THAT BISCUIT IN MY CUP COST ME AROUND THIRTY
THOUSAND BUCKS
Bandhavgarh,
the world known wildlife tiger reserve in
Madhya Pradesh, India. This national park also called land of tigers, this is
the place you may pursue your dream to spot the big cat roaming around the jungle (or may
be walking by you) as Bandhavgarh has the maximum chances to see the tiger
because of higher tiger density.
THE DAY I DECIDED TO GO FOR TIGER
SAFARI
After enjoying six beachy days of goa trip, I
was sitting by my garden (that’s where I use to sit around) thinking of my next
adventure trip, sipping the cup of tea with biscuit having some print of tiger
on it, that print buzz me up !and then the thought of spotting the tiger goes
by mind as I have never seen the tiger in my life before, and I decided to go
for tiger safari, with the zest of watching the tiger I started searching for best
tiger reserve in my state. Yes I belongs to Bhopal, Madhya pradesh among six
of them namely Panna, Kanha, Pench , Bandhavgarh,
Satpura and Sanjay tiger reserve, I choose to head towards Bandhavgarh, HAPPY
ME !soon after, I made all the reservations like train reservation (though I
wanted to have a road trip by car but poor me, because the distance between
Bhopal to Bandhavgarh is around 500 kilometers ,that distance forced me to opt
for traveling by train), resort booking and safari booking etc.
Avid tiger safari lover usually do atleast two
safari a day so I did, one in the very morning(6:30am-11 am) second in the evening(3pm-7pm)
total 6 safaris I have done in three days. One more thing I have to tell you
that there are three zones of tiger safari that is Tala, Magadhi and Khitauli.
Among them Tala is the zone having higher chances to spot the tigers so I
decided to go with Tala zone. LUCKY ME! I got four safaris of Tala zone and two
of Magadhi, Khitauli has the least chances to spot the big cats.
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Tala gate |
My train was from Bhopal to Jabalpur and then
I have to go by a cab which was pre booked by resort manager. After reaching
Jabalpur I called up the cab driver and you know what was his name????? His
name was raja !:)can you believe that? I giggled when the he told me his name
is raja, I get by heart the movie”raja hindustani”;) Soon he came up with the cab took me towards my resort. I
reached there by 7 pm., after making some check-in formalities the servant load
up my luggage n headed towards the villa which I have booked for stay, as soon
as I reached the villa I took shower and putted my sneakers on and escaped the villa,
have took the look around the resort and after taking my dinner I headed to bed
and slept, as I have to get up early in the morning.
Okay lets
take our foot forward !
The next morning I woke with the zeal inside
me,freshen up,took shower n got ready for my morning safari. As soon as I
reached outside the reception area, a driver with a guide sitting in the jeep
waiting for me(I was 10 min late to reach there;).i got in the jeep and headed
towards my adventure journey of Bandhavgarh national park.
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Me waiting for adventure safari |
One more time have gone through some formalities
regarding park safari, I was excited though so I did not mind about all this. After about 20 minutes of this process we now entered the Tala
gate which I have chosen for tiger site seeing, (the best zone for tiger site
seeing).
We started get lost in to the jungle in search
of tigers, in my 3 hours of journey I did not spot any tiger all I have seen was some Birds, Swamp Deers and Monkeys around. I came back to the villa n
waiting for the evening safari which was at 3 pm, after taking my lunch, I
again slept for some time n got up by 2 pm. Now again it’s time to spot the
tiger and again I got disappointed as I did not find any tiger there.
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Gray Langur |
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spotted dear |
The second day I again did not met Mangu, eagerly
I was waiting for my evening safari, headed towards the park, the scorchy sun
on my head I was sweating like a water fall:>
BEST MOMENT WHEN
I MET MANGU
I
surprisingly listened some sound I asked the guide what is the sound about he
told me that’s a call for us that tiger is around us, my elation was on high, I
opened up my camera’s cap to capture my biggest dream of life time and finally the time has come. I was watching mangu coming across
the road in front of our jeep, I literally was astonished by his attitude, he
was walking across the road without any fear in his eyes. That’s how I met
Mangu. Really the best experience of my
life !!
If you are a avid lover of wildlife safari you
definitely will love to come in bandhavgarh for wildlife safari as we have
experienced the most amazing moment of spotting tiger. This is one of the best national park in India for wildlife
safari.you should come here to experience the adventurish wildlife safari.
”Hindustan ka dil
dekho”(explore the heart of India)
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