Posts compilation on Jim Corbett park:
Finally, the next day, we woke
up early and started again our trip. We were on the same route as yesterday, we
asked him to go somewhere else but he said it is the only route. So we
traversed it again and were very hopeful.
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| Roaming in jungle at those place where probability of Tiger spotting is good |
He asked us again and again not to
make any noise. Lot of people was watching
birds. He told us that there were many migrated birds that can be seen in that
season but we were not interested. Actually we were not able to appreciate the
bird watching as we hardly had any knowledge about the common birds. We thought
this park has the highest number of tigers and the first park where Project
Tiger, first initiative of our govt. to save tigers, was launched and still we
were not able to spot any tiger. Guide told us lot about the behaviors of
tigers. No two tigers generally live near to each other. They have their own
large area and when any tiger occupy any new area after fighting with another
tiger or due to some other reason, they make a scratches with their big nails
in the one of the tree of that area and leave their mark as told by the guide.
He showed us many trees with scratches. They were horrible. We at once capture
them in our camera and felt good after capturing something different beside the
scenic beauty of the jungle. We all were wondering how much of this was true.
Was it real or the imagination of the guide, what so ever it was very heart
stirring and magnificent. Finally a call, we stopped the car and began to wait
there as asked by the guide. We were very excited and view around us was fearsome.
On one side, it was little hilly area, in fact uneven area with some elevations
and on the other side was a small pond almost hiding itself by the thick bushes
and trees. Instead, it was more like a trench filled with rain water. We were
waiting there from almost 15 minutes and wondering how the guide came to know
about this after analyzing different calls by different animals.
Suddenly, Tiger came from the
pond side. We were holding our breaths, our mouths open, watching each other
face, nobody is saying anything, it was something hard to believe and like a
dream come true. We were amazed to see the size of the tiger. It was very big
against those tigers that are found in zoos and circuses. Tiger was very long
as compared to the width of our Tata Sumo. It was very beautiful sight and the
slow manner in which it walked was really stunning and made us realize why many
times people get confused that who is the king of the jungle out of Lion and
Tiger. It walked so slowly and fearlessly that it seems they really don’t care
about anybody and are the most powerful in the jungle. We had never spotted any
other animal walking so fearlessly in that manner.
Now, truly we can appreciate
why they are most look after animal in the jungle. We came back to our senses
and realized it disappeared in a moment. Really, it was the best experience and
we felt that time stopped for the moment and everything become stand still
disappeared towards the uneven side seemingly in its own thoughts unaware of us.
Finally, guide broke the
silence and asked why we haven’t take photo. We were too frightened and lost in
the moment.
We become very emotional and thanked to our
guide and asked his name. He politely replied, Atif.
Finally, we came back to guest house; give the money to our guide. He
refused to take extra but somehow we convinced him, had a breakfast with him
and returned to Ramnagar. After taking his picture once again, we said goodbye
to him and started our way to Corbett fall and Nainital.
