Reflective trip to The Leopard Lair Bera

A friend from England wants to visit the Lair in early December with his friend Trevor before their trip to India with their partners. I told him, Bob, "How about a bottle of some good old scotch instead of your room tariff?" He claimed he was on a budget and would have to think about it. I astonished Bob by suggesting, "How about we exchange a bottle of good old scotch for your room tariff?"? A fantastic price for a litre of scotch. How many nights will I have? 1/2/3 ????????????
Bob and his mate were to land up at the Lair on the 2nd of Dec. I was to meet up with them there, along with my cousin Terrance from Panchkula, near Chandigarh. We landed at the Lair around lunchtime on the 3rd afternoon. Mr Devi Singh, an old friend and mate of mine, was there to greet us and escort us to the dining room where Bob and Trevor introduced us to their better halves.

The evening safari was a disappointment for my cousin as we saw neither hair nor hide of these agile and graceful animals. Once guests do get discontented when they don’t see the animal they had set out to see. The sightings at the leopards’ lair have been extremely good with more than 90% this season. If a guest is there for two days his chance of seeing the animals is 95%. The evening after the safari went off well with Scotch from our Britt mates and B-B-Q prepared by the host Kunoo (Mr Singh).

Enough of my ranting! Have a look at some photographs taken at the Lair.