by Thomas | Jan 4, 2015 | Africa, Animals, Birds, Corbett, Endangered Species, India, Maasai Mara, North India, South India
Wishing our readers a happy, healthy and prosperous 2015 and a big Thank You for your continued patronage of Walk the Wilderness. As we ushered in 2015, we realized that we have had some amazing wildlife experiences through 2014. And we cherish each one of them.... 
by Thomas | Mar 2, 2014 | Birds, Corbett, India
After the exciting drive from Dhikala Grasslands in Corbett National Park, we reached camp and I was looking to do some birding around the place. Ritish told me that I should hang around the makeshift bird bath. The bird bath was basically an erstwhile tent site where... 
by Thomas | Feb 16, 2014 | Animals, Birds, Corbett, Endangered Species, India, Places
A Bay-backed Shrike (above) posed for us on the first drive into Dhikala Grasslands. You can read more about that drive in our post titled “Is Dhikala Grasslands the Masai Mara of India ?”. We drove past the forest lodge to begin our 30+ km drive to the... 
by Thomas | Feb 2, 2014 | Animals, Corbett, Endangered Species, India
We began the final safari of our visit to Corbett National Park, into Dhikala Grasslands. Given that we sighted a Tiger last evening on Sambar road, we decided to take our chances today morning on the same road. We drove for about thirty minutes and had covered almost... 
by Thomas | Jan 19, 2014 | Animals, Corbett, Endangered Species, India
We started the evening Jeep safari from Dhikala forest lodge situated deep inside the core zone of Corbett National Park. Being one of the first vehicles heading out of the lodge, we decided to first recce the Sambar road that runs along the banks of the Ramganga...