25 June 2010

Kabini



See from Ganesh eyes the entire of Kabini experience he had….
Sighting a Leopard at kabini is like a dream come true and this it was dream, actually I was more determined to see a Leopard. Capturing a leopard in your camera is like an achievement and I think every photographer would wanna make that happen.
Travelife organized the accommodation for us at a resort which included jeep safari as well boat safari. Let me tell you boat safari is the best experience we had, our guide took us on the river on a motor boat. We motored down the stream passing crocodiles, deer, wild boar, elephants, stork, eagles and deer. Here we 3 different variety of deer’s : spotted deer, sambar and barking deer’s who actually sound bizarre when they get started. Plenty of monkeys and peacocks were strolling freely on the shores of kabini. This helped us take a lot of pictures. Also we found lot of local fishermen tossing the fishing nets near the shore, children playing alongside their parents and people crossing the river on coracle boats.
Jeep safari was an extreme experience, for the first time ever I encountered 350 species of birds. Riverine habitat allows the forest to be surrounded with ample of opportunities for bird watching and wildlife sighting too. Starting to move further inside the jungle came across a herd of Indian Gaur and it was fantastic capturing some great shots of these gaurs. Moving head we spotted deers, Hanuman langurs, Elephants, serpent eagles and this all lead to gunny bag of excitement. Encouraged and thrilled enough to look in all directions possible, the guard just spotted the leopard on a tree branch making one of the most memorable for everyone. For the first we saw a beautiful cat in the wild, resulting a shiver in me for few seconds not allowing me to press the shutter button.
In no time so many jeeps were in there to capture the leopard on the tree branch. The cat disappeared between the bushes after a few minutes but this enthralling experience was there within us for the rest of the evening. The day ended with the most memorable photograph of a leopard. After this we had our dinner at resort booked for us by Travelife and the day ended.