点评:Sariska National Park and Tiger Reserve is one of the national parks closest to Delhi. Situated in Rajasthan’s Alwar district, the park stretches over approximately 1200 sq km, of which 20% is open to tourists, the rest being the ‘core wildlife zone’. The park has two gates: Tehla Gate and Sariska Booking Gate. The Sariska Booking Gate is the one most convenient for visitors coming from Delhi or Jaipur, since it’s the closest; Tehla is further away. Also, wildlife sightings are considered more reliable if you’re entering through the Sariska Booking Gate, which leads into Zones 1, 2 and 3 of the park—all spaces with substantial fauna.
We chose to go on two jeep safaris, one in the morning (report at the booking office at 7 am) and the other in the afternoon (2 pm). Safaris last 2.5 – 2.75 hours, and can be done either in a jeep (each jeep seats six, so if your group is less than that, the booking office will seat some strangers with you, or you can buy the empty seats) or a large Canter. The Canter is cheaper, but also more rugged: if it begins to rain (as it did on one of our safaris) there’s no shelter.
We didn’t see any tigers or leopards, but we saw plenty of other wildlife: spotted deer, sambhar deer, and nilgai; golden jackals, hyena, and a huge array of birds, including peafowl, tree pies, bulbuls, woodpeckers, mynahs, parakeets, and much more.
What marred it was the logistics. The jeeps were rickety, rusting in places and very run-down. When it began raining, the driver and naturalist took a long time to agree to putting up the tarpaulin for us. When they did, the tarpaulin was so dirty and poorly maintained that filthy rainwater began showering down on us soon after, and we were never really protected all through the ride. Also, the abilities of the naturalists were dodgy; one seemed fairly knowledgeable, but the other’s knowledge seemed to extend only to mammals—he totally disregarded any questions about trees or birds, for example.
翻译:萨里斯卡国家公园和老虎保护区是距离德里最近的国家公园之一。公园位于拉贾斯坦邦的阿尔瓦尔区,占地约 1200 平方公里,其中 20% 向游客开放,其余为“核心野生动物区”。公园有两个大门:特拉门和萨里斯卡预订门。萨里斯卡预订门对于来自德里或斋浦尔的游客来说最方便,因为它是最近的;特拉门较远。此外,如果您通过萨里斯卡预订门进入,野生动物目击率会更高,萨里斯卡预订门可进入公园的 1、2 和 3 区——这些区域都有大量动物。
我们选择了两次吉普车之旅,一次在早上(上午 7 点在预订处报到),另一次在下午(下午 2 点)。狩猎之旅持续 2.5 到 2.75 小时,可以乘坐吉普车(每辆吉普车可坐 6 人,所以如果您的团队人数少于 6 人,售票处会安排一些陌生人与您同坐,或者您可以购买空座位)或大型 Canter。Canter 更便宜,但也更坚固:如果下雨(就像我们其中一次狩猎之旅那样),那里没有遮蔽处。
我们没有看到老虎或豹子,但看到了很多其他野生动物:梅花鹿、水鹿和蓝牛羚;金豺、鬣狗和各种各样的鸟类,包括孔雀、树鹎、鹎、啄木鸟、八哥、长尾小鹦鹉等等。
破坏它的是后勤保障。吉普车摇摇晃晃,有些地方生锈,而且非常破旧。下雨的时候,司机和博物学家花了很长时间才同意为我们搭起防水布。他们这样做了之后,防水布又脏又破,脏兮兮的雨水很快就淋到我们身上,我们在整个旅程中都没有得到真正的保护。另外,博物学家的能力也不太可靠;其中一位似乎知识渊博,但另一位似乎只了解哺乳动物——例如,他完全无视任何关于树木或鸟类的问题。