“Jungle Jungle Baat suni hain pata chala hain……”
Rudyard Kipling’s ‘Jungle Book’ created magic and is stil doing so…. But what made him think about d story of a jungle boy and tigers…… ??? D Jungle where der are 89 Tigers present, proving that the ecological life cycle is going on smoothly….. d clean , dense very well maintained spread over 950 sq. km “Kanha National Park”…. Yes dis jungle inspired him to write d Mowgli’s world….. n ders no wonder dat he wrote it…
Before going der I was a bit reluctant… how things would be… n it was my first ever Jungle Safari too… but d group of 30 including active & enthusiastic kids above 60 bought fun… Spotting tiger was like seeing God for them… n den I too realized why was it so…n d journey began… fixed in a very short duration, after my cancellation of another plan… bt gud dis shaped realy well.....
17th April - Left Pune by Azad Hind Express ......
18th April - Reached Gondia..... N den left for Khatia village (MP Beautiful village, n different style houses all over …. We wer so excited when we saw a spotted beautiful golden deer near some tree… but der was a perfect comment by someone “ kantala yeil itki distil… :P" n den we had to enter d Mowgli’s world....... We stayed at Mowgli resort which was truly beautiful n well managed. A small camp fire @ night… to make us understand dat we are in group of 30
19th April - Morning 4.30 we wer all set to go n enter a totally new world. We wer guests in der world. And the Gypsy ride began…… yes it was always on the wish list to have a gypsy ride…. But a open gypsy to spot animals was a surprise package altogether for me…. N den d journey began… flocks of Spotted deer’s everywhere...It was awesome… Peacocks, Sambar, Barasingha, Jackal, Byson, elephants N No. of birds including kingfisher, Indian roller, orange shark ( I cud only remember these many names :P …. N den @ 8 am in d morning… ppl in another gypsy told us ‘ we cud spot tiger … nw… it was awesome… she just passed away from here…’ but yes den it was our turn …. Wat an attitude !! d way she walks, care a damn approach …. N her style…. Truly awestruck…. I hd never imagined I cud c tiger in a such a manner except zoo….. awesome experience………..
Der was another ride in d eve… @ 330pm… same animals …. But everytime d pathways seemed different , mysterious, as if opening secrets slowly… d forest was very well managed n different types of trees mostly Sal, others were crocodile trees…. 2-3 feet long ant and termites hill everywhere adding beauty to the nature….
20th April - Again began @ 4.30 am…. But d surprise package was to see or rather watch d sleeping tiger by elephant ride… d experience was awesome………… d tiger was least bothered ..abt 10-15 ppl arnd him … he was njoying sun bath 2 d fullest…
@ 330 pm we decided to take all together different path from the regular ones… it was Digdola … It was complete roller coaster ride… n when returning back @ 6.30 we could again spot a healthy mast tiger…. As if he had decided…. “ jaate jaate bacchon ko khush kar dete hain ….”
And d jungle trip ended on a very satisfied note……… spotting so many animals..... As we had entered d jungle with zero expectations..... 100% satisfying n worth watching experience….. we wer so used to spot d animals in 4 rides… dat after leaving kanha n travelling.. even after seeing buffalo one shouted “ Byson…..luk at it “ :P…
Den it was Dhuaadhaar waterfall @ Bhedaghat in Jabalpur..... It is also known as ‘Indian Nigeria’ … scenic picturesque view… n den again d train travel was fun…. Playing cards in a group of 6-7 ppl was nice… n dat wid a couple of 60 + enjoying every moment 2 d fullest......
Our jungle trip was totally successful one.....When u go with least expectations n gain 100 % is always fun…. N so it is always an interesting experience…. An altogether different one…
PS: Photography skills by Bhushan………. (at 1 moment had thought of taking d credit….. :P )
