Author: Ravi Kailas (ficustours@gmail.com) Dates 23rd Feb to 8th March 2025 Locations Visited Kakaijona; Manas NP; Eaglenest WLS; Kaziranga NP and Hollongappar Gibbon WLS Tour Participants Clients: Jannis Göttling and Heike Göttling Naturalist: Ravi Kailas A natural history oriented visit to the Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary and the Assam Plains produced 31 species of identifiable mammalsContinue reading “Primates, Mainland Leopard Cat and Flying Squirrels aplenty: Eaglenest and Assam, Spring 2025”
Tag Archives: Megafauna
Asiatic Lion, Indian Wolf and More, November 2024, Trip Report
Author: Ravi Kailas (ficustours@gmail.com) Dates 11th to 15th November 2024 Locations Visited Gir National Park; Blackbuck National Park Velavadar Tour Participants Guests: Mai Phúóng and Martin Walsh Naturalist: Ravi Kailas (with invaluable assistance from Amit at Velavadar) These are highlights from a portion of trip that I guided, primarily in Gir NP, and for oneContinue reading “Asiatic Lion, Indian Wolf and More, November 2024, Trip Report”
Brown Palm Civet, Brown Mongoose and Lion-tailed Macaque: Western Ghats Feb 2024
Author: Ravi Kailas (ficustours@gmail.com) A brief mammal-watching oriented visit to the southern Western Ghats produced 27 species of mammals, including many of the ecoregion’s specialities, namely Lion-tailed Macaque, Nilgiri Langur, Nilgiri Tahr, Brown Palm Civet, Nilgiri Striped Squirrel and Brown Mongoose (seen only by me and Kumaraswamy). Sightings also included Leopard, Gaur, Indian Chevrotain, NilgiriContinue reading “Brown Palm Civet, Brown Mongoose and Lion-tailed Macaque: Western Ghats Feb 2024”
Lion-tailed Macaque, Indian Porcupine and Wayanad Laughingthrush, Western Ghats, Feb 2024: Trip Report
Author: Ravi Kailas (ficustours@gmail.com) Dates 1st to 5th February 2024 Participants Client: Hugh Lansdown (For a trip report from Hugh Lansdown and for much other interesting content please follow this link which leads to his informative website with quality wildlife images and reports from across the globe) Naturalist: Ravi Kailas Locations Visited Kabini (Nagarhole TigerContinue reading “Lion-tailed Macaque, Indian Porcupine and Wayanad Laughingthrush, Western Ghats, Feb 2024: Trip Report”
Western and Central India Dec 2023 – raining cats and dogs: Trip Report
Pictures: Jannis Göttling Text: Ravi Kailas (ficustours@gmail.com) A natural history oriented guided tour to Western (primarily) and Central (an aside) India, proved extremely productive for the diversity (and quality of sightings) of mammals and birds, many of them regional specialities and on the pre-tour wish list. Asiatic Wild Cat, Tiger, Leopard, Asiatic Lion, Indian Wolf,Continue reading “Western and Central India Dec 2023 – raining cats and dogs: Trip Report”
Striped Hyena, Indian Wolf and Asiatic Lion, Gujarat, Feb 2023: Trip Report
Author: Ravi Kailas (ficustours@gmail.com) Dates 16th to 22rd March 2023 Itinerary Outline Day 1, Wild Ass Sanctuary, Little Rann of Kutch Days 2, 3 & 4, Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar Days 5 & 6, Gir National Park Day 7, Transfer from Rajkot Airport Tour Participants Anand Ramesh, Ramesh Venkateswaran and Padmini Ramesh – very keenContinue reading “Striped Hyena, Indian Wolf and Asiatic Lion, Gujarat, Feb 2023: Trip Report”
Endemics and Megafauna, Western Ghats Winter 2023: Trip summary
Author: Ravi Kailas Dates 20th January to 4th Feb 2024 Participants John Wright, Karen Baker, Philip Telfer and Mark Bibby Guides Ravi Kailas and Ganesh Ramachandran Itinerary Outline Day 1: Galibore (Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary). Transfer from Bangalore AirportDays 2 to 5: Kabini (Nagarhole National Park). Days 5 to 7: Bandipur Tiger ReserveDays 7 to 10:Continue reading “Endemics and Megafauna, Western Ghats Winter 2023: Trip summary”
Rusty Spotted Cat, Sloth Bear and more, Panna April 2022: Trip Report
Author: Ravi Kailas (ficustours@gmail.com) Dates: 23rd to 26th April 2022 A brief visit to Central India’s Panna NP, on the cusp of an early summer heat wave proved somewhat more productive (both in terms of abundance and diversity of wildlife) than envisaged, from a dry deciduous forest ecosystem in the peak of the dry season.Continue reading “Rusty Spotted Cat, Sloth Bear and more, Panna April 2022: Trip Report”
Asiatic Golden Cat! Eaglenest WLS & Assam, March 2022: Trip Report
A trip report following a visit to Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary in March 2022, highlighting the sighting of the rarely seen Asiatic Golden Cat
Anamalai Tiger Reserve (Valparai area), October 2019: Trip Report
Author: Ravi Kailas (ficustours@gmail.com) Dates: 15th to 18th October 2019 The Anamalai Hills is a repository of the immense biodiversity of the Western Ghats of south India. Somewhat surprisingly, the disturbed, plantation-rainforest landscape in the Valparai area of these hills, located as it is, surrounded on all sides by protected areas, is one of the best placesContinue reading “Anamalai Tiger Reserve (Valparai area), October 2019: Trip Report”
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