Jadoo Nagari Corbett - Trip Report part II

Thanks so much for wonderful support; your love motivates me to deliver unique aspects all the time. I know you are waiting for part II today, you are eager to know the story of Tiger and many more wild animals, don’t worry you are going to get some fantastic pictures with one of its kind wilderness experience. So get set go directly to jadoo nagari to meet lovely animals.

Catch me if you can – Its patience which matters

The title hints towards the kind of chase we had in search of the King, yes it was not like cakewalk this time but at the same time it was full of fun and memorable because as a human tendency the rewards out of efforts are more memorable then easily earned rewards.

This time tiger gave tuff time as it played hide and seek with us, from day 1 itself calling and pugmarks hinted us the directions but we remained without luck for the first couple of safari. After putting a lot of efforts, in one evening we were like without luck and with shoulder down thinking that once again we are close to the tiger but with no luck. There were calling around but without result, we were in two different gypsy one with Saurabh and one with me, an expert had decided that he will not move from the place. Now it was time for us to take a decision whether to stay there with the little beat of heat or to move towards grassland for elephants. There was no consensus because I was not convinced to move to grassland, my thoughts were in line with my Guru Saurabh. According to him, tiger sighting is patience game the movement you gave up, you will end up giving chance. With this thought process I told everyone that we are not going anywhere, it is just a matter of 2 minutes hence we should not move anywhere. Drive Mashroor who is expert as well also agreed and said firmly “Sir I am not taking you anywhere, we will stay here itself till the time tiger is coming out.”

Since we both were not ok with the movement we all decided to wait there, within 5 minutes suddenly we heard the loud call from deer that hinted the entry of Tiger. Immediately we rush towards other cars and guess what! The moment arrived, it was 8 months old cub of grassland female that came out of the dense area in front of us, it was like it just came out to provide few clicks like a movie star and walked away in style. Even though it was only 5 minutes sighting but it was amazing because it came after a lot of efforts and after a long wait of 3 safaris. This is why “Its patience which matters.” So whenever you visit forest don’t hurry upon here and there, you will surely win. After tiger, it was Elephant's to entertain us, let's see how interesting elephant can be

The Tuskers

Apart from tiger and landscapes, the main attraction of Corbett is Tuskers or you can say herds of elephants and its activities. You can always find herds moving towards grassland or towards the water to manage the heat. Mud bathing or water bathing is one of the best activity you can ever see. You will be surprised to know that the best moment was elephant activity for us instead of any other sighting so let me tell you the reason for the same as well.

On one evening safari, we were on route to Sambhar road, a favorite road of elephants for traveling towards the river. We reached especially to see the passing so as we can enjoy the display of bathing. We saw the herd with 8-10 elephants with one very small baby, elephants are known for their protective behavior especially care towards the babies. While passing they were making sure that small one is covered between the biggies but you know how baby behaves. The best award winning moment goes to the baby elephant for its innocence. You know how kids are; their innocence and curiosity are unmatched. Similarly, a baby elephant was curious and wanted to lead the herd. The little one was trying to cross the leader with its small cute baby steps and reached very close to the leader but the moment leader notice that baby is trying to go ahead it pulled back baby with just one small punch through the leg. This moment was so funny that we were unable to control ourselves from laughing. This happened twice with baby, this was as if parents shouting on a kid to behave properly and follow the order.  the herd remained busy with water bathing which was memorable and opportunity fir clicking lovely pictures. Apart from this funny time, we also observed elephants in huge grassland that offered amazing photo opportunity. Do visit the DSLR section to experience the wilderness.

And the madness

Along with sighting, we were enjoying our trips like anything that rewarded us with some wonderful memories; one of them is the Head-On story, which Nitin will never forget 😅. His aim was to get everything head-on especially after sighting the tiger the excitement of head-on was on high. With head-on in the head, we were trying our luck to find Parwali famous tigress (without fail head-on only). However, while tiger search was on we invested little time with head-on Wild Boars. I know you want to know what happened next but for a further story on what happened, you need to contact Nitin. To know the result please reply with your guess to me either on the blog or on email btwildart@gmail.com). The excitement of head-on was again a fun, be it a tiger or not but the fantastic time with such lovely travelers unmatched, whenever we will talk about Corbett this madness will surely bring a big smile on our face.  

Our madness continued till the end even during the checkout time, while we were busy in taking group pictures and profile pictures of each other, the monkeys interrupted us. It was like a message to us that common people stop taking pictures of humans, we are more attractive. They were playing with each other, throwing each other from a tree and jumping all around. Trust me this was a treat to watch and capture them, we realize that yes we should take pictures of animals/birds and not of humans, surely they are for sure more photogenic than humans.

The overall sighting for mammals stands like this: Tiger Cub, herds of elephants Hog deer, Sambhar deer, spotted deer, barking deer, wild boars, the jungle cat, macaque, languor and couple of crocodiles

Do experience the forest at your doorstep with a trip report and some lovely pictures. 

Vote of Thanks: The blog cannot end without a vote of thanks, the contribution of each one is crucial, without which the journey is incomplete

Experts

Saurabh and Team MT

As always, Lovely Co-Travelers

Safari expert - Gypsy Drivers Ansar and Masroor

Stay and Food – Dhikala Forest management 

A Message of the Day - 

No life without Wildlife – Preserve it – Respect it – Enjoy it

Wildlife is Mother Nature’s greatest treasure; to protect it we must take every measure

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