Gir Forest National Park Gujarat
Day 5
9th March 2013
We arrived at The Gir National Park in the evening after taking a wrong turn for 15-20 km. Our driver Farid quickly realized the mistake and got us back on track. We checked into the ‘Amidhara Resort’, a really clean and natty place. The services were there excellent. The vegan food spread was admirable for the Indian palate though the oil was a little too much. It’s a total Vegetarian joint. If anyone heading this way needs a clean, spacious and above-budget, the resort can give it a go
A note of caution.
If you are planning a trip to Gir, try to book your permit well in advance or you will probably face the same predicament that we went through. Our driver went to the Sinh Sadan Orientation Centre at 4:30 a.m. to get our permit for the 6:30 a.m. trip, but it was already booked. So, we had to take the safari at 9.30 am instead. Lion sighting was no issue for us chaps we were there mainly for birding. We did get to see lions, but our chief aim was to see how many species of birds we could rope in. We did two safaris and as luck should have it the bloody computer generated the same route we had traversed earlier.
If you are planning a trip try and avoid the weekends and peak season festivals as you would probably see more homo sapiens than wild animals.
Appreciate the snaps I have compiled of our two safaris of the forest.
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