Tadoba Again- Craziest of the Crazies

What do Navy Veterans do?

Keep holidaying! Forever.

That's OK, they have the all the time. But how do they beat the heat?

By travelling to the hottest places?

In thick of the summer?

Yes.

They must be crazy then.

Sure they are! Probably the craziest of the crazies!

Who are these crazy lot?

Six Navy Veterans and spouses.

Yes, here are six grannies and grandpas all Navy Veterans. They all  ventured to leave the cool confines of their homes in Delhi/Noida and Secunderabad and face the heat and dust of a jungle safari. 

Inspiration? To see the king of the jungle-- Royal Bengal Tiger in its natural habitat. Meet the six all in their sixties with ladies first.

Now the turn of Navy Veterans.

Why go in summer?

Because the grass dries up and the heat forces the big mammals including Tigers to come out to drink water. The chances of sighting a tiger therefore, increase. In fact, the tariff for rooms in MTDC Resort at Moharli, (one of the entry gates to Tadoba) is the highest from 1st May to 30th June every year.

Where is Tadoba located? Why the name Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve?

Why choose Tadoba when there are other Tiger Parks in the vicinity?

As we can see, tiger density per sq km is the highest in Tadoba. Our statistical research has been proven right in the past. Hope it gets validated again in a few days time when we are there!

How to reach Tadoba?

Four of us from Secunderabad chose to drive down 430 kms in CP's Maruti Brezza. It is a car suitable for Indian roads with good ground clearance. See the route map below.

Whereas Aditya and Seema took the overnight train from Delhi to Chandrapur which is a mere 30 kms from Tadoba.

One can also take a flight to Nagpur and then drive 140 kms south to reach Tadoba via Navegaon gate. See the earlier map.

As senior citizens packing our bags for this wildlife trip, we realised that apart from personal stuff like caps, sunglasses, clothes, ID etc, we also have to carry our medicines! Another tale of grannies and grandpas!

As we proceed on this adventure, wish us luck for tiger sightings!

   -Harsh-the-Ghumakkad with Neeta Bhargava/22nd May 2019

#tadoba #tigers #junglesafari #TATR #navyveterans #buddiesinsixties #wildlife #india #ghumakkadharsh #ghumakkadhb

Ranthambor 4 Cohabitants of Tiger Land

__________ Ranthambor-4: Tiger's company-- Other Animals __________

Having sighted the mighty Tiger on the very first safari, we ventured into the jungle four more times.
And what we saw is here.

 

 There were plenty of birds as well. Hang on till the next part to see the birds of Ranthambor!

Bye till next

  Ghumakkad Harsh/ 10th April 13

Postscript: Links to all our stories on Ranthambor are given below:

Prelude and Fac File
The Journey- Secunderabad to Sawai Madhopur
Tiger at last
Tiger's Cohabitants
Birds of Ranthambor
Ranthambor Fort and around Sawai Madhopur

Happy browsing.

#Tiger #Ranthambor #T24 #Sambhar #Cheetal #Aravalis #Zone6 #BirdsOfRanthambor #Fort #PugMarks #SawaiMadhopur #GhumakkadHarsh #GhumakkadHB

________________________ Other Animals of Ranthambor __________________________

Ranthambor 3 The Tiger

________________________ The Tiger At Last! _____________________

27th March 2013 proved lucky for Neeta and me. It was festival time. Holi- the festival of colours. But thankfully, we the tourists were spared except a small 'gulal teeka' on the forehead.

We set off early morning for Zone-6 of Ranthambor National Park. The zones are allotted by the forest department after filing of applications with ID proof. The 380 sq km Park is divided into 11 zones numbered 1 to 11. There are three different entry points for Zones 1-5, Zones 6-7 and Zones 8-11. Maximum sightings occur in Zones 1-5. But we were lucky even with Zone-6!

See the pictures and enjoy the King of the Jungle!

Did you feel the excitement? All these pictures of tiger and other animals are from a moving Gypsy. We could get as close as 10 feet from the Tiger. Very thrilling indeed!

Do share your pictures of similar sightings in the wild.

The next part will show other animals in action in the Tiger country! Till then bye.

  Ghumakkad Harsh

Postscript: Links to all our stories on Ranthambor are given below:

Prelude and Fac File
The Journey- Secunderabad to Sawai Madhopur
Tiger at last
Tiger's Cohabitants
Birds of Ranthambor
Ranthambor Fort and around Sawai Madhopur

Happy browsing.

#Tiger #Ranthambor #T24 #Sambhar #Cheetal #Aravalis #Zone6 #BirdsOfRanthambor #Fort #PugMarks #SawaiMadhopur #GhumakkadHarsh #GhumakkadHB

_________________________ End of Tiger At Last! _____________________________