Greetings!
This morning, we were driven down the worst mountain resort road by the best driver on staff in the best jeep they had (what a relief). It's really a shame the impression you take away from a spectacular stay is such a bad road to it.
Our great personal driver (Bijou) drove us three hours up further into the Western Ghat to the
Nagerhole Tiger Reserve for our stay for the next two days at
Kaav Safari Lodge. On the way, we passed an elephant being taken to a temple festival, and another being given a bath in a stream.
We arrived at the Lodge, had lunch, and boarded a large safari rover. Our guides gave us binoculars, told us to turn our phones and voices off while on the tour, and to keep our arms inside the large open-air windows (the trees are close, and the driver will be chasing things). That seemed funny to me because there were quite a few cameras on board that had three foot long 400-600mm lens which I was sure were going to hit tree limbs. I was glad I was bringing a cell phone camera.
Pat's hope for the trip to India was that she would be able to see a tiger. Today, we saw a large male leopard, a pack of wild dogs and their cubs, lots of spotted deer, wild boar, several Gar, many colorful bird species, and a
Bengal Tiger. We were so fortunate to see all of the large predator animals in one outing, and are going out again tomorrow morning early by rover, and again by boat in the afternoon. We are so having fun!
To see all of the photos taken today, click on:
Wednesday, Mar 4th, Kabini, India.
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