Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Chitwan National Park

More detail later, but... today we were walking alongside a dry creek bed, and saw the rare, endangered One-Horned Rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis)! Yes, unicorns do exist! (Whoever said a unicorn had to be a one-horned horse?)



The next day we went on a wildlife trek, first by dugout canoe and then a trek through the jungle.



We saw Mugger Crocodiles (Crocodylus palustris)...



A Gharial Crocodile (Gavialis gangeticus)



Stork-Billed Kingfisher (Halcyon capensis)



White-Throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)



And Sika Deer (Cervus nippon), among animals.



A termite mound (about 2m or 6 ft tall)