Lake safari at Periyar Tiger Reserve, 2010

[Rishi]

Ten years ago, during a family trip of Kerala I visited Periyar Tiger Reserve. 
Due extremely dense vegetation they don't have a car-safari system because sighting chances would be near nil. Tourism is only as a nature trail near the entrance at Thekkady & the famous boat safari at parts of the reservoir on the Periyar river. 

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Malabar giant squirrel. 

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Lion-tailed Macaques. 

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100-150ft high trees. Look massive up close. 

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The boat jetty... if any of you ever go there and make sure to only do the afternoon safari from 4pm. Morning safari is much drier. 

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First catch was a small gaur herd. There's more in the undergrowth to the left... You may see silhouettes.

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Wild pigs on field. (During Monsoon water rises up and reaches up to the tree-line.)

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My first ever elephants herd. 

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Sambars came in after they moved away.

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2nd sambar herd. Much farther away. 

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Waterbirds perched on the tree trunks that died after the reservoir was formed. Some are Cormorants, rest I still don't know.

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3rd sambar herd. This one came very close, the bost was only 50-70m away. 

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4th sambar herd.

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A lone bull gaur. Almost sunset by now.

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