Sitemap - 2023 - Aarzoo’s Newsletter

ATR - Day 87: Shifted to Littlearth’s Destiny Farm Resort, an amazing property, and re-charted the itinerary

ATR - Day 86: Did my first bus safari in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve

ATR - Day 85: Another trip to Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, reached Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, problems with stay

ATR - Day 84: Clicked some wonderful pictures at the Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, pushed the plan to leave for Mudumalai to tomorrow

ATR - Day 83: Left Hampi for Coorg but diverted to Mysore as Coorg hotels were fully booked

ATR - Day 82: Saw bears up-close in Daroji Sloth Bear Sanctuary, and also a few shy owls in the evening

ATR - Day 81: Spent some time with Great Indian Hornbills, left for Hampi to visit the Daroji Sloth Bear Sanctuary

ATR - Day 80: Clicked some colourful birds followed by hornbills and then the Indian giant flying squirrel at night

ATR - Day 79: Eventless safari at Kali Tiger Reserve. Changes in ATR content upload strategy, going forward

ATR - Day 78: After morning birding in South Goa, we came to Kali Tiger Reserve

ATR - Day 77: Went exploring wildlife of Goa, looking for Sri Lanka frogmouth and slender loris

ATR - Day 76: Watched and photographed Geminid Meteor Shower, went to see a church and shot some stars over the Morjim Beach

ATR - Day 75: Friends and Mummy Khurana left, found blue-eared kingfisher in South Goa, hope to see Geminid meteor shower

ATR - Day 74: Enjoyed the Morjim Beach in the evening after an early morning quality time at Uptown Restaurant in Candolim

ATR - Day 73: Did some photography on the Calangute Beach in Goa and made a video about backlit beach photography for the Vlog

ATR - Day 72: Went to a flea market in Goa and talked about tigers with friends

ATR - Day 71: A relaxed day in Goa with nothing much to report

ATR - Day 70: After morning safari in Sahyadri, we come to Goa to regroup with the off-site Team ATR

ATR - Day 69: Came to Koyna to visit Sahyadri Tiger Reserve from Aurangabad

ATR - Day 68: Dry morning safari at Melghat and Mummy Khurana’s anniversary surprise

ATR - Day 67: Explored Melghat Tiger Reserve thoroughly; tasted tribal cuisine and met Korku people

ATR - Day 66: Found the endangered Forest Owlet at Melghat Tiger Reserve

ATR - Day 65: Left Nagpur for Melghat Tiger Reserve; arrived at Shahnoor; little to no connectivity here

ATR - Day 64: First safari in Bor Tiger Reserve goes without many good pictures

ATR - Day 63: No safari today, attended a gathering in the evening and an exciting Vlog, featuring Bubbly with cubs

ATR - Day 62: Found Bubbly with her three cubs; arrived in Nagpur today evening

ATR - Day 61: Waiting for Bubbly in action; meet-up at Tadoba and Irshad’s birthday

ATR - Day 60: Saw Chhota Dadhiyal, and had a very informative interaction with an official

ATR - Day 59: Saw Shambhu and Chhoti Madhu separately. Here is a story of Shambhu’s shocking aggressiveness

ATR - Day 58: No sighting today. But do watch today’s Vlog for the littlest tiger cub so far!

ATR - Day 57: Rare sighting of a month and half old tiger cub — the youngest I have ever seen

ATR - Day 56: Tiger sighting at Umred Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary. Today’s Vlog features my best leopard sighting till date

ATR - Day 55: The unusually bold Leopard at Nawegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve and traveling to Umred Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary

ATR - Day 54: A Day of travel to Nawegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve and not much else

ATR - Day 53: Watch Baras with her cubs in today’s Vlog, and let me say nothing more for today

ATR - Day 52: A good day in the wild but a way better one by the night

ATR - Day 51: Baras and her cubs again, but this time way better! And also saw Bindu with her cub

ATR - Day 50: Saw Baras with her cubs on both morning and evening safaris; no Vlog today

ATR - Day 49: A tiring all-day safari with reasonably good sighting

ATR - Day 48: Reached Pench Tiger Reserve, checked into Manthan Boutique Resort

ATR - Day 47: No sighting in the safari this morning; down with viral

ATR - Day 46: No safari today for want of permit, reviewed the 70-200 mm lens and rested

ATR - Day 45: Another day of no sighting at Kanha Tiger Reserve

ATR - Day 44: No sighting on the safari and video editing with parents around

ATR - Day 43: A no-safari day of editing and celebration

ATR - Day 42: Left Bandhavgarh for our next stop — Kanha Tiger Reserve

ATR - Day 41: A day of no good sighting, and the two-part Daily Vlog, whose second part goes live today

ATR - Day 40: Three tigers, one kill and the debate around who left; launching ATR Funnies tomorrow

ATR - Day 39: A sudden and unexpected tiger sighting in the Tala Zone of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve

ATR - Day 38: Tiger couple make a kill of the cow and another climbs the tree

ATR - Day 37: The strange mating game of the tigers at Bandhavgarh

ATR - Day 36: The incredible tale of Maasi Maa (T-28) of Sanjay Dubri Tiger Reserve; no luck at Sanjay Dubri; now at Bandhavgarh

ATR - Day 35: A day of no sighting, an interview full of wildlife stories, and travel to Sanjay Dubri Tiger Reserve

ATR - Day 34: Saw P-151 today and that was all; also seem to have lost an entire day’s data

ATR - Day 33: A particularly shy tiger; and then another not-so-shy one in the evening

ATR - Day 32: No tiger, no good pictures today but home-style food in the evening

ATR - Day 31: Saw all four tiger cubs and also their mother in Panna

ATR - Day 30: Came across a new female tiger in Panna and also saw the mother of the cubs from yesterday

ATR - Day 29: Another day of wonderful tiger sighting at Panna

ATR - Day 28: Tiger sighting on the evening safari in Panna Tiger Reserve

ATR - Day 27: Yesterday’s tale of two hunts by two different tigers; unusually good tiger sighting at Satpura; came to Panna in the evening

ATR - Day 26: Two hunts, two preys and two tigers

ATR - Day 25: Great tiger sighting at Satpura Tiger Reserve today, and another timely upload, second in a row

ATR - Day 24: Safari in Satpura Tiger Reserve did not get us much but we managed to get today’s Vlog uploaded on time

ATR - Day 23: Safari at Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve, the newest to be officially notified

The mythological tale of Jyotirlingams; visited the Great Stupa at Sanchi, a very well maintained UNESCO World Heritage Site, and also met a little girl there

ATR - Day 21: Mythological tales about river Kshipra and Ujjain; about liquor prasadam at Kaal Bhairav Temple; and today’s visit to the Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlingam

ATR - Day 20: Went to Ramghat, the location of Ujjain’s Kumbh Mela; and heard mythological tales associated with Ujjain from pujariji

ATR - Day 19: Did a safari in Mukandra Hills Tiger Reserve, came to Ujjain and got today’s Vlog uploaded on time

ATR - Day 18: Yesterday, twisted my ankle, got a few bruises, saw rare kingfisher and not-so-rare eagle; today, had a meet-up, met lots of wildlife enthusiasts and a journalist

Went to the ghariyal sanctuary and did some boating; met a group that had come to meet us and also saw and clicked the Indian eagle owl

Did some pottery, it was fun; visited Kota, ate a sandwich (no good); and got the Vlog uploaded on time!

ATR - Day 15: The underwhelming tour of Bundi, a talk with a Danish fellow, some good drone shots, some birding, and a delayed upload, again!

ATR - Day 14: Visiting the Ramgarh Vishadri Tiger Reserve and redrawing the travel itinerary

Left Sawai Madhopur and arrived at Bundi after a chance roadside encounter with a stretching tiger

Some more about the ghariyals; visited a temple in the core zone and struggled with video editing, again

Had a ghariyali morning at the National Chambal Ghariyal Sanctuary; interviewed the DFO; and met the Chief Conservator of Forests

Missed Riddhi, got some editing done, had an infuriating video conference and met a wonderful local couple!

Now in Ranthambore; Red Panda, our large red vehicle, introduced on camera

Meeting the DFO of the Dholpur-Karauli Tiger Reserve

Visiting Dholpur-Karauli Tiger Reserve, the second youngest baby on the block

Jhalana Leopard Reserve, the first of its kind in India while Jaipur is soon to be the Leopard Capital of India

Yesterday’s video mess-up took a loooong clean-up, and meeting a shy Bagheera shying a little less today

Today was mostly eventless, but here is what I found at Paanidhaal yesterday

An Interesting Day of Discovery and Interaction at Sariska

After flag-off from Delhi, reaching Sariska Tiger Reserve in the evening, safaris from tomorrow

ATR - Day 1: Takes longer (as expected), but ATR takes off!