Charming Chambal

BT Wild Art - the land of WILD welcomes all the readers for yet another blog, our endeavor is to provide unique information on Mother Nature available across the world.

We believe that Life is Safari you need to enjoy it hence you should explore these places to understand the importance of nature but we understand that every time it may not be possible for you to visit every place hence we provide you real-life experience with beautiful pictures added to unknown facts of the place, so why to wait more, let's take the tour of one of the best wetland in our country.

Birding bhi Boating bhi

What a lovely combination! birding in the River by boat you just cannot ask for more. As usual expert had planned everything but this time it was a surprise for us since we were not aware of the plan the expectations were hardly there but yes excitement was on high. Since the place was close to the Bharatpur we started the journey in the second half of the day. It was difficult for us to take a decision of leaving Bharatpur for some new place; it was like taking risk of leaving a known place which is filthy rich to an unknown area. Till the time we reached our mind was in Bharatpur but the movement we reached Chambal we forgot everything and we accepted the fact that it was worth taking the risk of exploring the unknown place.

Both the places are known for birding but both are totally different from its offerings. It was a very short trip for less than an hour but it proved life’s best event for us. The place that is still known as Dacoit’s land but nobody is aware that it is a heaven for the photographers and nature lovers. I truly believe the place should be known for its hidden beauty and not for any other reason.

Chambal is different in terms of the way you need to travel to capture species; you require a boat to explore the place. We were excited for this unique boat ride, which was rewarding from the start itself, we got rewards in terms of Ghariyals and Turtles for long, which is actually rare to get them for such a long time. it was like gift box is opening slowly and providing gifts one by one. After fantastic water king, it was a turn for some lovely birds such as Rudy Shelduck, Red-wattled Lapwing, Indian Skimmers, Painted Storks and many more but the real treat or you can say the star of the trip was watching Indian Skimmer catching the fish. Such a lovely bird with a unique pattern of beak compare to other birds. It skims on the water surface and catches the fish in a fraction of the seconds, it is actually difficult to capture little bird while skimming but we manage to grab it. The trip was complete in all aspects as we got a super sighting, best pictures, boat ride and lovely scaps. This how our trip turned extremely lucky and full of excitement and memorable pictures. We thought it was the end of the trip but it was not; let us see what else apart from photography made us crazy. It was pure ghee Bhalla, paneer chilla, and gajar ka halwa at Shyam baba dairy was so tasty that you cannot end the blog without mention of the same. Do plan a visit to Bharatpur along with Chambal River to explore the hidden beauty of our own Country.

The Reality Report

National Chambal Sanctuary, also called the National Chambal Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary, is a 5,400 km2 (2,100 sq mi) tri-state protected area in northern India for the protection of the Critically Endangered Gharial, the red-crowned roof turtle, and the Endangered Ganges river dolphin.

The sanctuary is located on the Chambal River near the tripoint of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh

The National Chambal Sanctuary is listed as an important bird area and is a proposed Ramsar site. At least 320 species of resident and migratory birds inhabit the sanctuary.

Chambal supports 8 of the 26 rare turtle species found in India, including Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle, three-striped roof turtle and crowned river turtle. Other reptiles who live here are: Indian flap shell turtle, softshell turtle, Indian roofed turtle, Indian tent turtle and monitor lizard

Other large threatened inhabitants of the sanctuary include crocodile, smooth-coated otter, striped hyena and Indian wolf