dear all, Our chances were slim, however we spent 1 night and 2 days camping and trekking inside Periyar tiger sanctuary hoping to spot a wild tiger..
However luck was not on our side, even though we saw tiger prints and tiger poop there was no tigers.We were very lucky to see lots of other animals though..
Spotted a black sloth bear, it looked exactly like a black bear to me.Our guide had his gun ready because theyre aggressive and we had found him digging up honey..he wasnt impressed. we moved on quickly.
Spotted a herd of 10 elephants,there were even 3 babies with them.It was amazing to watch them in the wild and hear their trumpeting and calls.
had amazing food, watched the camp fire and fell asleep in our tent....only to be woken up at 1am with elephants trumpeting on the other side of the 5m wide and 6m deep hole dug around our camp.It was scary in the dark being surrounded by elephants trumpeting and grumbling..all part of the sleeping in the jungle experience (:
were off to madurai tomorrow and then trichy to enjoy our last week in India!
have loaded some photos up of the trek.
love always,jess xoxox
