India Wildlife and Medieval Tour for Mr. Aladdin
Mumbai – Rajkot - Sasan Gir – Alang - Ahmedabad – Delhi – Corbett – Delhi - Neemrana – Jaipur - Ranthambhore – Fatehpur Sikri – Agra – Delhi
- Bandhavgarh – Kanha – Pench – Nagpur – Mumbai
34 Nights – 35 Days
Cut short to 30 days due to VISA issues
34 Nights – 35 Days
Cut short to 30 days due to VISA issues
Day 21: Bandhavgarh:
Today after breakfast enjoy the jungle activities at the Bhandhavgarh(Tala zone): take jungle safaris (Jeep) in the reserve with a naturalist, in search of the Tiger, Leopard, Bear, Bison, Chital, Sambhar, Nilgai, Chinkara, Chowsingha, Barking deer, later return to the jungle resort for dinner and overnight.
Monday 25 th of January 2016 and they knocked on my door at 6 o'clock and I was tired. I had my phone as a back-up alarm set to 06:16 so I felt asleep again. We left the hotel 5 minutes late.
Well, I was told that Bandhavgarh Jungle Lodge was the hotel closest to the gate to the national park.That is gate #1 to the Tala Zone.
But we had to drive to the Park office to pick up the Guide and register. So if we had been the hotel closest to the Park Office it would have been something to write about. Or to tell your guests
But gate #2 and #3 are on the other side of the Park Office. Anyway, we went to register and to pick up our Guide and we drove back to Bandhavgarh Jungle Lodge and Gate #1 to the Tala Zone.
And we had to register one more time and now they required my passport.And it was cold, just
a notch above 0°CYes, you read it right, ZERO, not exactly what I had expected and I was freezing like I had not been freezing for many many years. I was wrapped in a
blanket and I made a mental note to bring 2 or 3 blankets on our next safari. This wasn't any pleasant and I hope the sun is coming up over the tree tops soon.It was terrible and it didn't make it any better that we had to wait until 7 o'clock
before they opened the gate to the Tala zone and we could enter and start our adventure.There were a few jeeps waiting and we were jeep no. 3 to enter the park. At least I remember it as we were no. 3.
Anyway, below you can see a few of the pictures I took during the morning safari. I didn't take any pictures during the first hour or so because it was so cold, but we saw White throated Kingfishers and stuff that you will never have to see because of the
cold. But as soon as the sun came up over the trees it was OK.
Tala Zone (Gate-1)
is now declared as Premium Safari Zone which means visitors have to pay double entry-ticket fee to do safari in this zone from 16/Oct/2011. It is more popular for tiger sighting and usually remain in demand throughout the season. Jungle Safari Routes" A, B, C, D" lies in Tala zone. Among them Route B-D or D-B are popular among visitors.
This zone remains in demand so do advance booking to secure its entrance ticket for desired safari. Bandhavgarh Fort Safari also lies in Tala zone in which 05 safari jeeps are allowed in a single day. Tiger Tracking using elephant is not promoted by park authority due to limited availability of elephants which are mainly used for patrolling & other purpose.
It was a beautiful park and as soon as the sun came up it was a pleasure
It was a beautiful park and as soon as the sun came up it was a pleasure
Indian vulture
Indian vulture
Indian vulture
Indian vulture
Spotted Deer under the tree with the vultures
Spotted Deer under the tree with the vultures
The sun came up and we were standing with the jeep in the sunshine listening to a Spotted Deer's warning call, a tiger or leopard nearby. But after a while in the sunshine I was full of vim. I suggested that we should go back to have a look at the Indian vultures that we had seen earlier in the morning.
It was too cold too get out of the blanket to take pictures, but now I was ready and we were soon back at the Indian Vultures. We spent a few minutes there in the sunshine and it was nice. And the vulture is a beautiful bird and I'm sorry to say that the Indian vulture is critically endangered
We returned to the area where we had heard the warning call. There was a thin trunk of a dead tree sticking up, about 2 meter in height. So it was in my eye level and there was a bird and I thought it was an ordinary Jungle Babbler. I saw that it was a spotted Owlet, 2 meters away in eye level.
I told the driver to stop but I never had any chance to take the picture, but it was a beautiful sight. We followed the Spotted Owlet and I got two pictures, but of course, nothing like when the owlet was sitting on top of the trunk.
We gave up the tiger and we continued and we were soon seeing a Red Junglefowl, it looks exactly like a hen and rooster you see at an ordinary farm. The rooster is very beautiful in many different colours when the sun shine on the bird. But the Red Junglefowl is very shy and it is not easy to get a good picture.
Spotted Owlet
Spotted Owlet
Red Junglefowl
Lesser Adjutant Stork
It is a beautiful park
It is a beautiful park
Crested Serpent Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle
Barking Deer
Barking Deer is very shy and this is the first time the deer stay so I can have a picture
Barking Deer
Barking Deer is very shy and this is the first time the deer stay so I can have a picture
Barking Deer
Barking Deer is very shy and this is the first time the deer stay so I can have a picture
Blue-bearded bee-eater
Alexandrine Parakeet
Alexandrine Parakeet
Alexandrine Parakeet
Alexandrine Parakeet
Alexandrine Parakeet
Long tailed Langurs
White throated Kingfisher
White throated Kingfisher
Spotted Deer
I have had most help from my friend, the bird pal I met at Suan Rot Fai. Sending pictures of birds I have not been able to identify to him via Line. 3 minutes later he and he have managed to identify most of the birds I have had problems with. THANKS! Visit his web page m☥lever for his beautiful pictures.
And my new aid, maybe, and I say maybe the best aid. I brought my mobile phone as my SIM card have stopped working and I tried to get it to work again so I can use the internet. Thus I had my phone in my pocket on my first game drive in Jim Corbett National Park.
We saw a bird and I asked my Guide and the driver if they had a pen and a paper as I had forgot my pen and paper in my room. I remembered my LG phone and I recorded the name. And thus I will always bring my phone. Writing the name in the car and I have found more than once that it can be hard to read what I had wrote when I'm back in my room.
So now I always have my mobile in my pocket and it has been a great help.
Of course, all bird pictures available on my Indian
bird checklist of bird I have seen by clicking HERE
Of course, I have seen many many more, but this list is for birds I managed to get on picture
Some of the pictures are OK, and some of them are straight up in a very poor quality
bird checklist of bird I have seen by clicking HERE
Of course, I have seen many many more, but this list is for birds I managed to get on picture
Some of the pictures are OK, and some of them are straight up in a very poor quality
It had been a nice game drive even though it started out very cold. I got to see the third parakeet, the Alexandrine Parakeet and I also saw the Blue bearded bee-eater even though I didn't get any good picture. The spotted owlet and the Indian vultures were very nice to see.
Just before we left the Tala Zone there were Grey Hornbills but they are very hard to get a good view of so no pictures. But we will get a chance to see them again.
Lounge at the Bandhavgarh Jungle Lodge
Lounge at the Bandhavgarh Jungle Lodge
Dinning hall at the Bandhavgarh Jungle Lodge
I was hungry by now and I was sitting at the breakfast table about 5 minutes after we had passed Gate #1 to the Tala Zone. I had toast and tea and a cheese & onion omelette, the best since
Donsol, Philippines so the omelette was turned in to a second omelette in a jiff.I finished my breakfast and it was an excellent omelette so this is the breakfast I will have every morning until I leave on the 28th of January.
I got tea to my room and afternoon was spent at my desk checking out pictures.
We will depart for the afternoon safari at 14 thirty and I'm looking forward to this adventure. And as soon as the sun is coming up it is warm and nice. The thermometer must break some kind of records around here, from just a notch above
ZERO to a comfortable 20 in a few hours.But I will for sure bring a back-up blanket. Will most likely come in handy in the late afternoon. We left Bandhavgarh Jungle Lodge and we drove to the park office to pick-up our Guide and register. And as gate #2 is along the high way, highway!!!?? Yeah, whatever you want to call it.
The highway have some pavement in the middle of a dirt track. They call it a
highway, well, up to them and I also call it a highway. In the rest of the world it would have been an excellent track for dirt bike races.And when I say the highway everyone knows what I'm talking about.
I was thinking about Botswana, you still remember my safari adventure in Botswana? They called it the paved road. And that paved road was a real beauty in comparison with the highways in this area. Anyway, we were soon on our way to Gate #2 with our Guide and it took us
about 10 minutes to get thereThere were quite a few jeeps waiting outside the gate when we arrived. I had to hand my passport to the driver and he went to register. Stamps and signatures and at 3 o'clock they opened the gate and we could enter the park.
There were many jeeps ahead of us and as soon as we were inside I asked the driver to stop. I told the driver and our Guide to wait until the jeeps had disappeared to their respective routs in the Magadhi Zone.
There are 3 Zones plus the buffer zones. We get a zone and a rout in the morning and we must follow these routes. Of course, the animals can walk freely in the whole park. And there is nothing keeping them in the park and thus problems with the villagers at times.
When the other jeeps were gone we started to move and below is some of the pictures from our afternoon game drive. No tigers in a long time and will we see a tiger on this game drive?
Magadhi zone (Gate-2)
is also good for tiger sighting. After declaration of Tala Zone as Premium safari zone & hike in its entrance fee, Magadhi Zone will be visitor's choice. It is going to be most visited safari zone of Bandhavgarh. Sambar & spotted deer is more frequently seen in this zone. Bokha is the main dominant tiger in Magadhi zone. Famous Charger Point is also in Magdhi zone of Bandhavgarh. Park Safari Routes "E, F, G, H" are in Magdhi zone. As about 66 tickets are offered for visitors to this zone, usually it can be availed easily.
Beautiful bamboo
The Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve have huge areas with bamboo forest or jungle. Well, do you know the difference between a forest and a jungle? I asked my driver and he told me that the difference is that you have to make your way through the jungle.
It was beautiful as all the other parks I have visited in India. Pure pleasure to go for the game drives, if it hadn't been for the cold in the morning. But after 9 o'clock it is OK. And then around 5 o'clock in the afternoon it is getting nippy again. Then the blanket comes in handy
Not a tiger but a beautiful Peacock
Sambar Deer
Sambar Deer
Bamboo
Beautiful grass
Green Bee Eater
Puff-throated Babbler
Spotted Deer
Spotted Deer
Spotted Deer
Time to go back to Bandhavgarh Jungle Lodge for dinner
Time to go back to Bandhavgarh Jungle Lodge for dinner
Time to go back to Bandhavgarh Jungle Lodge for dinner
I have had most help from my friend, the bird pal I met at Suan Rot Fai. Sending pictures of birds I have not been able to identify to him via Line. 3 minutes later he and he have managed to identify most of the birds I have had problems with. THANKS! Visit his web page m☥lever for his beautiful pictures.
And my new aid, maybe, and I say maybe the best aid. I brought my mobile phone as my SIM card have stopped working and I tried to get it to work again so I can use the internet. Thus I had my phone in my pocket on my first game drive in Jim Corbett National Park.
We saw a bird and I asked my Guide and the driver if they had a pen and a paper as I had forgot my pen and paper in my room. I remembered my LG phone and I recorded the name. And thus I will always bring my phone. Writing the name in the car and I have found more than once that it can be hard to read what I had wrote when I'm back in my room.
So now I always have my mobile in my pocket and it has been a great help.
Of course, all bird pictures available on my Indian
bird checklist of bird I have seen by clicking HERE
Of course, I have seen many many more, but this list is for birds I managed to get on picture
Some of the pictures are OK, and some of them are straight up in a very poor quality
bird checklist of bird I have seen by clicking HERE
Of course, I have seen many many more, but this list is for birds I managed to get on picture
Some of the pictures are OK, and some of them are straight up in a very poor quality
A beautiful day came to an end. No tigers but I had seen a few new birds, the Blue Bearded Bee-eater and the Puff-throated Babbler, these are the one I got pictures of, even though I hardly count the Blue Bearded Bee-eater as it was no good picture.
Against the light and at a distance. We also saw the Grey Hornbill, but these were impossible to get on picture. The Indian Vulture was a new one for me and it was a beautiful bird. No tigers, but as I use to say to the Guides. I want to see tigers and leopards. And of course beautiful birds, but I'm happy just to go around enjoying the beautiful landscape
I had 30 minutes in my cabin looking at pictures from today's game drives before going for my dinner. So it was not much time because there were plenty pictures.
Dinning hall at the Bandhavgarh Jungle Lodge
Dinning hall at the Bandhavgarh Jungle Lodge
Tea and naan bread plus pasta and BBQ chicken with rosemary. Yeah, no mushy mash for me and the food was really good. I was happy returning to my cabin with a pot of tea. So two game drives tomorrow and they will knock on my door at 6 o'clock. I have my alarm clock as a back-up alarm set to go off at 06:15. Well we see any tigers tomorrow, click HERE to find out
OK, it has come to my knowledge that we have senior citizens visiting my web page. How hard can it 
be? So it's not very easy for them to see the blue coloured links to the next page.
noun [in SING.] informal a moment: we'll be back in a jiffy.
ORIGIN late 18th cent.: of unknown origin.
So as you understand, in a jiff pretty much depends on your internet.
So I put a “Next” button here and I hope that there isn't any problem to understand how to use that one. So just CLICK the “Next” button on your left hand side and you will be on the next page in a jiff!
Marunong ka mag-tagalog? Walang problema! Magpunta sa kabilang pahina pindutin ang “NEXT” button sa itaas
Faites vous parlez le français? Pas de problème! Pour arriver à la page suivante faites s'il vous plaît un déclic le bouton “Next” ci-dessus!
Haga usted dice el español? No hay problema! Ver la siguiente página sólo hacer clic el botón “Next” encima!
Farla parla l'italiano? Non problemi! Per vedere la prossima pagina lo scatto per favore giusto Il bottone “Next” sopra
Sprechen sie Deutsch! Kein problem! Wenn Sie die folgende Seite sehen wollen gerade klicken der Knopf “Next” oben!
คุณพูดภาษาไทยได้ไหม ไม่มีปัญหา ถ้าคุณต้องการไปหน้าถัดไป ให้กดปุ่ม “Next”
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E ni Svenskar och inte förstår Engelska så ska ni skämmas. J och Björn, med det menar jag inte att alla mina stavfel ska ältas varje gång vi träffas.
Well, the flag of Skåne, just a BONUS flag.
be? So it's not very easy for them to see the blue coloured links to the next page. Jiffy (also jiff)
noun [in SING.] informal a moment: we'll be back in a jiffy.
ORIGIN late 18th cent.: of unknown origin.
So as you understand, in a jiff pretty much depends on your internet.
Marunong ka mag-tagalog? Walang problema! Magpunta sa kabilang pahina pindutin ang “NEXT” button sa itaasFaites vous parlez le français? Pas de problème! Pour arriver à la page suivante faites s'il vous plaît un déclic le bouton “Next” ci-dessus!Haga usted dice el español? No hay problema! Ver la siguiente página sólo hacer clic el botón “Next” encima!Farla parla l'italiano? Non problemi! Per vedere la prossima pagina lo scatto per favore giusto Il bottone “Next” sopraSprechen sie Deutsch! Kein problem! Wenn Sie die folgende Seite sehen wollen gerade klicken der Knopf “Next” oben! คุณพูดภาษาไทยได้ไหม ไม่มีปัญหา ถ้าคุณต้องการไปหน้าถัดไป ให้กดปุ่ม “Next”
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Вы говорите по-русски? NJET PROBLEMA! Просто нажмите синюю кнопку "Next" с левой стороны и Вы моментально переместитесь на следующую страницу!
E ni Svenskar och inte förstår Engelska så ska ni skämmas. J och Björn, med det menar jag inte att alla mina stavfel ska ältas varje gång vi träffas.Well, the flag of Skåne, just a BONUS flag.
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