Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills

Tripoto
3rd Apr 2015
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 1/54 by Nancy Desai
Ant House on a tree
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 2/54 by Nancy Desai
Barking Deer
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 3/54 by Nancy Desai
Black Neck Hare
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 4/54 by Nancy Desai
Black Neck Hare
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 5/54 by Nancy Desai
Blue Bearded Bee eater
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 6/54 by Nancy Desai
Brown fish owl
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 7/54 by Nancy Desai
Common Hoopoe
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 8/54 by Nancy Desai
Greater Coucal
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 9/54 by Nancy Desai
Spotted Deer outside our tent
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 10/54 by Nancy Desai
Female RockThrush
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 11/54 by Nancy Desai
Giant Mongoose
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 12/54 by Nancy Desai
Gaur with her calf
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 13/54 by Nancy Desai
Gaur
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 14/54 by Nancy Desai
Great Tit
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 15/54 by Nancy Desai
Racket Tailed Drongo
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 16/54 by Nancy Desai
Grey Jungle Fowl
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 17/54 by Nancy Desai
Honey Buzzard
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 18/54 by Nancy Desai
Giant Honeycomb on a treehttp://www.tripoto.com/media/filter/small/img/44324/Tri
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 19/54 by Nancy Desai
Honeycombs
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 20/54 by Nancy Desai
Bark of the tee
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 21/54 by Nancy Desai
Sunrise through the trees in the jungle
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 22/54 by Nancy Desai
The bark of the tree
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 23/54 by Nancy Desai
A temple in the jungle area
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 24/54 by Nancy Desai
Rufous Indian Tree pie
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 25/54 by Nancy Desai
Jungle roads
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 26/54 by Nancy Desai
Juvenile Crested Serpent Eagle
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 27/54 by Nancy Desai
Langur
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 28/54 by Nancy Desai
Lesser Flameback Woodpecker
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 29/54 by Nancy Desai
Soligas
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 30/54 by Nancy Desai
Magpie Robin
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 31/54 by Nancy Desai
Malabar Giant Squirrel
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 32/54 by Nancy Desai
Malabar Parakeet
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 33/54 by Nancy Desai
Male spotted deer
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 34/54 by Nancy Desai
Sambhar
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 35/54 by Nancy Desai
Sapphire Flycatcher
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 36/54 by Nancy Desai
Spotted deer with fawn
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 37/54 by Nancy Desai
Streak Throated Woodpecker
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 38/54 by Nancy Desai
Tabibuea Rose in full bloom
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 39/54 by Nancy Desai
Soligas Settlement.
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 40/54 by Nancy Desai
Turtles
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 41/54 by Nancy Desai
Water reservior
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 42/54 by Nancy Desai
White bellied drongo with a bulbul
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 43/54 by Nancy Desai
White throated Kingfisher
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 44/54 by Nancy Desai
Yellow crowned Woodpecker
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 45/54 by Nancy Desai
Crested Serpent eagle
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 46/54 by Nancy Desai
Elephant
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 47/54 by Nancy Desai
Crocodile Bark Tree
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 48/54 by Nancy Desai
BR Temple
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 49/54 by Nancy Desai
The promises fulfilled
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 50/54 by Nancy Desai
Ganesh idol at BR Temple
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 51/54 by Nancy Desai
Tents at Kgudi Wilderness Camp
Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 52/54 by Nancy Desai
K Gudi Wilderness Camp

KGudi - BR Hills is an ideal weekend getaway from Bangalore for nature and wildlife enthusiasts. It is a Tiger reserve and a protect sanctuary. We drove down on the Easter weekend about 270 km from Bangalore. We stayed at KGudi Wilderness Camp operated by Jungle Lodges and Resorts located at KGudi within the BRT Wildlife Sanctuary.

Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 53/54 by Nancy Desai

The place is a heaven for nature lovers and bird watchers. There are about 200 species of birds in the sanctuary. We spotted about 34 specifies of birds during our stay and a couple of other jungle animals. We missed the predators though.

This sanctuary is also home to about 2500 Soligas whose basic occupation is cultivation of coffee, pepper or turmeric besides honey collection. The Soligas speak Sholaga and have no written 'lipi' or script for the same.

VISITING B R TEMPLE

We also used one of the morning to visit the Biligiri Ranganabetta Temple (BR Temple), which is located at the highest peak of the regions at about 50991 feet above the sea level.  Below is a view from the BR Temple

Photo of Long weekend in the wild - K Gudi - B R Hills 54/54 by Nancy Desai

K GUDI WILDERNESS CAMP - STAY & SAFARI Being located amidst the unfenced sanctuary, there are no permanent concrete structure. There are about 7 tent accommodation and 3 log huts to stay. These ensure the feel of staying in the jungle amidst the wildlife. It would common to notice Spotted deers and Wild boars around the tents besides the constant chirping of various #birds The place serves simple yet tasty South Indian meals for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. The food does have adequate spread too. It is an experience in itself to share meals with the fellow travellers at "Golghar" surrounded by birds and animals. Being a protected tiger reserve, there is no electricity in the camp. Generator Power is available for 4 -5 hours a day. This should not stop one from visiting the place because frankly the power didn't matter. The place is free of mosquitoes inspite of being in the jungle and is cool enough to sleep at nights. As a part of itinerary, the jungle lodges and resorts provide two jeep safaris - every evening and early morning. Each Safari jeep is accompanied by a Naturalist who are experts in local wildlife, birds as well as trees and forest. We stayed for 2 nights and did 4 #safaris in all
Photo of K Gudi Wilderness Camp, Chamarajanagar, Karnataka, India by Nancy Desai
Photo of K Gudi Wilderness Camp, Chamarajanagar, Karnataka, India by Nancy Desai