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A great place to relax and energize
amidst nature is none other than the great tiger reserve forest, Bandipur
also known as BTP.
The two nights stay at Bandipur was
refreshing being in the lap of Mother Nature. We had been to the safari for 6
times, and always leaves behind a curiosity and urge for the next one for
witnessing more wild life.
Let me start narrating the whole trip plan,
which might help some of the wild lovers
Day
1
We left Bangalore at 7.30 AM on August 15,
as usual it was a holiday, pretty stressful traffic. We had our breakfast at
famous Shivalli Restaurant. On the way there is a beautiful temple of Apremeya
Swamy, also Lord Krishna manifests as infant (Bala Krishna). We visited this
temple and then hit straight to bandipur.
We reached bandipur at around 1.30 PM,
bought the safari tickets for 5.30 as there was unusual crowd on account of Independence
Day.
We rested in the Dom we had booked till
then, munching the snacks we had bought till then and hot beverages at the
Bandipur canteen was refreshing. We skipped the lunch for the safari tickets.
We were entertained by the Monkeys, Spotted
Deers. There was some Mongoose, Wild Boar and Langoor which grabbed my
attention and kept me busy in photography.
You can also find lot of birds, If you are
keen observer which can help you in cutting time. Also, in case you are a facebook chap,
then these ideas are of no use, as you will be busy clicking selfies and group
photos.
The time finally arrived and we were in the
bus, getting my camera setting correct for fast shoot, we set off for the first
day safari. We were welcomed by some packs of wild Dogs, which are rare, Wild
Bison, Elephants, Mongoose, Peacock and others. Here are the few glimpse of the
same.
Watched the Bandipur Videos and Kripakar
Senani Documentary and had sumptuous dinner and dozed off in our Dom.
Day
2
Our unquenched thirst for more experiencing
the wild, resulting in waiting for the tickets, as the first safari starting at
6.30 AM.
Remember, there are seat numbers also, If
you are wild life enthusiasts / Photographer always get the tickets first, so
that you get the first seats.
Enthusiasts would trace the animals fast
and can tell the driver to stop for a while for a quick shot.
Morning safari is always enchanting, the
fresh green surroundings and previous day silent night would double the chances
of sighting the rare animals.
Here is the glimpse of the morning safari.
After this we had gone for another safari
after returning in the morning.
We finished our breakfast at Bandipur
Canteen.
Later we planned of visiting Himavat
Gopalaswamy Temple at 11.30 AM, wondering what “Himavat” means ? Lord Gopalaswamy
who has been on top of mountains which is covered by clouds almost all the
time, which in turn would create the “mist”. Mist means “Hima” in Kannada. So
the name.
This temple is around 15-20 Kms from Bandipur,
as very cool place you can find.
Usually even here the crowd would be
significantly low, but there was auspicious day so the people were flooding in.
Here is the pics of the same.
After feeling blessing by the Lord, we
raced to Bandipur for the safari tickets. And we are once again set for it.
Once again we had missed the lunch because
of the Safari, we drove to Gundulpet, which is around 20 Kms form Bandipur,
which is a small town to have our evening munching.
“Wow”, We whole heartedly relished the
street food there, be it the Manchurian, Bhel, Sukka Puri etc.
We dozed off after having the dinner at
Bandipur Canteen at around 10 PM.
Day
3
We once again hit the counters at 5.30 AM
for the first Safari and for the front sets. We started for the Safari at 6.30
AM. We found elephants and we found the fresh foot prints of the Tiger, but not
fortunate enough to have a glimpse of the King.
The pics of Day 3 safari
We left Bandipur at 9.30 AM to Biligiri
Rangana Betta, which is around 90Kms and its in the way to Bangalore. We
visited the temple, a serene and quiet road trip inside the jungle is trilling.
The View points from here is just amazing.
Here are the few.
We reached Bangalore through Kanakpura Road
by 6 PM.
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