Blog 91

Falsely told that this gorgeous national park is in the wet season and we should go and stay with a friend who had a guest house down there we headed off hopeful of seeing all things wild and huge flocks of birds! Well, slight miscommunication (scam). But actually possibly a highlight of the entire trip so far!!! Happy scam! Actually very dry season but wildlife was every bit as amazing as we could have imagined.

Binoculars in hand, guide and driver eagar to impress, and pen and paper at the ready to jot down our spottings we bounced off over the red, dusty, definitely not wet season ground to pass into Bundalla national park. 3700 hectares of national park and so much wildlife! 2 and a half hours in a Jeep and these were our sightings!

Safari sightings...

16 elephants, including a very peaceful and private encounter with a bull elephant as it played in a muddy puddle 20 metres away!

Buffalo

Crocodiles

Torque macaques

Grey langurs

Raddy mongooses

Green vipers

Grey headed fish eagles

Eagle hawks

Common kingfishers

Pied kingfishers

Sunbirds

Green beeaters

Indian mynas

Purple coots

Paddy field pipits

Royal spoonbills

Grey herons

White egrets

Black ibis'

Peahen and peacocks

Hookals

Indian darters

Little cormorants

Black tailed godwits

Parakeets

Common sandpipers

Stone plovers

Stone curlews

Red lapwings

Pelicans

Painted storks

Little terns

Caspian terns

Black headed munias

Yellow billed bablers

Back from the safari and looking pink from the suns rays, we tucked into a feast that the gueshouse lady had prepared! Leftovers went to a very happy and healthy looking doggie and seeing as there was enough food for 4 people he had a good feed that night!

Love jo x x x