A vision of a pair of corkscrew horns with a dash of black in the milieu of the rising sun amidst the golden grass. Well that’s the famed Blackbuck in…

Our Gorilla tracking experience at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park from Ruhija gate while staying near Ruhija.

Khajuraho is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India with some of the finest temple sculptures in Madhya Pradesh in India. Today, only 20 of the original 85…

I had written about the Ajanta caves in my previous post. This post is about the Ellora caves, an engineering and architectural marvel. You will see this to be one of …

Debarshi and I had a couple of relaxing days in Shangri-La and were travelling to Xiangcheng today. The Drive The plan was to drive through Daxue Shan and Xiaoxue Shan…

Living close to this majestic kingdom, we have the opportunity to drive across this country. In this post we are sharing our experience of driving through Bhutan and visiting Paro…

We had a good rest at the Danxia hotel in Xinlong and were raring to drive the 300 km to Baiyü. Alas! destiny had other plans. Breakfast in Xinlong Before…

The Rugezi Swamp is a protected high altitude wetland area in North Rwanda and covers about 16000 to 17000 acres. About the Rugezi Swamp Rwanda joined the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands…

Andasibe-Mantadia National Park : Home to “MORT” We saw him for the first time while visiting Andasibe-Mantadia National Park in Madagascar chewing a cicada’s eggs. Mort in in the scientific…

We had a free day today and Kevin had planned a day trip from Jiaju to Moska. Moska Moska is an old-world sparsely populated Tibetan village high up in the…

An eventful day’s journey with changed travel plans, arrival in Dêgê and we spent the next morning in the Dêgê Gompa. Gonchen Monastery Dêgê Gompa or Gonchen Monastery is one…

An 8 hour drive from Kolkata for an extended weekend getaway at Khairabera! well maybe… let me see if I am able to drive for so long.It took some cajoling…

Yes; Once again we again drove from Kolkata to Tadoba and Pench National Parks. The Year 2020 has been one-off for several reasons; the major one being, closure of international…

  Ankarana Reserve and Amber Mountain National Park in North Madagascar feature in all tourist itineraries. One requires a moderate level of fitness for trekking through the Tsingy, crawling into the…

Road Trips in India – Leh Manali Highway Introduction The Leh-Manali Highway in North India is one of the most treacherous yet ruggedly picturesque highways probably in the world. As the…

Introduction There is a saying among fellow bird enthusiasts in Indian vernacular which means – “You have not seen anything if you have not been to Eaglenest”. Eaglenest or Eagle’s Nest Wildlife…

Lake Tekapo is the second largest lake and highest lake in New Zealand . It is at an altitude of 710 meters in the Mackenzie region. and the turquoise color…

Before embarking on a road trip to Ladakh, it was very important to prepare my car for the trip. Based on my experience from various self-drives to the Himalayas, I…

Self-drive through the Himalayan Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan is a good vacation from Kolkata. Debarshi, our travel partner Dr Asok Majumder and I drove to Bhutan in December 2013. In…

Dune 45 in Sossusvlei in the oldest desert Namib Naukluft Dune climbing in Sossusvlei is a must do before you die. When one speaks of the Namib Desert or the…

Continuing from the last log , this one chronicles our Self Drive in China – Kunming to Lijiang. Kunming is the Spring City or City of Flowers. The weather was…

Golden Monkey Tracking is the next great attraction in Rwanda after Gorilla Tracking. We had already done the Gorilla tracking in Bwindi in Uganda. We visited Rwanda to transit in…

A cozy night’s sleep at the Grand Zhaxi hotel in Xiangcheng and invigorated for our journey to Xin long. Drive to Xin long Today was a big driving day to…

The influence of Aurangzeb in Aurangabad is still prevalent through the famed Paithani sarees. And of course , the Daulatabad Fort and Bibi Ka Maqbara are a must visit when…

Introduction Twyfelfontein is the first UNESCO world heritage site in Namibia with an astounding collection of rock art and rock paintings. Locally, also known as Ui-Ais or Jumping Waterhole in…