Kaziranga Day - II (Bagori Range)

It was dark, the sun had not yet risen, it was cold up there in that machan-like platform that was level with the elephant's back. The mist was disconcerting; it created a illusion of warmth, it was so much like smoke but when it touched you it was damp, limp hand. ~ Jahnavi Barua (Rebirth)

Woke up at pre-dawn and headed for Bagori range from our lodge, it was too cold in the open jeep. I had to grab myself tight to escape the cold wind. Half an hour later reached there, I was expecting that we will be first to reach, but to my surprise more than a dozen cars already reached there and waiting for the elephants to arrive.

Soon after about 6-7 elephants arrived and everyone headed to the boarding point. 

The lone branches

                             

After walking down few distance we reached the boarding point. The boarding point is a raised platform to the level of a elephant's height. We climbed on the back of the elephant and headed inside the jungle.

Making way through the tall elephant-grass soaked in dew the grassland delighted me.

Morning safari - Bagori Range

Sambar Deer

One horned Rhinocerous

Dew soaked elephant grass

Returning back

After spending about half an hour we returned back to the boarding point feeling mystified with the colours and play of nature.         


Day I : http://www.arnabdeka.in/2012/08/kaziranga-day-i.html