Elephant Chase in India – photos and video
Our first sighting of animals in the park were wild boar.
The chances of actually seeing an elephant were better in the morning so we (four solo travelers united by a desire to see an elephant in the wild) had an early start from the Ashram in Rishikesh.
Early, for typical travelers but late for us. We wanted to get our first yoga practice of the day in first so 8am was our pick up time (after our 6am yoga).
The drive to Rajiji National Park took us out of Rishikesh and into the countryside which, itself, was worth the trip. It was beautiful. At the park we changed to a jeep and went with our guide into the jungle. Here are some of the photos from the experience and a video at the end in which a huge male elephant chased us.
The park covers over 200,000 acres.
We drove through riverbeds almost dry that would be flooded during the monsoon season.
Look carefully. You will seem many more than one deer. We saw dozens on our safari who were not bothered at all by our presence.
We stopped at a ranger's station almost at the end of our safari and were introduced to two working elephants - compensation for not having seen one. But feeding them was cool!
And then, finally, in the distance, we spotted one lonely male elephant looking for a mate.
He was magnificent!
He decided to turn our way. Our guide waited for him knowing just when he had to move quickly.
