Snippets From My Wildlife Experiences!

  Tadoba in Monsoons! Leave your city lights , traffic and daily chores behind and experience drizzly mornings in the Jungles of Tadoba Forests. Hear and see the sounds and sights of the jungle, surrounded by rain drenched leaves and trees with chirping birds and call of the Wild.  Every year, the onset of monsoon season generally dampens the spirits of large number of wildlife enthusiasts, especially from Nagpur, because of the closure of wildlife parks. However, in the last few years the forest department has opened up the buffer areas which is a reason to cheer for the wildlife enthusiasts.  The core area of the park is closed till 30th September, but the buffer area of Tadoba is open for tourists during the monsoons.  The buffer areas of Tadoba are best known for the tiger sightings throughout the year. Apart from tigers, Tadoba also boasts of a large variety of small jungle cats, carnivores and herbivores, all of which can be spotted in the buffer zone of the ju...

  On the Occasion of Jungle Belles 4th Anniversary today - 23rd August. Jungle Belles is a venture exclusively for women by women started by Hemangi Vartak and Aarti Karve and supported by wildlifer - Sanjay Deshpande in August 2019. Our vision is to build empathy and engagement in the minds of urban women regarding wildlife and conservation so that we can work towards creating a sustainable future for wildlife. First time I visited forests was in 2010 and fell in love with it. Thereby every year i started going to different types of Forests. I used to share pictures over social media of wildlife and the different habitats of Forests. Our friends would ask us, how to go about it? is it safe for women to go? Hence we thought of starting  Jungle Belles which would have a trifold approach - awareness, conservation and exposure to forests/ wildlife or simply nature.  Organising getaways for urban women from their stress-filled routine and giving them and opportunity to be ami...

Welcome to Snippets from Hemangi's Wildlife Experiences! I am Hemangi Chitale - Vartak From Pune.  I was constantly asked by my friends and well wishers to pen down my experiences in to the wild since i caught the wildlife travel bug  in 2010. So I decided to share them via this blog. This platform would be me, a wildlife enthusiast merely sharing the instances and moments of when I am in Nature.  Capturing nature has been one of the most difficult tasks for any photographer. So when it comes to wildlife photography, it has never been easier to do. It becomes way more challenging when the photographer is a woman. I will be happier to share some of my challenges too:-) Photography was one of the by products of going to forests! Forests gave me much more peace, freedom from routine, a digital detox, loads of fresh air and most importantly, some much needed 'me time'! These are the biggest takeaways for me! To introduce myself in short - Primarily I am a commerce student and...