I had decided not to take my camera in this place. What a forest!! No words can describe it! I cannot explain what a magnificent place this is. The entire lush green mangroves pass besides the lonely river. Millions of birds chirp to show their existence however only a few are seen. A naturalists's paradise with strangler figs, eight types of colourful and majestic kingfishers. We had a great start for this trip due to the good chance of sighting the salt water crocodile. On one train, we nearly walked for around 2 hours. It was worth it. We actually saw the water monitor lizard in the place! We were hearing some rustling near a natural pond. Mom and dad thought it was a waste of time and went ahead. I decided to stay behind. Guess what! Out comes a water monitor lizard on a tree. I called out to dad to take a photo. By the time he came, the lizard was entering the pond. He did take a good shot of the lizard using his huge lens. We saw 5 out of 8 species of kingfishers. However, we could take pictures on only three of them. The picture of the common kingfisher is pretty shaken though.
We ate in a place inside the forest. There was a crocodile hatchery there. We got a nice picture of the little things. The other adult crocs were huge. They passed close to the boat. So, due to the fixed zoom DSLR of my dad, all the photos of the bigger crocs have gone out of the frame. We got an extremely good photo of the rare brown winged kingfisher. I repeat again, the beauty of the place can only be understood visiting it!
Water Monitor Lizard
Brown winged kingfisher
Greater Egret
That's me!!
Lesser Adjutant stork
Monkeys on the trail
Pied Kingfisher
White throated kingfisher
Strangler fig with host tree dead and gone!
Eagle
Baby saltwater crocodiles in hatchery
Greater Egret in flight
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