Bharatpur, India Travel Blogs

Keoladeo Bird via Fatepur Sikri
Feb 7, 2007 (10 photos)

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 guy ...

India Nature: Keoladeo National Park
Jan 27, 2007 (8 photos)

... 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 go?

World Heritage Day Bonanza
Apr 18, 2005 (2 photos)

... 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 operate ...

Bharatpur
Dec 12, 2006

... 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 family ...

Day 28 - Keoladeo Ghana Bird Sanctuary
Aug 30, 2005 (2 photos)

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 ...

Bharatpur, Agr and beyond!
Oct 31, 2007 (9 photos)

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
Nov 28, 2006 (11 photos)

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
Nov 28, 2005 (6 photos)

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
Jan 19, 2009 (43 photos)

... . 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 ...

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Dec 27, 2009

Kaoladeo National Park, Bharatpur and Deeg

Sick the whole day
Feb 26, 2006

sick bananas yashwan, soda water and lime, very effective ok by night time skipped bird sanctuary

Birdwatching in Bharatpur
Sep 16, 2006 (5 photos)

... 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 ...

Entering Rajasthan- Bharatpur Rural Village via Ox
Mar 31, 2008

... ' 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 ...

Mr Singh spots the birdies
Dec 24, 2004 (4 photos)

... 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 reptiles. ...

Day 13: Taj Mahal, finally, and a train
Mar 24, 2008 (8 photos)

... 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 ...

Bharatpur
Nov 21, 2008

... 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 breads and ...

Crossing the border to Nepal
Feb 6, 2009 (3 photos)

... 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 ...

Keodaleo NP
Feb 3, 2006 (2 photos)

After the disappointment of Ranthambore we decided to head somewhere we were guaranteed success. And Keodaleo NP is never going to be short of birds, once the royal shooting ground on one day they reportedly shot 5000 ducks here! It is a big lake right ...

Intrepid Tour Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary & Bharatpur
Feb 27, 2008

... 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 ...

popping into nepal
Oct 17, 2009 (17 photos)

onto Bharaptur & a lazy day
Mar 28, 2008 (3 photos)

Today was a bit of a lazy day... We had pre-ordered our breakfast and were downstairs at 6.45am eating it before hopping into our tuk tuks to go to the bus station.   One of the drivers didn't take the instructions in and took himself and 3 of ...

Birds at Bharatpur
Feb 17, 2009

A welcome relief from the stress and hassle of Indian cities, we went to Bharatpur to visit Keoladeo National Park which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was really amazing and we had a fantastic time. Our day did not get off to an auspicious start ...

Day 6 - Bharatpur
Mar 6, 2008

Really enjoyed the peace and tranquility here. We cycled in the park and contrary to the guidebooks saying there would be no birds we saw loads of things. Deer, Spotted Deer and some other really big birds, which I can't remember the name of, some ...

Bharatpur - the bird sancturary
Feb 2, 2008

We only had one night here and visted the bird sancturary on rickety old bicycles........

Wildlife and the Taj Mahal
Mar 19, 2005 (3 photos)

... floor may understand why. On the 17th March we boarded another train for the 24 hour journey from Hyderabad and finally arrived in Bharatpur on the 18th. We settled in for a three day stay and a rest after two nights in second class sleeper. Bharatpur ...

Bharatpur Bikes and Birds
May 18, 2007

... Mahal) and Delhi) we didnt want to stay in Agra - expecting too many tourist rip off scams. We went to a place called Bharatpur. This town had a bird sanctuary connected to it meaning it was more of a country town (much better than crappy cities of India). ...

Bharatpur
Mar 3, 2008

... was a bit crap really, in that the food was too far aimed at tourists.Matt, Justin and I walked home after that. This was the first place that I felt like a trendy coach tour, and where we were was a million miles for the reality of life in India.

Beers and birds in Bharatpur
Jan 12, 2007

... on the logs, we're currently in Jaipur, our first full day which has been amazing but just gonna write a few words about Bharatpur and Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary because the people we stayed with deserve it for all the warmth they showed us for the few days ...

20th Jan 08 - Empty City & Missing Birds
Jan 29, 2008 (3 photos)

Leaving Agra in the morning we headed off to Fatehpur Sikri - the long abandoned ancient city between Agra and Bharatpur. The city was not used for very long as there wasn't enough water to maintain the population so much of it is in good condition. Cars ...

Bone Dry Bharatpur
Dec 12, 2007

... of the roofs which had over 200 different stoppered holes enabling all the palaces fountains to be manually controlled. Due to the drought Bharatpur was very quite but the next stop Jaipur, is firmly on the tourist trail.