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Wildlife Travelogues

Wildlife spotting at Corbett, Uttarakhand ~ Patricia C
Watching deer from a distance at Corbett the writer realises she has identified with the deer and their lives, and is no longer an objective wildlife watcher... Read more...

Sundarbans ~ Deep Banerji
"I hope to get to the Sundarbans soon - to the mangrove tidal-forests, the last reserves of the Royal Bengal Tiger, surrounded by crocodiles and sharks - as soon as this heat subsides." Read more...

Pack of Wild Dogs on Hunt ~ Praveen Siddannavar
Harsher realities of life in the wild. The raised tail of the deer indicated that she was alert. She seemed confused. She took a long leap into the water, not knowing that it would be her death trap. The wild dog chasing her also jumped into the water... Read more...

Tiger Trail at Tadoba ~ Kamal Banerjee
Frequently spotted wildlife are Leopard, Sloth Bear, Gaur or Indian Bison, Barking Deer, Spotted Deer, Sambar, Wild Boar, Four-Horned Antelope, Wild Dog , Langoor, Nilgai. Ratel, Flying Squirrel, Palm Civet, Indian Civet, Leopard Cat, Rusty Spotted Cat, Pangolin and Jackal are also reported regularly. Tadoba is also an ornithologist's paradise with 280 species of Avifauna recorded including 50 species of migratory birds and 158 species of resident bird including Raptors, Grey Headed Fish Eagle. Read more...

Himalayan National Park, Himachal : Walking for Life ~ Bittu Sahgal
The Editor of Sanctuary & Cub Magazines recalls a visit to the great Himalayan National Park, Himachl Pradesh where he was 'supremely happy'. Read More...

Ranthambore, Rajasthan: Tiger at Large ~ Pinaki Das
After three hours at the fort, we start back for the hotel, when a tiger, in all it's elegance, emerges from the forest onto the very road, at a mere distance of 20 feet. Read More...

Bharatpur, Rajasthan: Childhood Dream Relived ~ Anupama Punita
The writer finds her childhood dream of Paradise at Keoladeo National Park, popularly known as Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary in Rajasthan. Read More...

Madhav National Park, Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh ~ Rajiv Butalia
We had been driving 1000 kms from Mumbai and it was the second day of our journey. Like this one, most of our holidays are unplanned. Read More...

General: Angling - The Last Mahaseer ~ Amar Dhindsa
Plunk! A silver splash breaks the taut skin of the water just upstream of the grey boulder where the rapid enters the calm womb of the turquoise pool. Read More...

Panchmarhi, Madhya Pradesh - Sun Dappled Shadows ~ Shaio Bose
We arrived in Piparia Station at 1.30 am. Our train was 14 hours late. If it hadn't been for the only other person who got off with us, we would have been stranded for the night. Read More...

Malari, Dhauli Ganga Valley, Uttarakhand ~ Sushmita Rajwar
Malari in the Dhauli Ganga valley of the Nanda Devi Biosphere reserve is a small village near the Tibet border. Read More...

Madumalai, Tamil Nadu: Paradise in the Wild ~ Shaili Chopra
Madumalai is a paradise in the wild. The name itself suggests visions of bees and honey. However, it is much more than that. A virgin valley of fresh, crisp foliage and bindas loafing tigers, gaurs, deer and elephants over acres of jungle. Read More...

Corbett Park, Uttaranchal: Bird-Watching ~ Vivek Tiwari
writes about a 3 day trip he planned to Corbett National Park and the bird-watching he did when he found the Park closed. Read More...

Bhimgad, Karnataka: Batty About Bhimgad ~ Bittu Sahgal
Editor, Sanctuary and Cub Magazines makes a plea to save Bhimgad in Karnataka by making it a wildlife sanctuary. Read More...

Corbett Park, Uttaranchal : Hunt for the Great Indian Tiger ~ Somit Doshi
I was moving along slowly, my eyes watchful in the silence of India's deepest jungle. Every sound from the wild had me gripped. Read More...

General: This Paradise Must Never Die ~ Vaijayanthi Sujanani
Once upon a not-so-far-away, but gone-in-a-twinkling Time, I was young. I was younger than free India by a few years. Read More...

Nagarhole, Karnataka: The Beautiful Beasts of Nagarhole ~ Manuel Fernandes
The mini bus rattled along the jungle roads through the 6.30 morning mists. We peered out of the windows, hoping to see tiger, but with the sound that the bus was making we would settle for any lesser being. Read More...

Tigers at Simlipal, Orissa ~ Subhasish Chakraborty
A a wildlife enthusiast and environmentalist, shares his deep concern for the tigers' dwindling numbers. Read More...

Dudhwa National Park, Uttar Pradesh ~ Tithiparna Sengupta
"The expectations regarding Dudhwa were pretty high. I had visualized a dense green forest, complete with tigers, rhinos and elephants, as we boarded the Luchnow-Bereilly-Rohilkhand express." Read More...

Kanha, Madhy Pradesh: King of the Jungle ~ Subhasish Chakraborty
A regular visitor at wildlife parks is captivated by his visit to Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh. Read More...

Sundarban, West Bengal: Captive in Sundarban ~ Subhasish Chakraborty
"Within 15 minutes the haunting beauty of Sundarban began to unfold like a veil slipping from the face of a beautiful woman. We could see the lush green mangrove forests on either side of the bank." Read More...

Corbett Park, Uttaranchal: Land of Roar & Trumpet ~ Bittu Sahgal
Editor, Sanctuary & Cub Magazines, visits Corbett Tiger Reserve in the company of one of its most ardent protectors, Brijendra Singh, whose entire life has been spent in defence of the tiger. Read More...


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