by Thomas | Nov 1, 2015 | Animals, Bandipur, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, South India
We had some exciting sightings during this trip to the Bandipur National Park. And the sheer variety of wildlife sightings made it a memorable trip. We would rank this visit as one of our best ones to Bandipur. In this post, we wanted to showcase some of the amazing...
by Thomas | Dec 28, 2014 | Animals, Bandipur, Endangered Species, India, South India
It had been raining Leopards on this particular trip to Bandipur National Park. After the lovely sighting of the perfectly camouflaged Leopard, we again sighted a Leopard with a Spotted Deer kill while on this safari. Once again the Leopard had chosen a tree that...
by Thomas | Nov 30, 2014 | Animals, Bandipur, Endangered Species, India, South India
The fresh lush green forest cover and the high density of prey species in Bandipur National Park like Spotted Deer (above) and Gaur are an indicator of a good monsoon. We were positive that we would get to see one of the three predators; the Tiger, Leopard or the Wild...
by Thomas | Nov 16, 2014 | Animals, Bandipur, Endangered Species, India, South India
It was the Dasara holiday weekend and with all the tourists thronging the park, Bandipur adorned a festive look, more like a city rather than a National Park. The Bandipur National Park reception was overcrowded and there were lots of people any direction you looked....
by Thomas | Sep 7, 2014 | Animals, Bandipur, Endangered Species, India
After the adrenalin rush from the Asiatic Elephant chase at the Bandipur National Park, we were slowly settling down while roaming the forest in search of wildlife and birds. Soon it was time to head back. We took a road that leads to the park gates and when we were...
by Thomas | Mar 23, 2014 | Animals, Bandipur, Endangered Species, India
A morning safari in Bandipur National Park is always exciting given that we have had many cherished memories. Sighting of a Tigress with four cubs was indeed on one such morning safari, so was the memorable sighting of massive Tiger during the monsoon season on...
by Thomas | Mar 16, 2014 | Animals, Bandipur, Endangered Species, India
My trusted companion on all my Jungle trips is my spouse, but this time she had gone on for an offsite meeting from her office and I used the opportunity to take Sanjeev , an old friend from my PG days, along with me on a trip to Bandipur National Park. Sometime...
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 | Dec 8, 2013 | Animals, Corbett, India
We began our morning safari just before dawn to catch a glimpse the famous Dhikala Sunrise. Along the safari tracks we noticed that the overnight dew had transformed the Dhikala Grasslands into a sea of pearls. It looked as if a skilled artist had handpicked the best...
by Thomas | Nov 24, 2013 | Corbett, India, Places
We had heard so much about the famous Dhikala Grasslands, the Masai Mara of India that we were eager to see it firsthand. The approach road to the Grasslands (below) builds the expectation, the road winds through with huge Sal trees lining it on either sides. The dead...
