by Thomas | Jan 1, 2016 | Africa, Animals, Bandipur, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Kaziranga, Kenya, Little Rann of Kutch, Maasai Mara, South India, Western India
Here’s wishing all our friends and followers a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year 2016. Thank you for your continued support and patronage of Walk the Wilderness. As we usher in 2016, we wanted to make a post to relive the amazing and memorable wildlife...
by Thomas | Sep 20, 2015 | Animals, Endangered Species, India, Kaziranga, North East India, Places
Our recent trip to Kaziranga National Park left us with some amazing wildlife experiences especially the Tiger sighting, Sparring Rhinoceros, Great Hornbill sightings, Grey-headed Fish Eagle, crossing paths with a massive Tusker and finally the sighting of Hoolock...
by Thomas | Sep 6, 2015 | Animals, Endangered Species, India, Kaziranga, North East India
Our search for a Royal Bengal Tiger took us many safaris into the Eastern range of Kaziranga National Park. On this safari as we entered the park, we saw a herd of wild Water Buffaloes wallowing at a waterhole. As we moved deeper into the park, we spotted an Indian...
by Thomas | Aug 23, 2015 | Birds, India, Kaziranga, North East India
The Northern Lapwing is a beautiful bird. We always wanted to showcase them, especially their gorgeous crest. So on this visit to Kaziranga, we made it a point to dedicate some time to photograph them. The feature picture (first picture) of this post was one of the...
by Thomas | Aug 9, 2015 | Birds, Endangered Species, India, Kaziranga, North East India
We were on our last safari in Kaziranga National Park. Our focal point of this safari was to spot the endangered Bengal Tiger that we had narrowly missed on the previous two safaris. With renewed vigor we kept our search on for the elusive cat. While we waited for the...
by Thomas | Aug 2, 2015 | Birds, India, Jorhat, North East India
The purpose of staying at Thengal Manor was to visit the Gibbon sanctuary and also bask in the creature comforts that the colonial bungalow offers. After getting back from the Gibbon sanctuary and having a leisurely breakfast I walked around the vast gardens of...
by Thomas | Jul 26, 2015 | Animals, Endangered Species, India, Kaziranga, North East India
We have been fortunate to experience many amazing wildlife sightings in Kaziranga National Park, especially with Rhinos. Though we had many close calls, we were yet to spot a Tiger in Kaziranga and we hoped to change that on this trip. On one of the evening safaris in...
by Thomas | Jul 19, 2015 | Animals, Endangered Species, India, Jorhat, North East India
On the last trip to Kaziranga National Park we did not have time to visit the Hillock Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary in Jorhat, Assam. We made it a point to spend a couple of nights this time around in Thengal Manor, Jorhat so that we could visit the sanctuary. Next day,...
by Thomas | Jul 12, 2015 | Birds, India, Kaziranga, North East India
The last time we got a good picture of a Stork-billed Kingfisher was at Thattekad bird sanctuary, way back in 2007. A picture of it was posted in the popular post titled Kingfishers found in India. During our last trip to Kaziranga, a few years back, we did see them a...
by Thomas | Jun 28, 2015 | Animals, Endangered Species, India, Kaziranga, North East India
We first saw this huge tusker – male Asiatic Elephant, feeding on the burnt grass at some distance away from the safari road. After taking a few record shots, it dawned on us that there was a possibility of the Elephant crossing the safari road to get into the...
