by Thomas | Sep 13, 2020 | Animals, Central India, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Kanha, Places
The beautiful and enchanting Sal forests of Kanha National Park make it one of the most picturesque National Parks of India. The feature picture above shows tourists headed into the park for a jeep safari. These Sal forests are home to the endangered Barasingha and...
by Thomas | May 20, 2018 | Animals, Birds, Central India, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Pench
Just when we thought we had seen the best of the Jackals during our safari at Pench and as mentioned in the post – Day of the Jackals, it was not so. Very soon another Jackal came right up next to the safari track and soon started calling out to all other...
by Thomas | Apr 22, 2018 | Animals, Central India, Featured, India, Pench
On one of our safari’s in Pench National Park, Central India, we came across this Golden Jackal (below) and parked our vehicle close to it. As we observed her, we saw that she was looking in the direction of another Golden Jackal (above) sitting at a distance...
by Thomas | Mar 18, 2018 | Animals, Birds, Central India, Featured, India, Pench
Pench National Park, in Madhya Pradesh, India is yet another Tiger Reserve known for some spectacular sightings of the majestic animal. During our visit there, we stayed at Taj Bhagvan, a lovely property on the fringes of the national park. During our safari, we had...
by Thomas | Sep 11, 2013 | Africa, Animals, Ngorongoro, Tanzania
We reached the entry checkpoint to the Ngorongoro Crater a few minutes before sunrise. Our early entry was rewarded with the most spectacular sunrise that nature had to offer at the Ngorongoro Crater. After witnessing this magical sunrise from the ridge of the Crater,...
by Thomas | Jun 10, 2012 | Animals, India, Pench
You might have seen our recent post on the Bengal Tiger in the Pench national park. The main reason for the Tigress to be in the vicinity of the waterhole was the Nilgai (Blue Bull) that it had killed a couple of days back. The Tigress monopolized the waterhole and...
by Thomas | Sep 11, 2011 | Animals, India, Pench
We got to see many Golden Jackals during our visit to the Pench national park. But the best sighting was the one where we we were able to witness wild Jackal behavior at a Chital carcass. The Chital had been killed and half eaten by a Tiger a couple of days back. And...
by Thomas | May 2, 2010 | Animals, India, Pench
The Golden Jackal is a widespread resident of the Indian forests, except for the forests in South India, where their sightings are far and few.The Golden Jackal is one of the largest species of Jackal found on the planet and are well adapted. During our recent visit...