Bhitarkanika is famous for crocodile breeding and it has been believed you can witness many crocodiles there. I been to this place in the month of march(bad time to go for wild life tourism) , unfortunately , it was sheer wastage of time. by the time i got to know i was already there.
I started my journey from bhubaneswar in the afternoon took the cab from OTDC. reached chandbali and stayed a night in yatri nivas. Next day early morning took the boat (all boats are private they will charge 1800/- for a boat irrespective of number of people, arrangements will be done by OTDC guys.) it will take 1:45 mins to reach dangamal , place from where you can witness crodolies lyings across the banks of river. (that is wht they say but i did not see single croco).. but crossing mangrove forest in the midst of muddy river was something like watching ANAconda movie. Awesome forest .
Boat wil take you to spt from where you have to walk for 3 kms to check out the place where Usually migratory birds come. I saw many spotted dears. but no birds.
After tiring trekking we went to croc breeding centre. where you can see many crocdiles. fortunately i took hold of baby croco with the assistance of zoo keeper. and this was all i saw in bhitarkanika . some of the lessons learnt for wildlife tourism are :
1) Best time to visist any wildlife tourism is decmber and January.
2) If you want to see croco , try to reach dangamal directly . as reaching chandabali and taking boat will kill your early mroning time.
3) Reach dangamal early in the morning , by 6:00 am . This can be reached by road i think. you can take private cab from bhubananeswar. do not rely on OTDC.
Hope this will help you in some regard.
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I started my journey from bhubaneswar in the afternoon took the cab from OTDC. reached chandbali and stayed a night in yatri nivas. Next day early morning took the boat (all boats are private they will charge 1800/- for a boat irrespective of number of people, arrangements will be done by OTDC guys.) it will take 1:45 mins to reach dangamal , place from where you can witness crodolies lyings across the banks of river. (that is wht they say but i did not see single croco).. but crossing mangrove forest in the midst of muddy river was something like watching ANAconda movie. Awesome forest .
Boat wil take you to spt from where you have to walk for 3 kms to check out the place where Usually migratory birds come. I saw many spotted dears. but no birds.
After tiring trekking we went to croc breeding centre. where you can see many crocdiles. fortunately i took hold of baby croco with the assistance of zoo keeper. and this was all i saw in bhitarkanika . some of the lessons learnt for wildlife tourism are :
1) Best time to visist any wildlife tourism is decmber and January.
2) If you want to see croco , try to reach dangamal directly . as reaching chandabali and taking boat will kill your early mroning time.
3) Reach dangamal early in the morning , by 6:00 am . This can be reached by road i think. you can take private cab from bhubananeswar. do not rely on OTDC.
Hope this will help you in some regard.
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Nice post about bhitarkanika tour.
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