Wild life photography tour is both interesting as well as risky. One has to
take care of many things while going for a photography tour. It involves lot
of patience, courage and quick reflexes. Watching the activities of wild
animals and photographing them offers unforgettable experience to the
visitors. India offer great chance to the wild life lovers to photograph
various animals from close quarter. Among all the animal, Bengal tiger is
the most feared and loved too.
It is the most common tiger and comprises half of the tiger population in
India. This animal is very powerful and can walk miles to hunt for food.
Despite their fearsome nature these animals always avoid human beings. They
generally prefer to live in isolation. India is home to large number of
national parks and wild life sanctuaries. Jim Corbett national, Gir national
park, Bharatpur bird sanctuary, Sariska Wild sanctuary etc are some of the
popular wild life destinations of India. Spread over area of 500 sq km, Jim
Corbett national park located in the foothills of Himalaya is the first wild
life reserve of India. Important animal found here are tiger, elephant,
chital, sambar, nilgai, gharial, king cobra, wild boar etc.
Gir national park located in Gujarat state is the home of Asiatic Lion.
This national park which was started as a forest reserve in the year 1965 to
conserve the endangered Asiatic lion has since become a popular tourists
attraction. India's wild animals are quite different from her African
counterpart. Most of the animals are shy and elusive and prefer to live in
herds.
