As soon as we loaded on our Jeep we started out on the trails to see if we could spot some wildlife, the first thing we saw was a peacock...
We also got a mating display later in the day but no photo!
It is the end of winter here now so many of the areas were very dry and evidence of burning the dead wood throughout the park.
A stark landscape...
Yes that is a rhino hiding in the tall grass...
We saw lots of rare one horned rhinos with some being very close to us by the side of the trail usually feeding in the water. There are now about 600 in the park which is a healthy population compared to a number of years ago.
They are big animals which don’t seem to rush at much as it slowly walks away...
We ate our lunch in an observation tower while our guide stayed below, here he is motioning for us to come down as he had spotted a tiger up ahead on the trail, some of the group were lucky enough to see it but I didn’t get down in time....
Waiting to see if the tiger would reappear...
If I had been lucky enough to get a picture it would have looked like this, a striped Bengal tiger with about 200 in the Park...
But no luck so we moved on...
Lots of spotted deer grazing...
Beautiful, still reflections with the deer almost camaflouged on the other side...
Cute black faced monkeys high in the trees..
There were lots of other groups taking in the park as well...
We also visited a crocodile breeding Center that is supported by many international agencies as the park crocodiles need help to maintain a healthy population....
This was the granddaddy of them all...
It was time to leave the driver and hike back to the river to our accommodation for the night...
Our ride across the river...
Met this little guy who was happy to take the remains of our lunch bags...
Our accommodation was at a riverside lodge that was quite nice...
The river was still and green...
We were happy for a cold beverage, Adrian is praying his will soon be here...
Now what is this?
The moon was full that night...
In the morning I got a chance to walk around the village to take some pictures...
This was the house just below our room, a typical house for this small village.
This fisherman was mending his nets while his little son did his school work.
Getting water from the community well...
Wash day...I like all her washing supplies.
On the way back to town we saw a couple of more large rhinos...
This one in the grass and the last one walking across the field...
And a pair of mating eagles...
We really enjoyed our trip here...
Since we left to drive early in the morning and I was on the top of the Jeep it was a good opportunity to take pictures of the villagers as we passed...
Some houses were very colourful, while others were not as fancy...
Most of the people here have small farms so there was lots of green...
All the school children here wear uniforms, here is a group going to school...
Doing the morning’s work...
Always time to have a chat...
I enjoyed the drive as it gave me a little glimpse into the way of life in this part of Nepal...
As can be seen by the photos many people work very hard every day and still don’t have much. The more we travel, the more we are thankful for the life we have in Canada!
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