Through books, magazines, and TV channels, I came to know that India is blessed with immense variety of wild life. Therefore I decided to go for an Indian wildlife tour to explore the magnificent wild life treasures of India.
I was very excited, as it was my first visit to India. I boarded a plane to Delhi and landed at Indra Gandhi International Airport. It was an obvious choice of visiting Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh as it is first home to number of ferocious beast, The Great Indian Tigers. This was the place where Rudyard Kipling got the inspiration for his famous novel 'THE JUNGLE BOOK' and vividly described about the lush green forest enrich with long bamboo's, swaying grasslands and meandering rivers.

I reached Kanha, via Jabalpur, it is 160km.from the park. At Jabalpur I hired a taxi, which took few hours to reach my destination. I had a prior booking to the Tuli Jungle Resort in the buffer zone of the park. Early in morning after relaxing for few hours, I set for my destination to explore the wild beast in its natural habitat. I read in the brochure given by the Kanha Forest Department, that the ' The Project Tiger' was launched here in 1974 and the efforts are continuously made to conserve and regenerate the highly magnificent predators from extinction, as a result the number has tremendously risen up to 400. Kana Wild Life Sanctuary is famous for its 'Tiger Reserves.'

I preferred Elephant Safari. Sighting a tiger amidst the tall bamboo and swaying grasslands on a royal ride was a thrilling experience. My eyes caught glimpse of a jungle cat, hyena, sambhar, and nilgai along with 175 variety of bird species. I was equally spellbound at the sight of rare Indian antelope (barasingha). The government has successfully achieved in the preservation of this highly endangered species from near extinction.

My mahout penetrated further in dense wooded jungle, verywell knowing where to find these majestic beasts.
After an impatient wait of an hour, I was encounter by these exquisite creations of nature, yellow-onangish in color and black vertical strips lying across its giant body, roaming freely in wilderness in its natural habitat. It was worth watching these tigers in their varied moods.

I was informed by my guide that these ferocious beast could be as large as 10fts. and are largely addressed as man-eaters, normally doesn't attach human beings. They strive on deer, antelopes, buffalo's, some times their pray is fish, turtles and even birds. Sights of tiger striking its pray is quite rare. I was among the unlucky ones, but never mind there is always hope for the next time.

After a hectic daylong journey, I was back to my jungle resort with some splendid memories, and some out of the world experiences.