through the hostile spice route or a royal caravan serai heading for one of the medieval kingdoms of the Thar desert- without many of the hardships of course! They are a great way to see the desert and to enjoy a novel and adventurous holiday.
the North and the North East India elephant safari makes the best option of exploring the wildlife sanctuaries and national parks, especially the ones that are located in the Himalayan region. If you have gone to some national parks of the state and ridden an elephant in search of a tiger, then you would be quite aware of the immense versatility of this majestic animal in negotiating the difficult Himalayan terrain that even a jeep will not traverse. Why not an elephant for a long ride, covering days? Well, in the Himalayan forest regions you can do it, especially in national parks such as Corbett in Uttaranchal and Kaziranga in Assam.
The elephant safari tour begins as we enter the ramganga valley and onwards crossing over to the mandal valley, covering some varied tracts of forest and ending in the beautiful forest rest house of halduparao in the palain valley. The wildlife observed on the elephant tour also varies as we pass through different terriens and some mammal species that can be sighted are elephant, spotted deer, barking deer, sambar, ghoral (mountain goat), rhesus & langur monkey, wild boar, jackal, civets, porcupine, etc. The rare ones include the bengal tiger, leopard and a variety of lesser cats, hog deer, sloth & himalayan black bear. The mugger or fresh water crocodile, gharial, otters, turtles and a variety of fishes (mahseer, goonch, trout, etc.) are seen in and around the ramganga river. Reptile species igclude monitor lizard, king cobra, python, etc.
Elephants have never been known to attack a tourist launch. This, in spite of the fact that elephants are at home in the water. Elephant, Wild Pig, Sambar and Guar are the four most popular animals with Thekkady's visitors. The smaller ones, however, are as interesting.
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