by Thomas | Mar 8, 2020 | Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
Kabini is one of our favourite wildlife destinations and the fact that its about 5 hours drive from home is an added incentive to head off there on a long weekend. On this morning safari drive, we spotted a Tusker – a male Asiatic Elephant, attempting to cross...
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 | Apr 9, 2017 | Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
This trip of ours to Kabini coincided with the onset of monsoon. The pre-monsoon showers had converted the park into a lush green paradise. During the monsoon season, it Invariably begins to rain just around the safari hours and everybody including the wildlife...
by Thomas | Feb 1, 2015 | Animals, BR Hills, Endangered Species, India, South India
It was still Monsoon season in the western ghats when we drove into BR Hills. The forest was saturated with a blanket of lush greenery and the overcast skies predicted that we were in for a rain soaked safari experience. True to predictions, it rained every day at BR...
by Thomas | Jun 1, 2014 | Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, India
After the disappointing safari the previous day, we started this morning safari into Bandipur National Park with renewed hope. And in less than 30 minutes into the safari, we hit the jackpot. We spotted a pair of Scarlet Minivet foraging high up in the canopy. We have...
