Wishing all Indiawilds members a very Happy New Year. I came to India for the Christmas and New Year break and visited Mudumalai and Bandipur. The Mudumalai forest was quite awesome and though the sightings were less, the overall feel of the jungle was lovely. We got to stay at Masinagudi and did 6 safaris in all- 2 in Masinagudi, 2 in Mudumalai and 2 in Bandipur. The only problem with safaris on the Tamilnadu side is that they use Mahindra jeeps for safaris which are noisy and back breaking. We managed to get a camper in Mudumalai which was good enough to accomodate my family of 12people(8 adults and 4 kids) . We didn't see the tiger except its pugmarks in both Mudumalai and Bandipur, however managed to sight leopard, wild dogs, bison, elephants, hare, deer and also had good birding sessions.
Nikon D7k, f/9, SS 1/125, ISO 2500, 420mm (300mmf4+1.4xTC) cropped 10%. The light was low and the leopard was very far, during evening safari at Mudumalai.
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