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Bharatpur Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Bharatpur, India
More bus rides.. sigh
This is a top pick! ... to do there. We settled into our hotel, which was a nice place, and had a good lunch. The only tourist attraction in Bharatpur is a wildlife park that is full of birds. Unfortunately we knew before we got there that there would not be many birds because ...
Keoladeo Bird via Fatepur Sikri
This is a top pick! We travelled to Fatepur Sikri ..... detail to come..... local bus onto Bharatpur to visit the Keoladeo Bird Park We arrived late afternoon at the hotel which had a lovely garden and again caught bicycle rickshaws (we hate it when we get a little ...
India Nature: Keoladeo National Park
This is a top pick! ... in India as well as the many problems facing wildlife in such a populous country with a fast-growing economy. This was something I hope to understand as I travel India's parks and sanctuaries. I left Keoladeo, still wondering: Where did the birds ...
World Heritage Day Bonanza
This is a top pick! ... are told are pushed in by surrounding villagers to fatten up on the special grass that grows in tha park.) World Heritage Day in India Using Bharatpur as our base, we headed to the ruined city of Fatephur Sikri, 30 kms away. We caught a jeep, which ...
Bharatpur
... sorry for guide as we were all knackered after the long train journey and struggled to show much enthusiasm! It was then on to Bharatpur to have a quick visit to another park. Our guide, Sunil, also invited us to spend the evening with him and his ...
Day 28 - Keoladeo Ghana Bird Sanctuary
The reason for coming to Bharatpur was to visit the World Heritage bird sanctuary here and is the only sanctuary that is open in India at this time of year. It is 29sq km of wetlands and home to 364 species of birds with some migrating here all the way ...
Birds...
... Deeg was about an hour from Bharatpur by bus. So we decided to spend the afternoon exploring. Getting there easy, Bharatpur bus station, crowded bus bounced along, arrived Deeg. Arriving Deeg it appeared its somewhat off the tourist trail, given ...
Bharatpur, Agr and beyond!
Hello, Helen here this time. So after we left Haridwar / Rishikesh we headed to Bharatpur on the train, connecting in Delhi. It was a long days travel and as we had been up in the hills for so long we hadn't really considered the heat and ...
Chitwan National Park
The sun is starting to rise in the sky and we are off into the forest of Chitwan National Park in search of the white rhino, and hoping to possibly catch a rare glimpse of a tiger. We are listening out for the slightest sound and set off through the bush ...
Revenge of the Birds
We left Karauli in the early morning for our drive to Agra. On the road to Agra we made two stops. The first was at the Keoladeo Ghana Bird Sanctuary. The bird flu "epidemic" was going full tilt at the time and we thought it ironic that we were ...
Keoladeo National Park
... . After dreaming about it, we are finally there. It is a bit foggy unfortunately but that is the time of the year. The Pearl of India was built by Emperor Shajehan in memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal. Now, that's love (C'est pas à nous que ca ...
Bharatpur
In Bharatpur we didn't do much as it took 7 hours to get there. We stopped off at a traditional village on the way which was horrible. The children just kept asking for money and pens and it was clear a lot of tours stop there. The young men didn't look ...
Birds birds and more birds.......in Keoladev Park
... Christmas. Bugger! Had a quick walk round the bits I could see....not a lot so it was a v quick walk! The rest of Bharatpur didnt look at all interesting on the auto ride and I had reached the point where I really couldnt be bothered to go ...
With the brothers and a bit of Jaipur on the way!
... off to Bharatpur and the brothers. To explain to everyone other than Claire and Bill: the brothers run a guesthouse in Bharatpur where they stayed on their trip over here. Eventually got there, dumped bag, had the first of many curries prepared ...
Sick the whole day
sick bananas yashwan, soda water and lime, very effective ok by night time skipped bird ...
Birdwatching in Bharatpur
... as it sounds, the three of us have become twitchers - well at least for the duration of our stay in the Rajasthani town of Bharatpur. It's home to the Keoladeo National Park and just the place for some R&R after the rigours of Delhi and Agra. We picked a ...
Back birding
... games on the Nexus, wandered into town and just chilled out...very nice.To be honest we had more time than we needed in Bharatpur. The nature park is fairly limited and the local village doesn't offer much. It's a bit dirty and not really developed. But ...
Keoladeo National Park
... continue on with only minor detours due to what we think were payoffs given by Kuldeep to the demonstrators. We arrived in Bharatpur in time for lunch where we ate at a small but friendly restuarant that showed the cricket on TV while we ate ...
Moving on
... time. Now, stomachs permitting, we are off to visit India's largest bird park, just a short walk from our guesthouse here in Bharatpur. Newspaper are reporting that a tiger has been seen in the park but a few storks are probably the best we can hope for. ...
Mr Singh spots the birdies
... to sit with his legs wrapped around the gear stick. Ouch! A few hours later we arrived at a small town called Bharatpur where the Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary is located. The park supports a population of 375 species of birds, numerous mammals and ...
Grass, at last!
You don't realize what you've got till it's gone! I don't think I ever appreciated the feeling of freshly cut clean green grass under my feet till we made this brief over night stop en route to the Taj. Whilst others went birdwatching I caught up on ...
Bharatpur
... , particularly teenagers, come up and talk to us, curious about the western life. The conversation inevitably moves onto cricket, where India are leading England 3 - 0 in a series of international matches. Then we go for some food in the garden, where the ...
Day 13: Taj Mahal, finally, and a train
... as topical as it was, we still think it's funny). Another half an hour drive to the Keoladeo National Park in Bharatpur which is supposed to be a world class bird watching park. Unfortunately the monsoons have been particularly poor for the last two ...
Entering Rajasthan- Bharatpur Rural Village via Ox
... ' local bus (with people other than our group on it) which dropped us a couple of hours later at a hotel somewhat outside Bharatpur, with very little else about. Still feeling wobbly, so retired to the room and slept whilst everyone else went on a local ...
popping into nepal
Crossing the border to Nepal
... sort of restaurant - Jesmar stuck to plain rice while Mandy risked some dhal (lentil curry). We arrived at Narayangarh, close to Bharatpur, at 10:30pm. Our final destination was impossible to reach at this our so we decided to go at one of the ...
Fatepur Sikr - Fortified Ghost Town
From Agra we moved on to Fatepur Sikr which was the palace of a past king, which is now abandoned. Again the remaining structures are magnificent with detailed carvings. The king had a Hindu, Moslem and Christian wife possibly in an attempt to ...
Colors, Gods, Wedding parades and Road chaos
... with a quick stopover in Agra to get the van. With the wish for some more relaxed place, we make our way into Rajastan, Bharatpur. Sunil is joining is for one day. We have a great laugh together, as friends. Mira is sightseeing the Bird Wild Life ...
Bharatpur
Abans d'arribar a Agra, faig una parada tecnica a Bharatpur mes que res perque m'han dit que Agra es una mica indomita i mes val estar-s'hi tan sols el temps just per visitar el Taj Mahal i el fort. A Bharatpur hi ha el parc natural de Keoladeo que fa les ...
Intrepid Tour Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary & Bharatpur
... and i fall asleep in the jeep waiting for her. Everyone else returns about an hour later and we all head off to Bharatpur a small village with a Heritage hotel that we are staying in that evening. The hotel is gorgeous, the rooms surround a small court ...