Kaziranga Trip [Day-I]

Kaziranga National Park, UNESCO world heritage site is situated in Nagaon and Golaghat District of Assam, India. Kaziranga is best known for one horned rhinoceros, Royal Bengal Tigers, wild buffaloes, swamp deer, elephants and dozens of other animals and migratory birds.

Day I :

Date : 07/12/2011 

Mukesh, Manish, Nava and yours truly boarded Jorhat bound bus from Khanapara, Guwahati at around 2.30 PM IST and reached Kaziranga at 7.30 PM.

Mr. Kamal, the owner of Aashray lodge gave us a hearty and warm welcome.

After lodging in, we relaxed a bit and Kamal da¹ sat for a discussion with us regarding our travel plans and he gave us a brief intro about the ranges of KNP. 

Relaxing

Then Kamal da gave us the biggest surprise.  He told us to get ready as he had made special arrangement for us for a night safari that too as a complimentary

Excitement filled us, it was just few minutes since we arrived and we are heading for a night safari! 

We immediately got ready and hopped in the Jeep.

Just after hopping in the jeep.
Smile reveals the excitement. 

Left the lodge for night safari at 8.30 PM

Kamal da flashed light towards the opposite side of the bank, swamp deers were grazing and it was such a serene sight. We made effort not to make any sound, least we scare them away. 

Swamp Deers grazing. 
Excuse for the poor quality.

A short video clip shot during the night safari, as it was pitch, dark visuals cant be seen, only sound can be heard. (Please turn on Annotations in Youtube to see the translation)

Some random pics : 

Kamal da explaining  rules of the jungle to Nava and Manish 

With the guards 

After rounding up we headed to the night camp, Kamal da arranged for a bon-fire to warm us ourselves.  

Mukesh, Nava, Manish and yours truly 

After spending sometime chit chatting  in the night camp we headed to the lodge.



da¹ ::--  'Da' is a suffix used in Assamese language after the name of someone who is male elder to you and incase of female 'ba' is used.   

Mr. Kamal can be reached at +919435478339, call him and fix an appointment for an exciting stay and trip in KNP.   

Blog on Day-II and Day-III of the trip coming up soon.