After spending a couple of days exploring Dublin, we boarded the train to Killarney, the gateway to one of Ireland’s most celebrated natural treasures—Killarney National Park. Established as Ireland’s first national park, it is home to pristine lakes, oak tree forests, waterfalls, mountains, and historic estates. We spent the next 3 days exploring not only… Continue reading
Nagarhole Tiger Reserve, also known as Rajiv Gandhi National Park, offered us one of the most professionally managed safari experiences in India. We visited this park in Oct 2025. Located about two hours’ drive from Mysuru, this reserve forms part of the Nilgiri forest range, which also includes Bandipur, Mudumalai, and Wayanad sanctuaries. Booking the… Continue reading
In recent years, we have made it a tradition to include a short European stopover on our trips between the U.S. and India. This time, our journey led us to Croatia, with the highlight being a visit to Plitvice Lakes. Plitvice Lakes National Park is often ranked among the top 10 national parks in the… Continue reading
We spent four memorable days in Aruba over the Memorial Day weekend in May 2025, enjoying a mix of adventure and relaxation. Itinerary Overview Arikok National Park Jeep Tour Since regular vehicles aren’t suitable for the rugged terrain of Arikok National Park, we opted for a guided Jeep tour through Viator. The entire experience, including… Continue reading
Itinerary:Day 1: Landed in Bhavnagar airport and drove to Koliaak Nishkalank Mahadev MandirDay 2: Drive to Sasan Gir, visit Somnath TempleDay 3: GIR National Park (Lion Safari), Nageshwar Jyotirlinga, Dwarka, and Beyt Dwarka (by boat)Day 4: Drive to Jamnagar Airport We visited Gir National Park in December 2022, combining the trip with visits to the… Continue reading
We visited some of the well known national parks and conservation areas in Kenya and Tanzania in Oct 2023 and our travel was arranged by Brogibro Tours, Nairobi. Following are the parks that we visited in these 2 countries. Individual posts have been created detailing our visit to each of the above parks.
Lake Manyara National park is about 2 1/2 hours a drive from Ngorongoro crater It is one of the smallest National park in Tanzania. There were a lot of monkeys and a few groups of elephants and some other common animals & birds The lake itself is nothing remarkable To be fair to our travel… Continue reading
Ngorongoro Crater is about 2 hours drive from Serengeti National Park Our vehicle descended about 2,000 ft to reach the Crater area. This being a compact area we could see a lot of wildlife within a couple of hours The sightings included lion, lioness, wild beast, zebras, warthog, flamingos and a few more animals /… Continue reading
We traveled from Masai Mara in Kenya to Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, a journey that took around seven hours by road. The road conditions in Kenya were quite rough, though they improved once we crossed into Tanzania. At the border crossing, officials required a yellow fever vaccination certificate since we were entering from Kenya…. Continue reading
The internationally renowned Masai Mara National Reserve is about 4 hours drive from Lake Naivasha (though the last two hours were quite a challenge due to the rough roads!) We stayed at Masai Mara Sopa Lodge. The accommodation was comfortable with good Indian Veg option at the Restaurant. The wifi network was available only in… Continue reading