Wildlifeof India
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10 reports · India
Field reports from India, written by the people who made the trips. Each one is reproduced with permission, with its species lists and photographs, and the animals it records link to their pages in this guide.
Trip report · Cat Expeditions · 2024Tigers of India Photo Tour 2024: Bandhavgarh and KanhaCat Expeditions’ 2024 photo tour of Madhya Pradesh: 18 tiger sightings across Bandhavgarh and Kanha, including a female with two 18-month-old cubs playing and climbing trees, plus five sloth bear sightings, a leopard, 18 mammal species and 81 birds.
Trip report · Jon Hall · 2011The Western Ghats and Mumbai in 2011: Lion-tailed Macaque, Nilgiri Tahr and cave batsIn October 2011 Jon Hall spent twelve days in southern India, starting with the bat caves at Elephanta and Kanheri near Mumbai, then travelling through Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. He recorded 39 mammal species, including Lion-tailed Macaque, Nilgiri Tahr, Nilgiri Langur, Indian Giant Flying Squirrel and Sloth Bear, and calls it his favourite trip to India. The report gives a day-by-day itinerary and a full trip list.
Trip report · Jon Hall · 2008Assam in 2008: Hoolock Gibbons, rhinos and wild buffalo at Manas and KazirangaIn December 2008 Jon Hall extended a trip to Bhutan with a few days in Assam, crossing the border at Gelephu with a local guide and driver arranged through Wild Grass Resort. He visited Royal Manas, Kaziranga and the Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, saw the Hoolock Gibbon, Indian Rhinoceros and Wild Water Buffalo he was after, and recorded 23 mammal species including Dhole and Capped Langur.
Trip report · Jon Hall · 2007Gujarat and Agra in 2007: dolphins, wild asses, lions and hyenas, a mammal-watching trip reportIn February 2007 Jon Hall spent just over a week in northern and western India, aiming for Gangetic River Dolphin, Asiatic Wild Ass and Striped Hyena. His route ran from Chambal and Bharatpur to the Rann of Kutch, Gir and Velavadar, and he recorded 36 mammal species, among them Asiatic Lion, Indian Wolf, Blackbuck and several desert rodents. The report also reviews his ground agent and finishes with a full trip list.
Trip report · Royle Safaris · xGujarat in December 2013: Asiatic Lion, Striped Hyena, desert cat and desert foxIn December 2013 Royle Safaris director Martin Royle led a 16-day Gujarat Desert Mammals tour through the Little Rann and Great Rann of Kutch, Gondal, Gir and Velavadar. The group saw 29 mammal species and over 190 birds, including Asiatic Lion (a male at a nilgai kill and two females with 4-month-old cubs), four sightings of Striped Hyena, Jungle Cat, Desert Cat, Desert Fox, Indian Fox, Blackbuck, Red Sand Boa and Indian Soft-shelled Turtle. The report has a day-by-day account and species lists.
Trip report · Royle Safaris · xKanha, Kaziranga and Chitwan in January 2014: tigers, rhinos and a Gangetic river dolphinIn January 2014 Royle Safaris director Martin Royle led a 19-day tour of Kanha, Kaziranga and Chitwan in India and Nepal. The group saw 25 mammal species and over 170 birds, including Tiger (two cubs with their mother at a sambar kill in Kanha, and a tigress stalking deer), nearly 100 Greater One-horned Rhinos, Gangetic River Dolphin, Gharial, Mugger and Perny's Long-nosed Squirrel. The report has a day-by-day account and species lists.
Trip report · Royle Safaris · xLadakh snow leopards, Corbett and Gir in November 2011: three snow leopards in HemisRoyle Safaris director Martin Royle led the 16-day Kingdom of the Snow Leopard tour in November and December 2011, with Corbett and Gir extensions. From Leh the group hiked Hemis National Park with Snow Leopard Conservancy guides and saw three Snow Leopards, including two in the new Ullay Valley, plus stone martens, mountain weasels, Asiatic Ibex, Golden Eagles, Lammergeiers and Himalayan Griffon Vultures. The report has a day-by-day account and full species lists.
Trip report · Royle Safaris · xSatpura, Bandhavgarh, Panna and Varanasi in January 2013: sloth bears, leopards and tigersIn January 2013 Royle Safaris director Martin Royle led a 22-day Little Known India tour through Satpura, Bandhavgarh and Panna in Madhya Pradesh, with a Varanasi extension. The group recorded 30 mammal species and over 180 birds, including 5 Sloth Bears (a mother and cub in Satpura), 4 Leopards in Satpura, Tiger, Indian Tree Shrew, both Central Indian civets, 4 owl species and a 4 m Mugger Crocodile. The report has a day-by-day account and species lists.
Trip report · Royle Safaris · xSouth India and Tadoba in April and May 2017: 57 mammals, Lion-tailed Macaque, Nilgiri Tahr and tigersIn April and May 2017 Royle Safaris director Martin Royle led a 21-day South India's Forests tour with a Tadoba tiger extension. The group recorded 57 mammal species, a Royle Safaris record for an Indian trip, and over 180 birds, including at least 8 Tigers, a tigress with four 15-month-old cubs, a huge Leopard up a tree in Nagarhole, Sloth Bear, Dhole, 8 primates including Lion-tailed Macaque and Nilgiri Langur, Nilgiri Tahr, Grey Slender Loris and Indian Giant and Travancore Flying Squirrels. The report has a day-by-day account and species lists.
Trip report · Royle Safaris · xTadoba in June 2015: eight tiger sightings, sloth bears and Four-horned AntelopeIn June 2015 Royle Safaris director Martin Royle led a 7-day Tadoba's Tigers tour. The group had 8 Tiger sightings (5 different animals, including the huge male Scarface), 3 Sloth Bears, 18 mammal species including Four-horned Antelope, Indian Tree Shrews, Indian Pittas getting ready to nest and nearly 100 birds, and caught a tigress on camera traps in the lodge grounds. The report has a day-by-day account and species lists.