Call of the Wild!

The Bannerghatta National Park is situated just outside Bangalore. Saturday last, A and I decided to visit this place, having heard a lot about the safaris conducted there. The park also houses a zoo et al, but we weren't really keen on all that. Upon reaching the park, we took tickets for what is called a "grand safari". The safari was conducted in a van with meshed windows. As we travelled into the woods, the pathway became progressively less conducive to being ridden over by vehicles, as did the undergrowth and trees become denser! We managed to spot a number of animals, including deer, bison, lions/lionesses, tigers/white tigers, bears and the like. The parts of the woods housing the bears and the members of the cat family were protected with double gates, which were opened only one at a time. Although most of the animals seemed to have a free reign within their territory of the woods, we did see a handful enclosed in bars. I know not the reason for this; maybe they were more ferocious or dangerous, or like my friend opined, maybe they were not accustomed to living in the wild, having been procured from circuses and the like.


Baby bears seemed to abound in plenty. We even saw two rolling on top of each other and playing! We managed to take some beautiful shots of them, as also of a snarling lion and a majestic tiger. Of course, we took lots more other shots, but what with trying to catch the sprightly animals before they move and shushing an excited bunch of people in the van, the ones mentioned above were our best!