Jaipur Jewels

Hello followers, let me thank each and everyone for the following blog and supporting wilderness, every little step will help us reach the top floor that is saving our Mother Nature. After wonderful Tadoba it was time to enjoy the holiday with family so I opted to visit Jaipur but yes there also wilderness was continued as my best buddy, overall trip was fruitful with a combination of historical places and wilderness. So let us see more on Jaipur Trip report.

The Jhalana Trail

Are you even aware of Jhalana? If you are religiously following the blog, you must be aware of the quality of the place. So to start with let me update you on Jhalana visit, this time since I was on a trip with parents I had the opportunity to take them to the forest to make them understand my madness towards wildlife. Let me tell you we did only one safari but experience touched the heart of parents as well. The weather turned hostile by a drop in temperature around 4 degree which affected the sighting but still, it was good as an experience for first timers like my parents

During the Safari we were lucky to sight Long Tailed Shrike, Jungle Babbler, Owlet, Peacock, Purple Sunbird, Black Redstart, Magpie Robin, Rufous Treepie, Sambar deer, Blue Bull, Monkey, Eagle and many more. However, the sighting was low due to cold and remains without Leopard but still the experience and arrangement of Sumeej Juneja and humanity of Guide cum driver Ganesh was unmatched.

Unmatched Humanity

Let me update you on heart touching task of Ganesh Ji, when we entered the forest we heard continuous calling from Rufous Treepie that gave us a hope of leopard for a while but the way call was going on it hinted Ganesh some doubts in mind. He identified the area and we reached there to check the reason of such long calling, the moment we reached the place we noticed that Rufous Tree Pie was trying to move out of thread (used for kite flying) and shouting in pain. Immediately Ganesh rescued the bird without worry of being hurt by the bird because Rufous Tree Pie is a flesh eater and its beak is as sharp as a sword. He Managed very smartly and ensured that the bird is free from the pain, finally, the bird was out of trouble to fly high in its own zone. This how unmatched humanity of Ganesh saved the bird, this was a true example of humanity and care for the wilderness, hope this will motivate many more to save wilderness.

The Historic land

This time along with birding I took the opportunity to explore the Pink City to know about historical values laid down by Sawai Mansingh and his family. We were lucky to see some part of history that was ruled by the Royal family. Though it was little portion we could evaluate but the same was truly worth knowing the Palace, lifestyle, ruling, weapons etc of one part of the history.

We could manage Sheesh Mahal, Amer Fort, Wax museum (fantastic replica of achievers), Hawa Mahal, Nahar gadh, Jai gadh, Jal Mahal, Birla Temple along with local shopping market. It was again added with a flavor of birding of Grater Cormorant, Great White Pelican, Indian spot bill duck, painted stork and many more. Overall trip was fantastic because of the variety we had during the visit. Do plan to visit Jaipur to see the best of both world Historic values and wilderness.

You can check below link to know more about Jhalana forest https://btwildart.blogspot.com/2018/06/hidden-jewel-jhalana.html.

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Trip Arrangements

Amey and Saurabh from Mumbai Traveler

Safari experts

Ganesh and Sumeet Juneja

Hotel

Arya Niwas – Very good food, nice room