Drive To - CORBETT NATIONAL PARK
Elephant safari is one of the best way to explore forest , and safe . Our experncedelephant very close to Tiger( 2-5 ) mtr !! Tiger tried to charge ..... Few month s back a tigress attacked a forest department employee .
One photographer from France who was following an owl to make an documentory faced Tiger , instead of avoiding tiger he started taking snaps ... His body was found 2 days later , half eaten . Later this tiger announced as " Man Eater" .
I saw a baby elephant crossing road in dense Grassland , told my guide Mr.Ahamad , he said chase/follow the elephants ..... I accelerated Gypsy to 60 -70 kmph within few seconds ( that too in bad roads of forest ) and reached the elephants . We saw a mother and a baby elephant within 4 -6 feet . Baby elephant was bery cute.
The Team : Left to Right -> me - Thejasvee - Harish - Naveen .
One close view of Fully Grown Tiger . There are 156 tigers in Corbett National Park . Park is devided into 3 zones . Core zone , Buffer zone , tourist zone. This region was famous for Man Eater Tiger .
This is one of the beautiful place in Corbett , few shots of film "KAAL" captured here . This is "RAMGANGA" river , we can see Crocodiles and Alligators here.
RAMGANGA River ...
SLEEPLESS SCARY NIGHTS IN GERAL OLD REST HOUSE : We booked this entire rest house for 4 people. It is an old House , interiors match with British style . None of the doors of this Guest house could stop any animal from entering inside . All windows had sust glass cover and mosquito mesh . Roofs made of thin old wood but coloured well ;) . Next tio this there is one big water source which attracts all sort of animals starting from deer , elephant to Tiger . No electricity here .
Thejasvee can explain the horrible experence very well , since she experenced animal movements next to her. I will update with her explanation in her words within few days. Night we saw two shining eyes from top windows , with constant movements . Some animal was pushing/scratching doors , we can feel the movement of a heavy animal on our wooden roof. We could hear strange sounds from different parts of cottage . We remembered "Man Eaters " and recent attacks inside park . Thejasvee was more scared as she started thinking about animal attack , and other possibilities. She did not sleep till morning , morning we came to know that that was "LEOPARD" !!!
Morning time is advisible for animal spotting , we heard a deer alert call and all of us waiting for Tiger .... I could not see properly as i was in driver s seat , i had to move Gypsy in reverse direction in those narrow roads to get better picture of Tiger. 
Gypsy in dry Ramaganga river ....
In these grassland we chased / followed wild elephants ......
More Pictures at : http://vijusnn.dotphoto.com ( Folder name Corbett National Park)
posted by Vijay Naik at 5:07 AM
