Nov 14, 2016 04:27 PM
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These kind of Safaris are there in and around Thekkady. I had booked one of them called'Thekkady Jeep Safari'
Price for hiring the Jeep is 3500/-, due to absence of information one assumes that it will have at least some element of thrill and will come across animals.
As per the Organisers the safari is for three hours and chances of you coming across number of animals are bright.
However, the Safari finished in 2 hour and 45 minutes, out of which around 40 minutes are taken to reach the forest area one way(total approx 80 minutes). During rest of the time, you are taken to 2-3 points and chances of your coming across any animal are actually not very bright. We did not see any animal except two Bisons seen at a distance of 4-5 kilometres on a hill - we actually could not make out much out of it except vaguely through zoom of the camera. Only thing which we could see was few cows near the villages. Actually they take you only in the periphery of forest only around the villages.
Overall NOT recommended. Its actually a jeep ride and a fraud going on in the name of jungle safari. If you still want to go, insist on clubing with another family(capacity of jeep is comfortably upto nine) so that at the end of it you do not repent.
