The Magnificent Strike!

The winters in Kabini are magical.

- Neeraj Bantia

As the temperature drops, the morning air is cold with a lot of fog and dew. This makes the forest look even more beautiful and I had every reason to fall in love with the smell of the fresh air and the pin drop silence in the vast woods. We embarked on a morning safari in Nagarhole Tiger Reserve with a hope of seeing some feline activity. As we headed towards the elephant proof trench, an alarm call of a peafowl alerted us. We turned off our engines for a while to make sure which direction to head and then started again following the dir