Last week end I had ben to a photo tour at Kabini River Lodge ,Kabini about 80kms from mysore. Jungle lodges and resorts has its flagship resort which is the oldest property of JLR and famous for its wild life reserve .Kabini wild life reserve is now a part of Rajiv Gandhi National Park spreading over 650 sq.Kms covering parts of Mysore and Kodagu districts of karnataka. The famous nagara Hole national park is now a part of Rajiv Gandhi National Park. I joined the tour as a participant of Photo tour organized by Toe Hold Photography tours and Travel company. They conduct exclusive tours for those with photography interests and support with experienced and renowned photographers in the field. We were 15 in number from Karnataka, Andhra ,Kerala , delhi and Haryana with 3 group leaders from ToeHold ,Giri Cavale,Philip Ross and Sachin Rai as mentors. The program me included 4 safaris ( 3 jeep and one boat). For most of us it was a unique experience with tips on wildlife photography by masters in the field and they did their best to teach us same. We had reasonably good sighting of wild life like Wid Dogs,Sambar Deer,Tuskers in parade , Leopard , Mangoose, Spotted Deer, birds like Changeable Hawk eagle,Crested serpent eagle, Osprey, Brown Fish Owl, Painted stork, darter, peacocks etc. The big cat Tiger eluded us but for me sighting the Leopard in wild for the first time was thrilling experience.
Kabini ,once a hunting ground for the Royal family of Mysore and later for the British rulers was turned into a wildlife reserve in 1955 and as a national park in 1988.This forest is adjacent to Bandipur Tiger reserve forest and separated from it by the backwaters of Kabini river. Madhumalai forest, Wayanad forest are adjacent reserve forests and together they form part of Nilgiris bio diverse sphere of South India. The forest is rich in flora and fauna and variety of animals like Tiger,Leopard, Wild Dog, Elephants, Deers, Indian Gaur, Barking Deer, Mangoose, Crocodiles and birds are seen in this area. It is the largest habitat for Asian Elephants . About 65 tigers are estimated to be in this forest and though not counted an approximate 120 leopards are habitats in this forest. Once widely known for the mass elephant-trapping operations called 'Khedda', Kabini stands as the one of the brightest beacons for wildlife preservation in India today.More Than 100 varieties of bird are seen here
Kabini is around 90 minutes drive from Mysore and the best place to stay is Jungle Lodges and Resorts.
A tusker on the bank of Kabini back waters
A Leopard in Kabini.
An Indian WildDog
Changeable Hawk Eagle
Spotted Deer
A sambhar Deer and a spotted Deer
For few more pictures of Kabini click on the picture below
Kabini ,once a hunting ground for the Royal family of Mysore and later for the British rulers was turned into a wildlife reserve in 1955 and as a national park in 1988.This forest is adjacent to Bandipur Tiger reserve forest and separated from it by the backwaters of Kabini river. Madhumalai forest, Wayanad forest are adjacent reserve forests and together they form part of Nilgiris bio diverse sphere of South India. The forest is rich in flora and fauna and variety of animals like Tiger,Leopard, Wild Dog, Elephants, Deers, Indian Gaur, Barking Deer, Mangoose, Crocodiles and birds are seen in this area. It is the largest habitat for Asian Elephants . About 65 tigers are estimated to be in this forest and though not counted an approximate 120 leopards are habitats in this forest. Once widely known for the mass elephant-trapping operations called 'Khedda', Kabini stands as the one of the brightest beacons for wildlife preservation in India today.More Than 100 varieties of bird are seen here
Kabini is around 90 minutes drive from Mysore and the best place to stay is Jungle Lodges and Resorts.
A tusker on the bank of Kabini back waters
A Leopard in Kabini.
An Indian WildDog
For few more pictures of Kabini click on the picture below
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