点评:India's largest wildlife sanctuary, the Wild Ass Sanctuary spreads across nearly 5,000 sq km. The expanse of it and the hostility of the flat, arid terrain makes it difficult to monitor, so while the forest department does have control of the sanctuary and they have set up mounds (to allow birds to nest when the area is otherwise submerged) and erected markers, there are no roads, no signposts, no toilets even once you're through the gate, at Bajana. Bajana has a very rudimentary and dirty toilet block, but that's all there is.
We went on a morning jeep safari here, setting off from our resort at 6:45 am, driving about 45 minutes to Bajana Gate, and then driving through the sanctuary till about 11 am, before heading back. We saw dozens of birds, including flamingos, common crane, various species of geese, ibis, heron, egret, cormorant, and several smaller birds, such as the swifts, martins and crested larks that keep flying overhead.
The highlight is of course the Indian wild ass, of which we saw several, all in pairs or trios.
We were also taken to the salt pans here, where a handful of local families, on land leased from the government, manufacture salt - 70% of India's salt production comes from the Rann of Kutch.
Very interesting, informative drive. The birds and wild asses are amazing, of course, but so is the entire ecosystem, the dauntingly beautiful Rann.
翻译:野驴保护区是印度最大的野生动物保护区,占地近 5,000 平方公里。它的广阔和平坦、干旱地形的敌意使得监测变得困难,因此,虽然森林部门确实控制了保护区,并且他们建立了土丘(以便在该地区被淹没时允许鸟类筑巢)和在巴哈纳,即使你穿过大门,也没有竖立的标记,没有道路,没有路标,也没有厕所。巴哈纳有一个非常简陋和肮脏的厕所,但仅此而已。
我们在这里进行了一次早晨的吉普车探险,早上 6:45 从我们的度假村出发,开车约 45 分钟到达巴哈纳门 (Bajana Gate),然后开车穿过保护区,直到上午 11 点左右,然后返回。我们看到了数十种鸟类,包括火烈鸟、鹤、各种鹅、朱鹮、苍鹭、白鹭、鸬鹚,以及一些较小的鸟类,例如不断在头顶飞过的雨燕、马丁鸟和凤头百灵。
亮点当然是印度野驴,我们看到了好几只,都是成对或三人一组。
我们还被带到了这里的盐田,那里有一些当地家庭在政府租用的土地上生产盐——印度 70% 的盐产量来自卡奇牧场。
非常有趣、信息丰富的驾驶。当然,鸟类和野驴令人惊叹,但整个生态系统、美丽得令人畏惧的兰恩也同样令人惊叹。