by Thomas | Jul 10, 2022 | Featured
Hi there, We are trying to make a serious attempt at migrating Walk the Wilderness to Instagram. Our Instagram handle is #walkthwilderness. Or you can just scan this QR code and get there quickly. Look forward to your continued patronage and...
by Thomas | Jul 3, 2022 | Animals, Central India, Featured, India, Satpura
While on a safari in the Satpura National Park, we first saw the Sambar Deer kill lying close to the road, and one of the safari guides informed us that this was a kill made by a Leopard. They also cautioned us that the Leopard was known to be very shy and it must...
by Thomas | Jun 26, 2022 | Animals, Birds, Central India, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Satpura
After a brief stay at Bori Safari Lodge, we headed to the Reni Pani Jungle Lodge. The drive to Reni Pani takes you from one end of the Satpura National Park, namely the Bori gate to the other end, which is the main gate of the Satpura park. The prospect of driving...
by Thomas | Jun 19, 2022 | Animals, Central India, Featured, India, Satpura
The biggest of all squirrels is India is the Malabar Giant Squirrel, which is also the mascot of the Satpura National Park. We were resting in-between safaris at the Churna guest house in the Bori range of the Satpura National Park. While we sat around sharing...
by Thomas | Jun 12, 2022 | Animals, Central India, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Satpura
We went to Satpura Tiger Reserve and spent a couple of days staying at the incredibly amazing Bori Safari Lodge, a property of the Jehan Numa group situated near the gate of the Bori Wildlife Sanctuary. Chinmay, the manager of the Bori Safari Lodge took us on a full...
by Thomas | Jun 5, 2022 | Featured, India, Madikeri, Places, South India
Coorg Wilderness Resort (CWR) is a luxurious resort property neatly tucked away at a stone’s throw from Madikeri’s main junction. You might have already seen our many posts on the avian life that we had photographed here. But CWR’s best kept secret...
by Thomas | May 29, 2022 | Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
The sighting of the pair of Malabar Grey Hornbills, captured in the previous post was our best sighting of this species. We thought that there would be nothing to beat that sighting, but to our surprise our patience to continue photographing well into the evening paid...
by Thomas | May 22, 2022 | Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
The trip to Coorg Wilderness Resort in Madikeri got a whole lot more interesting with this spectacular find. The resident naturalist at the resort had spotted a pair of Malabar Grey Hornbills that were preparing a nesting site on a tree that wasn’t too far from...
by Thomas | May 15, 2022 | Animals, Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
Birding at Coorg Wilderness Resort is always exciting and rewarding, especially when one can photograph from the luxury of the valley-view Suites at CWR. This time around my arm chair photography yielded some nice frames. Enjoy !
by Thomas | May 8, 2022 | Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
The Southern Hill Myna is one of those bird species that is almost always heard in the Western Ghats, but not seen that much and photographed even lesser. We were fortunate to see them from the comforts of our suite at Coorg Wilderness Resort. This is probably one of...
