - led, it was obvious that they are taking bookings for the tented camp and then telling people on arrival and by that point its too late!
We did however visit Tiger tops Jungle lodge and that was more than we could ever expect or have dreamt of! It was fantastic, from the food to the tents, the guides were amazing and yes we have a proper jungle experience and were looked after so well I never wanted to leave. Tiger tops is more expensive than Gaida but it is so worth it!

Stayed her for 2 nights and had the best time. The staff are so friendly & knowledgeable, the rooms are basic but clean & comfortable, the solar hot water was hot and the food was great! (even though the menu was the same each day! The elephant safari was a definate highlight & the baby elephant cute but naughty.

Pleasantly surprised by our room (#30). It was very clean with decent thread count linen on the bed! The bathroom was spacious and clean with a flushable toilet and we had no problems getting hot water in the shower which was solar powered. There were no electric lights in the room just candles which was rather romantic. Each evening our room was sprayed and mosquito coils left in the room. The setting was amazing. We had a palm civet cat on our roof, a resident crocodile in the river opposite our room and a mongoose strolling past our balcony. The camp has 5 elephants and one baby elephant. I particularly enjoyed the elephant bathing where you rode an elephant to the river supposedly to bathe it but ended up having the shower yourself! The elephant safari was the most enjoyable part of our stay where we saw one horned rhinos. Truly amazing. Ram the resident naturalist was a wealth of information on the animals, birds and plants and herbs. My only disappointment was the food which was mostly served buffet style and was bland. I would have preferred more authentic flavorful Nepalese food.

Gaida Wildlife Camp is one of the dirtiest accommodations I've ever stayed at in my whole life!:-( The bathroom was simply appalling (I could hardly breathe in there) & there was no hot water at all. The food was just awful & served on stained tablecloths which had apparently not been washed in ages. On the positive side, the location is superb & the elephant safaris in the jungle were great fun!