Kabini has been one of my favorite escapades over the last few years! The lush green forest is about a good 4 hour drive from Bangalore and extremely rich in flora and fauna. However, one thing that Kabini has to offer apart from this is the amazing landscapes during monsoon season.
Overcast most of the time, if you are on the banks of Kabini river, you can see dark grey clouds just about 20-25 feet above the river and mostly raining. You wont see any colors apart from green, brown and grey. But anything that you come across appears to be bright and for some reason happy. Maybe its the rain!
For a change it was "The Bison" resort and not Jungle Lodges that we parked ourselves. A little bit pricey but extremely friendly and happy staff always there to help you with. There was no point in taking the safari since I was sure to spot only deers and cows at this point of the year. However the trek through the few human settlements around was amazing with lovely green-yellow fields that grew tomatoes, ginger and chillies together - sounds more like growing a curry.
The Bison is a tented resort and as they rightly quote "the decor and ambiance of the camp recreates the adventurous decadence of a bygone era". Wooden floors, some wonderful artifacts and some really good antiques add more to the beautiful "tents". Perfect place to just sit and relax and listen to the silent kabini river.
The one thing that I enjoyed the most was the Coracle ride - just hoped that he would start singing.
Some more pictures from Kabini on my flickr Photostream!
