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Now that I mentioned rules in my last post, let me share the actual rules of the jungle with you.
And read the last rule carefully so that you would believe me that unlike in the city traffic where every vehicle tries to overtake the vehicle next to it, in jungle you have to let the animals pass first. In case you are planning a trip to the jungle, please unlearn some of your habits!
The best part of the jungle is that it is full of surprises. When you accept the fact that things don’t work here according to our own wishes, the jungle pops a surprise for you.
We were wandering in one of the safaris with no luck apart from the usual spotted deers, sambhars, monkeys and a bunch of birds. We crossed a turn and this fox was standing in middle of the road. Unfazed by the approaching jeep, he made us stop our car. Rule of the jungle – you cannot disturb the natural course of its inhabitants. So waiting well beyond a couple of minutes, foxy started walking on the road to disappear into tress and only then we could move on.
If you could somehow zoom into this picture, you would notice those cunnings eyes.
This sight was certainly pretty but there was nothing particularly breathtaking about it. But one thing was sure, undisturbed calmness. We were passing over a bridge when we saw this lake. The noise of the jeep too sounded too cruel to disturb the serenity of this spot.
We promptly stopped our noisy vehicle here and just absorbed the calmness into our nerves.
Deers are pretty. And you will find lots of them in Kanha. But we sure had spotted more of them in Pench. But then Kanha’s spread is way more so deers would get wider areas to quickly disappear into.
As the noise of the safari jeep approaches, the herd of deers lingering easily on the road jumps into the trees or grass within fraction of a second.
Madhya Pradesh forest department is too good to be a government entity. Trust me!
What you see here is the Kanha museum situated at a center point of the jungle. Originally a rest house, this nice museum houses several things, models of the prime animals (I wonder if they were made of the real bones), information on the jungle flora & fauna, statistical information on the tigers on Madhya Pradesh, dictionary of the birds and animals found in Kanha. Also, this museum is unbelievably clean to be run by a government entity.
I would an important tip here, when you reach this place around eight in the morning when it’s still freezing cold, don’t miss the superb chai and steamy hot snacks!
The title and the picture won’t really tell you the entire story.
We did spot a leopard while crossing one of the ravines but if you were expecting that the leopard would take a quick stop, pose for us till we got a good shot and all, it doesn’t really happen that way in the jungle. We got a clear but very short glimpse of this leopard while he vanished into the trees. He was probably on a kill as we could hear multiple alert calls, from monkeys and deer as the guide explained us.
So I decided to share the picture of the leopard I shot in the museum but just that it happens to be a post-life one!
You would find over hundred species of birds in Kanha. I am a total non-expert in Ornithology and hence preferred to admire the birdies sitting pretty in trees, walking on the roads or flying all over.
Capturing these birds through a poor lense that I had was a big headache. But even if I had a much more powerful lense, this experience explains that wild life photography is not a joke.
