Nagarahole Jungle Safari

NAGARAHOLE JUNGLE SAFARI

 

The Nagarahole National Park, 644 sq km in size, is situated in the Coorg and Mysore districts of Karnataka State in Southern India.

It encompasses the area where the Western Ghats integrate with the Deccan Plateau. It is flanked by the Bandipur National Park to the south-east and the Wynad Wild Life Sanctuary to the south-west. Together with these parks, it forms part of the larger Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, which has a total area of 5500 sq kms.

The vegetation in Nagarahole reflects the distribution of rainfall over the park. The eastern parts of the park receive less rainfall with a gradual increase to the middle and western parts of the parks. The two broad forest types that dominate the park are the moist-deciduous, where the annual rainfall exceeds 1000 mm and dry-deciduous where the rainfall is lower. Substantial areas were clear felled and monocultures of teak raised and where these plantations failed secondary forests have taken over. There are also various microhabitat types such as Hadlus, which are shallow clayey valley bottoms that contain swamp savannas and short grass clearings or veiwlines created to facilitate game viewing for the tourists. The Nagarahole ecosystem supports the highest density of herbivores anywhere in south-east Asia.

Perhaps nowhere else in India can one see so much wildlife. Sighting of elephants, sambhar, spotted deer, gaur, wild boar, sloth bear, wild dogs, etc., are almost assured, while if one is lucky, a tiger or a panther too, could be sighted. The sighting of wildlife in their eco-system creates awareness and respect among the humans towards other life forms.

 

Nagarhole-Bandipur Jungle Safari is organized by Yuvashakti in one batch of 25 participants on 20 April '2010.

 

19 April '10     :           Departure for Mysore. Overnight train journey.

20 April '10     :           Arr.Mysor and proceed for Nagarhole.

21 April '10     :           Early morning and evening Jungle Safari.

22 April '10     :           Early morning and evening Jungle Safari in Wyand Bird Sanctuary.

23 April '10     :           After lunch proceed to Banglore & Departure for Pune. Overnighttrain journey.

24 April '10     :           Arrival at Pune.

 

The fees for this Safari will be Rs. 9,500/- per participant. This will include the entire travelling from Pune to Pune, accommodation at Nagarhole (four  persons sharing a room), all meals at Nagarhole, jungle rides, entry charges, guide charges. However, food charges during the journey, charges for still camera & movie camera, as levied by the forest department, will have to be borne by the participant.
 
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