Gala Meal
Sloth bear resort | Hampi | 11-06-11
It’s been 2 days that I landed into this new destination of mine and I didn’t expect much to happen in terms of wildlife.
6 pm
I took my camera and was birding in the campus as all of a sudden I saw some movements into the bush. Rat snake…I whispered!! [...]
Be Responsible
Wild dogs | BR hills main road
It’s sad to see a picture (published above) where a young wild dog started picking up litter like this…Plastic?? Oh man!! What’s wrong with all of us!! Why can’t we be lil responsible when we visit national parks and sanctuaries?
This reminds me of the situation in Bandipur highway. The [...]
Dine with Flying Squirrel
K.Gudi Golghar
21-01-11
The myriad of treasure this place has is unbelievable and if I count my days in this camp I feel, that there are many more treasures yet to be unfolded.
9 pm
This squirrel was sighted on Golghar by my staff when our guests were having their dinner. Luckily today one of our guests Mr. Ravinandan [...]
BR Hills: The Land of Tribal
The Soliga
The progeny of Karaiya Swamy, son of God Mahadeswara Swamy, these dark complexion, plain feature, curly hair, thick nose with a narrow forehead are the tribal’s of BRT wildlife sanctuary. Referred in many books as Sholaga (Thurston, 1909), Sholiga (Nanjundayya and Iyer, 1931) or the commonly used name Soliga (C.I 1893; Gopal 1965).
The [...]
Mixed Hunting Party
One afternoon I was having my lunch with my staff at our Golghar. Guests had already finished the lunch. I was looking towards the slope from the Golghar which was earlier full of Lantana and Parthenium (both of them are aggressive weed which invades the forest land) and was recently being cleared.
After finishing my lunch [...]
FAQs in K.Gudi Wilderness Camp by Guests
Its not always about tigers and leopards.
Interesting Facts about Asian Elephants (Elephas Maximus)
Elephant paths act as Fire breaks and are passage for Rain water.
Elephants are seed dispersers as their excretory/fecal matters are carried by dung beetles and termites inside the soil, thus making it more fertile and aerated.
Elephants engage themselves in solitary play as well as in group play.
Eye sight of elephants is weak.
Elephants cry, have [...]
Grey Night Jar/Indian Jungle Night Jar
Perching along the branch rather across it also found on the road /track during night, it’s one of the astonishing birds found in the Indian sub continent.
Every day when I come back from the evening safari in this particular season I find them on the roads/tracks. So thought to read more about them and [...]
