The Sal tree, scientifically known as Shorea Robusta, occurs from the south of Himalayas and ranges till the central Indian forests flanked by the Vindhya and Satpura mountains. While the tree is generally deciduous, in dry forests, the tree is dry-deciduous which means, it sheds its leaves between February and April. Most central Indian forests are dry and they hardly receive any rain during the non-rainy season. The trees here are dry deciduous. Sal is generally the dominant tree where […]
Flanked by the Aravallis, the oldest fold mountain ranges in India, Ranthambore is home to a big number of tigers, but what makes it special is the habitat and environment variance, contained within a very vast 1334 Sq. Km (that includes the adjoining Keladevi Sanctuary in the north and Sawai Mansingh sanctuary). The wildlife sanctuary is a remarkable blend of dense tropical dry forest, open bushland and rocky terrain, plateaus, meadows and narrow gorges, interspersed with shallow perennial lakes and […]
Recounting one of the most ambitious safari cum road trips to Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve that I’ve ever undertaken. The drive from Hyderabad to Bandhavgarh is an approx. 1000 KM drive spanning three states, one national highway, a couple more state highways, a couple of ghat roads, and a couple of forest ranges. It’s not the first time that I am driving through this route – so, planned the drive as well as contingency measures (stocked water and food) etc. in […]