I suggested we do something closer to the city. We thought of catching a play at Rangashankara, but didn't find any interesting ones showing that day. We then thought of revisiting Bannerghatta national park. Word spread quickly and soon enough (around 12:00 noon), Chetan, Sridhar, Ashwin and I were off in my Maruti 800 driving on Bannerghatta road. We stopped at Atithi restaurant for a quick byte and Chetan and Sridhar stuffed themselves with a full fledged Andhra meal while Ashwin treated himself to milkshake and ice cream. I decided to respect my "not fully fit yet" tag and starved.
We reached the park around 2:30PM and quickly got tickets for the Safari (Rs 160 per head inclusive of park entrance). We got onto one of the Safari queues. We left Sridhar to secure our place in the queue while we sneaked out to get pictures of a white peacock that was tirelessly posing for photo shoots. Returning to the queue, we spent the next 15 mins people watching :-)
Sridhar was at his entertaining best all through the Safari. After endless spotting of deer, wild cows, and bears, we finally reached the much awaited sections of the Safari - lion and tiger. The lions were resting and in no mood to move. The tigers were impressive, two white tigers and one yellow were actively patrolling the place.
After the Safari, we spent a couple of hours walking around the park and headed back. The journey was extremely pleasant, thanks to a steady drizzle. We stopped for hot Masala puri at our road side adda near National college fly-over in Basavangudi.
Some tips
- Don't pick a Tuesday. The park is closed on Tuesdays.
- Try to do the Safari before you walk around in the park, or you might be dead tired when you get to the Safari.
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