Kaziranga National Park, Assam:
Asian Elephant in Kaziranga National Park
My first day in the Kaziranga National Park was already packed with amazing wildlife sightings, therefore I was very curious whether the next day could still top it – let’s see!
In the morning, my guide took me to the western range of the national park. Again, we saw a couple of rhinos, Wild Water Buffalo, and a number of birds.
The watch tower at the end of the road enabled a good view on a wide plain with a lot of grazing, chilling, or mud-bathing rhinos… unbelievable!
at least 30 rhinos in one panorama! Count yourself in full size!
During the lunch break back at the Wild Grass Lodge, I took a short walk through the garden spotting a couple of Crimson Sunbirds before heading out again for the afternoon safari.
While the morning safari was nice, it did not offer a lot of new sightings. In contrast, the afternoon safari in the central range was again very spectacular: I saw a lot of interesting birds, a young Asian Elephant roaming through the grasslands, several rhinos very close to the road, my first Barking Deer (aka Indian Muntjac), a Bengal Monitor – and (last but certainly not least) my first wild Tiger!!! All thanks to my very good guide, we were the first at a watch tower and as predicted the tiger was already lying next to the lake. Although it was very far away and barely visible with the naked eye, I was thrilled! After ten minutes, more tourists came and albeit our warnings they started talking and shouting – the tiger consequently got up and left the scene! Anyways, I was still very happy that I had seen it! If you like, you can check out a video including clips from this safari here!
After this highlight, I spent a last relaxed night in the hotel before heading back to the airport in Guwahati the next morning. The highway followed the course of the mighty Brahmaputra through seemingly never-ending rice fields…
From Guwahati, the plane brought me back to Jaipur where I would continue my research in the following weeks.
Matt Travels 
great post
Wow Mathias, here are some truly majestic shots. The Rhino looking in the camera, as well as the Elephant in the tall grass are superb.
thank you!! It was a fantastic experience – great that you like the photographs!!
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