by Thomas | Jan 2, 2022 | Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, North India, Ranthambore
Wishing all our readers a very happy 2022! Continuing with our series on Ranthambore National Park, in today’s post we feature the Eurasian Eagle Owl – a not so easy species to photograph. However, we were treated to an amazing sighting of them in...
by Thomas | Dec 26, 2021 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, North India, Ranthambore
The full day safari option that we opted for in Ranthambore National Park gave us the liberty to stay a little longer than all the other tourists, and we were one of the last vehicles to leave the park. As we were exiting Zone 3, we were approaching one of the lakes...
by Thomas | Dec 19, 2021 | Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, North India, Ranthambore
We were driving around in Ranthambore National Park on a morning safari, when we heard alarm calls of a Sambar Deer. We turned around and headed in the direction of the alarm calls. This part being a hilly terrain, our progress was slow and when we reached the area of...
by Thomas | Dec 12, 2021 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, North India, Ranthambore
In case you didn’t see part 1 of this post where we tracked one of the twin princesses of Ranthambore, please check out that post here. We had ended part 1 leaving behind one of the twin sisters resting in the tall grass by the lake. What she did next can be...
by Thomas | Dec 5, 2021 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, North India, Ranthambore
After the spectacular sighting of the Tiger Queen of Ranthambore, popularly known as Arrowhead, in the afternoon, we set out to get a glimpse out the twin princesses of Ranthambore. The local guides in the Ranthambore National park affectionally call them Riddhi and...
by Thomas | Nov 28, 2021 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, North India, Ranthambore
Continuing from where we left off in the previous post, the Queen of Ranthambore, Arrowhead made a grand appearance and emerged from the tall grass in full view of the many jeeps that were waiting to get a glimpse of her. Fortunately for her, she chose the exact spot...
by Thomas | Nov 21, 2021 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, North India, Ranthambore
We were on the first drive of our last trip to the Ranthambore National Park. On this trip we had made up our mind that we will begin our drives when there is adequate sunlight to photograph. So no more struggling to spot fauna in the dark hours before dawn. We also...
by Thomas | Sep 12, 2021 | Animals, Bandhavgarh, Birds, Central India, Endangered Species, Featured, India
We were on our last safari in Bandhavgarh National Park and were hoping to sign off in style with a good Tiger sighting. We started off our drive and spotted this Langur with a young one clinging to it. Given that it was on the forest floor, it looked very anxious and...
by Thomas | Sep 5, 2021 | Africa, Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, its been a while since we visited Maasai Mara and in this last post from our previous trip, on Maasai Mara, we wanted to include a few birds, animals and the beauty of the landscape of this absolutely amazing place. Here we go. The...
by Thomas | Aug 29, 2021 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
After watching the first Lion settling in the grass and going back to sleep, we headed to the other brother, who was still where we had left him, sleeping in the shade of the bushes. He seemed disturbed by the movements of the vehicles going after his brother, but he...
