by Thomas | Jun 17, 2018 | Animals, Birds, Central India, Featured, India, Tadoba |
With no luck in spotting a Tiger in Pench, we shifted base to the Tadoba National Park. Soon we were deep inside the park waiting at a waterhole for the popular Tigress, known as Maya. All possible parking spot was taken at the waterhole. It was as though every...
by Thomas | Jun 10, 2018 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara |
After the amazing sighting of the Lion pride during one of our safaris at the Mara, we moved on in search of other fauna. We stopped to look at this Common Elan keeping a watch on our moves. As we got closer, it scuttled away and Emmanuel our driver and naturalist...
by Thomas | Jun 3, 2018 | Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India |
On this evening safari in Kabini, we had a lucky sighting of a Bengal Tiger. We first spotted the Tiger sitting in the open near a culvert on the old MM road. As soon as the Tiger realized he was spotted, before we could get our first pictures, he quickly took cover...
by Thomas | May 27, 2018 | Birds, Featured, India, North India, Ranthambore |
As we started this particular afternoon safari, the thought that crossed my mind was that after the spectacular sighting of the Tigress with cubs the previous evening, what more could I sight in Ranthambore? As we entered the park, we spotted a pair of Collared...
by Thomas | May 20, 2018 | Animals, Birds, Central India, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Pench |
Just when we thought we had seen the best of the Jackals during our safari at Pench and as mentioned in the post – Day of the Jackals, it was not so. Very soon another Jackal came right up next to the safari track and soon started calling out to all other...
by Thomas | May 13, 2018 | Africa, Animals, Birds, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara |
We started this morning game drive in Maasai Mara with the intention of spotting a Leopard. And Emmanuel our driver brought us to the area where he had spotted a Leopard a few times. We were very excited and searched the area for over on hour. As we were about to give...
by Thomas | May 6, 2018 | Birds, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India |
The Crested Hawk Eagle is a prolific predator of the Indian wilderness. I have always been enthralled by the ferocity of this omnipresent raptor and have been fortunate enough to spot it with many kills. This time round we were in Kabini, when we spotted this Crested...
by Thomas | Apr 29, 2018 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, North India, Ranthambore |
During one of the safaris in Ranthambore National Park, we came across Krishna one of the well known Tigress of the park. She was with her cubs. It happened to be an amazing sighting for us. Soon Krishna disappeared into the Ranthamnore wilderness with the cubs in...
by Thomas | Apr 22, 2018 | Animals, Central India, Featured, India, Pench |
On one of our safari’s in Pench National Park, Central India, we came across this Golden Jackal (below) and parked our vehicle close to it. As we observed her, we saw that she was looking in the direction of another Golden Jackal (above) sitting at a distance...
by Thomas | Apr 8, 2018 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara |
African Elephant herds are widespread residents of Maasai Mara. However, they are not as common as they are in Amboseli National Park. On this safari, we spotted a mother with its calf at a distance. Once the two came close to us, the mother Elephant paused for a few...
