Mr. Thomas E King
Nothing
matches an early morning cruise to see elephants
grazing
beside a tranquil lake or an evening excursion to see
a swamp sky filled
with birds. Wildlife adventures come in
many shapes and
sizes in India, a country where the fauna is
as diverse as its
people.
From
the wet tropical evergreen forests found in the lush
lowlands of Kerala
to the dry alpine scrub seen in the
Himalayas more than
500 different kinds of mammals can be
seen in these forests
along with 2,000 different species of birds
and for
the sharp eyed over 30,000 types of insects, fish,
reptiles and amphibians.
A number
of the mammals are unique to India while others
are often closely
associated with the vast country. For instance,
the Asian lion of
Gir, the white tiger of Rewa, the wild ass of
Kutch, the golden
langur of Assam, the black buck of Karmur,
the barasingha of
Kanha, the chowsingha ( the male of this
species is the only
animal with four horns) of Bandipur, the
Royal
Bengal Tiger, the Indian Elephant, the gaur and the
sambar are all exclusive
to India.
Much
of this menagerie can be safely viewed in more
than
100 wildlife
sanctuaries. Touring is by car or four wheel
drive vehicle, elephant,
pony, boat or, in some cases, on foot.
The
best season for game viewing varies depending on the
terrain and
rainfall patterns but generally March through
May is the most
reliable time to visit the national parks. The
monsoon season makes
touring impossible at some sanctuaries
from about
mid-June to October.
One
of the most sought after animals on wildlife safaris is the
lion, the strongest
of all carnivores and India's first national
animal. The only
place where lion are now naturally found is
in Gir Forest. It's
a 1&1/4 hours flight northwest from Mumbai
followed by a 50-minute
drive.
Gir's
Asiatic species of lion differs from its African cousin by
having a scanty
mane, a longer tassel of hair at the end of the
tail and heavier
tufts of hair at the elbow.
Perhaps
equal in popularity to the lion
is the tiger. The
national animal
of India since 1972, the tiger is an individualist
as it lives alone.
Despite a massive decline in numbers from
an estimated
40,000 at the turn of the century the Indian Tiger
is still the most
abundant of all the sub-species.
Corbett
National Park, about 180 miles northwest of
New
Delhi by road, in
the Himalayan foothills and Kanha Sanctuary,
reached by flying
to Jabalpur or Nagpur in central India and
then driving 170
miles north, offer two good locations to see
this elusive animal.
From
Corbett travellers can head northeast and
conclude
their wildlife
tour with a visit to Kaziranga
Sanctuary, a
two-hour flight
northeast of Calcutta to Jorhat followed by a
two-hour drive.
The Indian rhinoceros found here stands up to
two metres
at the shoulder and reaches a length
of up to
4.25 metres. Aside
from rhino, Kaziranga is also home to wild
buffalo, swamp
deer, hog deer, pig, elephant, tiger and many
birds.
A varied
bird life can be found in most national parks in India.
Not far from the
Taj Mahal at Agra and an easy drive from the
deserted city of
Fatehpur Sikri is Bharatpur's Keolade Ghana
Bird Sanctuary.
Over 300 different species of water
birds
winter in
its marshes. Ducks, teal, geese, Siberian
cranes,
painted storks,
egrets, cormorants and heron nest in Acacia
trees dotting the
sanctuary.
Farther
south in Bandipur and Mudumalai Sanctuaries which
are
near each other and approximately
midway between
Ootacamund and Mysore
in southern India, animal enthusiasts
and bird watchers
alike share the same vehicle as they take
morning and evening
game drives to see an amazing panorama
of Nature's diversity.
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