Kabini, Nagarahole Tiger Reserve

May 30, 2015

Kabini, the Leopard's lair, is one of the closest national parks to my home. My father and I decided to drive there for a four day, three night visit. On the way to Kabini we stopped at Srirangapatna to see the Blue-tailed bee-eaters. The bee -eater was a beautiful bird and it was very exciting to see it up close.At Kabini we stayed at the Jungle Lodges Resort as they are the only ones that have safari vehicles that are allowed to enter the forest apart from the forest department. The resort is quite comfortable however if you want to stay at more luxurious resort their is other options such as The Serai and Orange County Resorts. We went on 6 Safaris in total and saw a leopard, a pack of Indian wild dogs, a Crested Serpent Eagle and Crested Hawk Eagle. We saw the leopard on a tree on the third safari and the Indian wild dogs on the fourth safari. The jeep I was in was the jeep to spot the leopard! Seeing the leopard was very thrilling as it was the second time I had ever seen it in my entire life and it was the first time I had seen it clearly.The Indian wild dogs had 3 pups with them and were walking towards us.This was very thrilling as it was the first time I had seen so many wild dogs.Over an hour later we saw the same wild dogs hunting deer. Sadly our safari vehicles noise interrupted their hunt and they did not catch the deer instead they went into a pool of water to cool off from the blistering heat and rehydrate them selves after the hunt. This was an amazing trip but sadly we missed a tiger by a matter of few minutes.