High praises from a man I respect

I just saw this message on Bittu Sahgal’s facebook timeline. He is the editor of India’s only wildlife magazine (Sanctuary), a true conservationists and an inspiration to loads of people like me. Feeling good 🙂 Post by Bittu Sahgal. Read the bear tiger confrontation story here

Too close for comfort

“Gemunu” is a wild tusker was born in 1991, part of an elephant herd based in Yala national park of Sri Lanka. Though his mother was vary of vehicles and visitors to the park, Gemunu was extremely tolerant of them. Male elephants have to leave the herd once they grow up and after Gemunu left…

masai mara migration

Masai Mara

Heading to Masai Mara in a few hours for the migration – One month of bliss More details at – http://baghsafari.com/events/?dblog_id=1

Seasons in Ranthambhore – Summers

Ranthambhore tiger reserve, with its sub-tropical dry climate, has three very well defined seasons – summers, winters and monsoons. Summers start during the end of March and last through the months of April, May and June. During this season the days are very hot and dry, while the nights are warm. During May and June…

cheetah charge

Tanzania Feb-March 2012

We flew into Killimanjaro airport at the base of Mount Killimanjaro and after grabbing a quick lunch in Arusha, we drove out to Tarangire national park in pouring rain. For a month there had been no rains in this area and we had heard the wildebeests migration is stuck in Central Serengeti. They had yet…

Five weeks in Masai Mara National Reserve – Week 4

Cats were once again the highlight of our fourth week. There were fewer river crossings in this week but by now we had become adept at finding three prides of lions, all three with very young cubs, a pair of mating cheetahs (though we never really saw them mating) and a huge male leopard, whose…

Five weeks in Masai Mara National Reserve – Week 3

At the end of the second week we bid goodbye to Kahini, Shivang and all their friends and crossed the Mara River to go towards Talek River. This week we had a group of close friends and family who were booked in Sunworld Safari’s amazing camp (Mara Bush Camp). This place is located in the…