by Thomas | Apr 7, 2019 | Animals, Bandipur, Endangered Species, Featured, India, South India
Sighting a Leopard on a rock is always so exciting. We were about to start our safari into Bandipur National Park and just before we ventured into the forest, we heard Spotted Deer alarm calls right beside the national highway running through the park. Soon someone...
by Thomas | Mar 24, 2019 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
We were on a safari at the popular Kabini Tiger Reserve within the Nagahole National Park when we heard Spotted Deer alarm calls. We rushed to the area where the calls were coming from and spotted a beautiful Leopardess just breaking cover and emerging from the...
by Thomas | Jan 27, 2019 | Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
We did a short trip to Kabini, our favourite destination that’s a quick 4 hours drive from home. We saw a few Elephants on an otherwise dry first safari. The following morning safari, to start with, we spotted a Malabar Pied Hornbill . Then we saw this Spotted...
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 13, 2015 | Animals, Bandipur, Endangered Species, India, South India
As we started this morning safari in Bandipur National Park, we were welcomed by clear blue skies, zero haze and super-saturated hues thanks to the previous evening’s thunderstorm. The peacock portrayed in the feature image of the post – Gorgeous feather...
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 | 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 | Dec 16, 2012 | Animals, Endangered Species, India, Nagarhole
We were on an exciting evening safari in the Nagarhole national park on the banks of the Kabini backwaters. The safari had begun beautifully with the sighting of the huge tusker that we wrote about in the post titled “Camouflaged Elephant”. Little did we...
