In the high grass

I went to Chitwan National Park in October. It’s a place to see rhinos and if you are extremely lucky, then also a Bengal Tiger. Lonely Planet informs though, that in the autumn/winter the grass is high and it’s harder to spot wildlife. 

High grass? Coming from Estonia I would imagine 1m. Turned out to be a 3m wall.  Rhino can easily be just 2m away and you would have no idea. So the jeep safari we took with Sam was nothing to be too much excited about – saw and eagle and an ass of a rhino. On the first day walking tour we had not seen any wildlife at all, so there was only one chance left – elephant safari the next dawn. And sure enough we saw several single horned Indian rhinoceros walking about minding their own business. That was really cool.

I also learned 2 things about jungle birds:

1.       There is one that usually sings in one way and when a certain fruit in the jungle gets ripe, it changes its song. Thus the local people, Tharus, know its time to head out to the jungle to collect that food.

2.       There is another one who when seeing you approaching sings out a question in Nepali “What’s your name? What’s your name” and it continues to ask until you answer the question.