Globs Of Gharials
Description: Gharials are a member of the crocodile family and are fish-eaters living in rivers of Nepal and India. This tangle of crocs is found at a breading center in Continue Reading →
Tag: Chitwan National Park
Seeing The Forest For The Rhinos
Description: Chitwan National Park in Nepal is the place to be if you want to spot rhinos. Especially the Rhinoceros unicornis. Location: Chitwan National Park, Nepal, Asia Photograph copyright Peter Continue Reading →
A Beauty Of A Horn
Description: A lot of the One-horned Rhinos we spotted in Nepal’s Chitwan National Park have decent but ‘realistic’ horns. What do I mean? I mean this example below is not normal. Continue Reading →
Double-crested Cormorant
Description: While cormorants are divers for their meals, they don’t have the oils to keep their feathers dry like a penguin. Thus you can find them sunning themselves to dry Continue Reading →
A Different Kind Of Nepal Adventure
Description: Not all adventures in Nepal take you to the soaring heights of the Himalayas. Some take you down to about 300’/100m above sea level and Nepal’s fabled Chitwan National Park. Continue Reading →
Meet The Mugger Crocodile
Description: Unlike yesterday’s photo of the gharial crocodile, its Rapti River cousin, the mugger, is a bit more stout. It has a larger range than the gharial, extending across the Indian Continue Reading →
Ghastly Gharial
Description: What is going on with this crocodile? Look at the length of that snout! And those teeth! This is a gharial, a fish-eating crocodile found in the Northern latitudes of Continue Reading →
Looking Down The Horn Of A Rhinoceros – Photo Of The Day
Description: It’s hard to look at a greater one-horned rhinoceros (or Indian rhinoceros) and not think of dinosaurs. Just look at this fine specimen spotted in Nepal’s Chitwan National Park along Continue Reading →
Hungry Rhino – Photo Of The Day
Description: Our first day in Chitwan National Park netted us an up close and personal encounter with this beautiful Indian Rhinoceros (or Great One-Horned Rhino) as it was grabbing dinner. I Continue Reading →