Bombat Bandipura
Yes those are the exact thoughts I had after a visit to the Jungle Lodges camp (or should I call it resort) in Bandipura.
The sheer thrill of driving all the way in the desi SUV Scorpio in the rain is a pleasure to be experienced...esply with the potholes full with slush.
Let me recount what I did .....
My old batch mates of SSMRV were company, we started from bangalore at 8:15, the route took us to mysore and then on to Nanjanagud, (a brief halt over at Mandya for a break), a bit farther from Nanjanagud is Gundlupet and lo beyond enter into the ooty route to reach Bandipura, let me inform you the deviation you take here on is where in the potholes start......
At bandipura the Jungle lodges resort was surprisingly neat, no T.V, no conventional AC, just fun and time for us, Hammocks aplenty to just laze out under the shade of the trees...Food borders on the decent to garma garam and the best part of it all is the service one gets just for Rs 2200 per head for a 2 day 1 night stay.
We left for an in depth Jungle safari in an open Mahindra jeep, this safari round lasted 3 hours in the jungles, and we managed to catch sight of atleast 3 different species of Deer, Langoors, wild bison's, peacock's were aplenty, 4 or 5 different kinds of birds (Names that i don't recollect now), but the best part of the ride was the half an hour that the whole convoy spent from 7:00 PM to 7:30 surrounded by wild elephants, a few tuskers and baby elephants (calves ), the guide requesting us not to even get up, or make any sudden movement, that one moment is when you get amazed at the sheer strength and size of a giant as compared to you.
After a neat dinner and a customary campfire session, it was back to bed,
Morning got us a 7 km trek, a bumper breakfast and and elephant ride around the park.
And before I knew it, I was on the way back to blore :(
But with an experience to share......
The sheer thrill of driving all the way in the desi SUV Scorpio in the rain is a pleasure to be experienced...esply with the potholes full with slush.
Let me recount what I did .....
My old batch mates of SSMRV were company, we started from bangalore at 8:15, the route took us to mysore and then on to Nanjanagud, (a brief halt over at Mandya for a break), a bit farther from Nanjanagud is Gundlupet and lo beyond enter into the ooty route to reach Bandipura, let me inform you the deviation you take here on is where in the potholes start......
At bandipura the Jungle lodges resort was surprisingly neat, no T.V, no conventional AC, just fun and time for us, Hammocks aplenty to just laze out under the shade of the trees...Food borders on the decent to garma garam and the best part of it all is the service one gets just for Rs 2200 per head for a 2 day 1 night stay.
We left for an in depth Jungle safari in an open Mahindra jeep, this safari round lasted 3 hours in the jungles, and we managed to catch sight of atleast 3 different species of Deer, Langoors, wild bison's, peacock's were aplenty, 4 or 5 different kinds of birds (Names that i don't recollect now), but the best part of the ride was the half an hour that the whole convoy spent from 7:00 PM to 7:30 surrounded by wild elephants, a few tuskers and baby elephants (calves ), the guide requesting us not to even get up, or make any sudden movement, that one moment is when you get amazed at the sheer strength and size of a giant as compared to you.
After a neat dinner and a customary campfire session, it was back to bed,
Morning got us a 7 km trek, a bumper breakfast and and elephant ride around the park.
And before I knew it, I was on the way back to blore :(
But with an experience to share......
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