FUN-travel: Nature in Nagerhole
November 20, 2016 by Susan Clarke · Comments Off on FUN-travel: Nature in Nagerhole
- And its nature at its finest…in this 247 square-mile national park…
…with an astonishing abundance of wildlife…and its tropical forest.
- Much lusher…and in our opinion…much better than Rathambhore.
Total of 2 Safari’s…
Cormorant Condo
- 1st in a boat…on the Kabini River…gave us vast viewing of…birds…crocodiles…elephants
…and spotted deer…but some pretty far away…needed binoculars.
- 2nd in a Jeep…in search of the ever elusive tiger…which sadly remained just that…
…we did come upon a small herd of gaurs… but unfortunately busy with our photo op…
…Leona the Leopard made an ever so brief appearance…as she tip toed across the trail behind us…
…only saw the picture one in our group got.
- Tigers…leopards…wild elephants…black panthers…and Gaurs (Indian bison)…round out the “Big 5” here.
Not so FUN-fact – On November 8th, India decided to pull all 500 & 1000 bank notes off the market in an effort to curb “black market” money. No one knew this was going to happen until they woke up and found out their money was worth nothing. What this has done is wreak total havoc and caused long bank lines trying to turn in old money for new money. And they don’t have enough printed so even ATM’s are running out. And on top of that, they will only give you 2000 rupees at a time which is equivalent to $30 US!
FUN-travel Tip – never leave home without plenty of cash in small denominations. Everybody takes US dollars! You don’t ever want to be stuck without cash anywhere. We fortunately were prepared for possible issues in Burma that never happened so we are OK.