Corbett National Park

One fine day when my entire college was wrapped in the mist of December, my friend & I

escaped thechilly campus to undertake an adventurous journey in Corbett. Our love for travel and photography has always prompted us to explore the unspoilt picturesque locations.

This time we headed towards the Corbett National Park, a wildlife sanctuary that has the

privilege of being Asia's oldest and India's largest national park. Being not far away from Roorkee ittook us approximately three to four hours to reach the destination. After

having a sumptuous lunch at our resort we headed towards our first jungle safari of the day.

Along with the driver and the wildlife photographer we were all set to unfold the Jhirna zone of the park. The naturalist told us that a significant population of tigers resides in this part of the national park making us both thrilled and excited. Unlike the dry deciduous forest of Kanha National Park, the forest of Corbett was quite dense and moist in nature, therefore, one has to have a razor sharp eyes to scan the surroundings. En route I couldn't avoid noticing the rich and diverse avifauna of the park. Birds like Green bee-eaters, Indian Rollers, various species of woodpeckers could be easily sighted in here. I was busy photographing them when suddenly our naturalist stopped the car and pointed towards the bushes on the other side of the waterholes. We saw a mother and a baby sloth bear moving towards the large waterholes

Noticing our proximity to them the mother sloth bear started sending signals of vacating the area.Our naturalist explained to us that an offspring is the most vulnerable creature in this savaged world of forest and to protect its vulnerability a mother transforms into the most fierce being one could come across.. A few distance away my eyes met the Golden Jackal, a wolf-like canine who was lazily laying down under one of the sal trees. With the twilight approaching, we returned back to our resort. Next day we went for an early morning safari in the Bijrani zone, another core zone of Corbett rarely opened for the tourists. For us, mornings have been always the best time to go for safaris and

Corbett proved to be no different from others.

We began spotting Sambar deer and Pallas's fish eagle. At one point our jeep was stopped by a train of Asian Elephants who were crossing the road. Our naturalist was trying to show us the most sought after Slaty-backed forktail who was sitting at the distance suddenly a leopard appeared from nearby and vanished in the bushes. The moment was so swift that we could only sight his spotted tail, nevertheless, we continued our journey. The culmination of the tour was when we saw the tiger with a kill.

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