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 | Apr 3, 2022 | Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
On this drive in Kabini Backwaters in the famous Nagarhole National Park, Karnataka, India we came to a huge waterbody in the middle of the park. We waited to soak in the amazing tranquility of this waterbody, when an Asiatic Elephant, one with huge tusks, came by. We...
by Thomas | Mar 20, 2022 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
We chose to drive into the Kabini backwaters zone on this afternoon drive. We drove all around the Kabini backwaters with no sightings. Towards late afternoon we heard alarm calls of Chitals and Langurs. We were soon joined by a couple of more jeeps. Our guide pointed...
by Thomas | Mar 13, 2022 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
We started our afternoon drive into Kabini Tiger Reserve and this time around we took the MM road to check for Tiger activity, given the hot afternoon sun. And we reaped rich dividends when we spotted this Tigress cooling off in the water that was collected in a check...
by Thomas | Mar 6, 2022 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
We were yet again in our favourite Jungle Lodges property situated on the banks of the Kabini Backwaters in the Nagarhole National Park. Soon we headed out on our first safari of this visit and we drove around the whole evening with no sightings of any mammals....
by Thomas | Feb 27, 2022 | Birds, Chikmagalur, Featured, India, South India
Chikmagalur turned out to be an amazing birding destination, as you would have seen from our previous post. But the cherry on the cake was watching and photographing a flock of Plum-headed Parakeets skilfully foraging or should I say harvesting paddy. It was...
