Tailor Made tour of Manas, Kaziranga, Sundarbans and Ranthambore National Parks. Expectations fully met.
Wildlife Expeditions India的点评
点评:Deepti Goswami was one of the tour guides on a tiger safari tour years ago of five tiger reserves. This trip included visits to Manas and Kaziranga National Parks in Assam, the Sundarbans in Bengal and Ranthambore.
The main attraction in Manas and Kaziranga is the Indian One-horned Rhinoceros, and we saw plenty of them, including being chased out of Manas by one. There was a wide variety of animals and birdlife in both. Although there are around 60 tigers in Manas they are rarely seen and in Kaziranga there are over 100 and we were lucky enough to see two of them, including one close up. Kaziranga is an attractive park with plenty of variety.
It was my choice to go to Sundarbans as it is the biggest mangrove forest in the world and all viewing is by boat. However, sightings of the tigers is rare as they can only be seen when they come on to the beaches. We spent four days looking for five tigers that live on an island but they failed to appear - although they were seen on the following day! There was very little other wildlife that we saw, so this was disappointing. However, the food provided on the boat and the expertise of our local guides was superb.
The local guide and driver in Ranthambore and the bookings in the zones had been secured long in advance and paid off with some spectacular tiger sightings. On the first safari in zone 3 we saw two cubs, one coming to within 10 metres of our Gypsy (jeep). This was my closest encounter with a tiger to date.
In nine safaris we saw tigers on eight occasions, with around twenty sightings of ten tigers, including one where the tiger was following us as we were trying to keep our distance. Included in our sightings was one rarely seen tiger that only two Gypsys witnessed. On our final safari we saw a mother Sloth Bear and cub going along a valley and then crossing the path.
The accommodation at all locations was very good, although the Sundarbans lodge wasn't fully in operation yet. We travelled internally by taxi and a couple of flights.
Our guide, Deepti Goswami, had organized the holiday and it all went very smoothly with no problems. There was a lot of laughter as we were having such a good time. I look forward to going back again before too long to see some more tiger reserves with Deepti.
翻译:几年前,Deepti Goswami 曾是五座老虎保护区老虎狩猎之旅的导游之一。这次旅行包括参观阿萨姆邦的玛纳斯和卡齐兰加国家公园、孟加拉邦的孙德尔本斯和伦滕波尔。
玛纳斯和卡齐兰加的主要景点是印度独角犀牛,我们看到了很多,包括被一只赶出玛纳斯的犀牛。这两个地方都有各种各样的动物和鸟类。虽然玛纳斯有大约 60 只老虎,但很少见到,而卡齐兰加有 100 多只,我们很幸运地看到了其中两只,其中一只还近距离看到了。卡齐兰加是一个风景优美的公园,种类繁多。
我选择去孙德尔本斯,因为它是世界上最大的红树林,而且所有的观赏都是乘船进行的。然而,老虎的目击情况很少见,因为它们只有在海滩上才能看到。我们花了四天时间寻找岛上的五只老虎,但它们并没有出现——尽管第二天就看到了!我们看到的其他野生动物非常少,所以这很令人失望。然而,船上提供的食物和我们当地导游的专业知识都非常棒。
Ranthambore 的当地导游和司机以及区域的预订都是提前很久就预订好的,我们目睹了一些壮观的老虎。在 3 区的第一次狩猎中,我们看到了两只幼崽,其中一只距离我们的吉普赛(吉普车)不到 10 米。这是我迄今为止与老虎最接近的一次。
在九次狩猎中,我们八次看到了老虎,大约二十次目击了十只老虎,其中一次老虎跟着我们,因为我们试图保持距离。我们看到的包括一只罕见的老虎,只有两个吉普赛人目击过。在我们最后一次狩猎中,我们看到一只懒熊妈妈和幼崽沿着山谷走,然后穿过小路。
所有地方的住宿条件都很好,尽管 Sundarbans 旅馆尚未全面投入运营。我们在国内乘坐出租车和几次航班。
我们的导游 Deepti Goswami 组织了这次假期,一切都非常顺利,没有任何问题。我们玩得很开心,笑声不断。我期待不久后再次回去,与 Deepti 一起参观更多的老虎保护区。