by Thomas | Oct 14, 2018 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, North India, Ranthambore |
On this afternoon safari in Ranthambore National Park, we decided to go in search of Noor, a popular Tigress. The special interest in this Tigress was because she had four grown up cubs with her that were soon to go their different ways. Noor and her cubs had not been...
by Thomas | Oct 7, 2018 | Animals, Birds, Central India, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Tadoba |
On this first safari in Tadoba National Park, we realised that the monsoon was setting in and we were in for the occasional light drizzle. We were around the territory of a popular Tigress with two fully grown cubs, known to give spectacular sightings and were on the...
by Thomas | Sep 30, 2018 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara |
In one of our previous posts, we had featured two Lions that had brought down a Cape Buffalo near one of the gates of the Maasai Mara National Park. While one Lion feasted on the kill, the other kept watch. After he ate to his heart’s fill, he headed towards his...
by Thomas | Sep 23, 2018 | Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India |
On this safari into the Kabini backwaters, we drove on the abandoned stretch of MM Road, which has been blocked off for many years given that wildlife criss-cross this road as they go back and forth from the Kabini Backwaters. First, we encountered a Macana or...
by Thomas | Sep 16, 2018 | Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, North India, Ranthambore |
After the amazing sighting of Layla, it was time to head back to the lodge for a late breakfast. As we exited the park, we spotted some deer, grazing at a distance; but they looked different. When we got closer, we realised these were the endangered species of Indian...
by Thomas | Sep 9, 2018 | Animals, Central India, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Tadoba |
During one of our safari’s at Tadoba, just as we entered the park, the driver and guide pointed out that a Tigress had killed a Gaur on the banks of the lake inside the forest. We dashed to that location and were greeted by the Tigress standing alongside...
by Thomas | Sep 2, 2018 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara |
Before we headed out for a safari in Maasai Mara, Emannuel our driver and naturalist, told us that he had got a tip-off that a couple of Lions had brought down a Cape Buffalo near one of the gates of the Maasai Mara National Park. It was a long drive to get to that...
by Thomas | Aug 26, 2018 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India |
We were on an evening safari in the Kabini Tiger Reserve and we spent a whole 2.5 hours with no sightings except for a fleeting view of an Elephant with her calf, both of whom vanished into the Kabini undergrowth in a jiffy. We just had 20 minutes to exit the park...
by Thomas | Aug 19, 2018 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, North India, Ranthambore |
After the exciting sighting of the fearless Tiger cub in Zone-2 of Ranthambore; on our next morning safari, we headed towards zone-5. This zone is home to another Tigress, popularly known as Layla. Our search took us to an abandoned anti-poaching camp at the top of a...
by Thomas | Aug 12, 2018 | Animals, Central India, Endangered Species, Featured, Tadoba |
During one of our safari’s at Tadoba, just as we entered the park, the driver and guide pointed out that a Tigress had killed a Gaur on the banks of the lake inside the forest. We dashed to that location and were greeted by the Tigress standing alongside the...
