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Shepherding the jungle
The beaten path into the wood was dark when the moonlight
slept on valleys elsewhere
I started exploring the jungle to
find trees attained strange shapes deep in the forest.
I waited
for a tiny cry to creep in my ear. A soft lullaby of a nightjar
and I feel the jungle thick and full. Hundred eyes staring at
me…
Yes, I am the ranger of dark forests.
The programme
This programme is
part of the regular night patrolling in the fringe ecodevelopment
zones of the tiger reserve. By participating in this, one is
actually helping in the protection of the forests of Periyar.
The trekking could be at any time between 7 pm. and 4 am. and
could be taken by persons having proper physical and mental fitness
to trek through the wilderness in the night. The maximum duration
for a slot is 3 hours and the maximum capacity of one slot is
limited to 8 visitors (to move in two separate teams). They will
accompany two protection watchers and one armed forest guard!
Try the limits of your senses-sight, hearing and smell and take
in the totally different world of nocturnal jungle life.
Tariff
Maximum No of persons
24 persons (2 persons each in 2 groups on 3 time slots/day) |
