Five weeks in Masai Mara National Reserve – Week 2
Week 2 The weekends in Masai Mara were “rest days” for us. One of our groups would leave on the Saturday and the next one would come to the camp either on Sunday evening or on Monday evening. They were great days as we had the camp all to ourselves. On Saturday mornings I would [...]
Five weeks in Masai Mara National Reserve – Week 1
My wife, Poonam, and I were fortunate to spend five weeks in Masai Mara during the annual Wildebeest migration this year. We were there last year for two weeks and came back convinced that two weeks were not enough. It took us a year to plan a five-week trip for five groups of photographers and [...]
Inside Ranthambhore Fort
The Fort is a national historic monument but much more understanding of the importance of conserving our heritage as much as our environment needs to be communicated. While there are numerous different pressures on the park, awareness is important of the need for preserving the past for future generations. One can almost hear the ghungroos [...]
Ranthambhore Fort
Continuing the posts on our trip to Ranthambhore Fort in the Ranthambhore Tiger Preserve, you can see one of the gates that the Rajputs used to hold fast against armies. As you get closer to the main structure of the fort, after climbing up numerous stairs through three major gates, you finally begin to see [...]