I was forced to wake up, and found our car came to a halt at the access way of the Nagarhole National Park, also known as the Rajiv Gandhi Wildlife Park. Everything was so faint in front of my eyes; I saw the security person hand over the ticket to our driver. And we moved on.
The don’ts read as :
Do not horn
Don’t drive fast
Don’t disturb the wildlife
But we saw a group people doing exactly this to a herd of deer, and another car speeding away as if in an emergency!!! Anyways… as we drove, we spotted this elephant behind the dense shrubs. The enchantment was turning into anxiety and fear, because all of us had got off the vehicle and were trying to get as close to the elephant as possible. There was a spine chilling silence around the place.
After a while I was picturing the sight of that wild elephant running after us. We wouldn’t have a clue about the direction in which we would dash off in. the elephants can actually run at a high speed on a terrain where we wouldn’t even be able to walk on. Phew…
The sight was brimming with lush green vegetation against the backdrop of the blue skies. The rich bamboo, succulent ground cover and the swampy areas support the wildlife, the rare and the endangered species. Few minutes passed, we spotted a couple of elephants again, and this time too… we got off and had the grit to go close to them. We also were lucky to the spotted deer in all its elegance, wild hen, bison and a few birds.
The landscape here is a pleasant blend of soft grades and valleys, with daubs of water ponds, marshy areas, and a few residential clusters.
Enquiries of the jungle safari were not too positive, so we decided to spend more time at our next halt – the iruppu falls. The safari generally takes about 3 hours, and the gates of the national park close by 5:30 p.m. So one really needs to get in before this time.
Iruppu, ofcourse is splendid with water in all its might and spirit, gushing down different levels. One simply can’t leave the place, without enjoying the water. You would be missing something, if you did.
The don’ts read as :
Do not horn
Don’t drive fast
Don’t disturb the wildlife
But we saw a group people doing exactly this to a herd of deer, and another car speeding away as if in an emergency!!! Anyways… as we drove, we spotted this elephant behind the dense shrubs. The enchantment was turning into anxiety and fear, because all of us had got off the vehicle and were trying to get as close to the elephant as possible. There was a spine chilling silence around the place.
After a while I was picturing the sight of that wild elephant running after us. We wouldn’t have a clue about the direction in which we would dash off in. the elephants can actually run at a high speed on a terrain where we wouldn’t even be able to walk on. Phew…
The sight was brimming with lush green vegetation against the backdrop of the blue skies. The rich bamboo, succulent ground cover and the swampy areas support the wildlife, the rare and the endangered species. Few minutes passed, we spotted a couple of elephants again, and this time too… we got off and had the grit to go close to them. We also were lucky to the spotted deer in all its elegance, wild hen, bison and a few birds.
The landscape here is a pleasant blend of soft grades and valleys, with daubs of water ponds, marshy areas, and a few residential clusters.
Enquiries of the jungle safari were not too positive, so we decided to spend more time at our next halt – the iruppu falls. The safari generally takes about 3 hours, and the gates of the national park close by 5:30 p.m. So one really needs to get in before this time.
Iruppu, ofcourse is splendid with water in all its might and spirit, gushing down different levels. One simply can’t leave the place, without enjoying the water. You would be missing something, if you did.
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