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Spring Wilderness 2023
We conducted the 4th Wilderness Training Program at Vanghat from 14th to 19th February, 2023 – this program was full of many sightings, great trails, and some wonderful discussions on topics around wildlife, laws, and conservation. The first trail was held in the afternoon on the 14th. While examining animal tracks in the sand by the river, we found a spider sitting over an egg sac, sheltering in a Sambar hoofprint! A pair of goral, usually spotted from a distance on a cliff-face, had descended to the river in the golden evening light, and were partaking in a saltlick alongside a troupe of rhesus macaques!Spider with egg sac.…
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Wilderness January 2023
The third edition of the Wilderness Training Program was held at the Vanghat Lodge from 21st to 26th January 2023. Our first day started off productively – with all the participants having reached the lodge by morning, we could take a lovely nature walk on Champion’s Trail, named for F.W. Champion. Several bird species were spotted along the way, including Black Bulbul, Bush chat, Whistler’s Warbler, a pair of Emerald Doves, a Crested Kingfisher, and a pair of River Lapwings by the Ramganga river. After an introductory ice-breaking session, RewildEd coordinator Kushagra gave a talk on the history of conservation of India. Over dinner, everyone recounted two observations they made that day,…
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Winter Wilderness 2022
The Winter Wilderness Training Program was held from 4th to 9th December, 2022. People from different parts of the country – Mumbai, Ranchi, Ranthambhore, and even an Iranian citizen living in Baroda! – journeyed to the Vanghat Lodge in Marchula on the outskirts of Jim Corbett National Park to take part in the program. Over six crisp, cold days, the participants were immersed in tranquil nature, far from the madding crowd, to learn about conservation and sustainability. Delhi to Ramnagar traffic delayed the Programme by a few hours The participants and coordinators arrived by the evening of 4th December, taking a short gypsy ride followed by a river crossing on a raft…
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Responsible Tourism in the Barnawapara Landscape
A unique programme to introduce Social Media Influencers to responsible tourism was organized by Tribe Well Society, Moira Conservation Society and Rewilded. Thirty Youtubers with a total of approximately 1 crore followers between them, who create content on food, tribes, culture, travel, etc. were invited for the programme.On the first day, the influencers camped near the Jonk river. On their way to the camp site, they sighted a pair of Open-billed storks, and a Pied kingfisher dashing through the Valley with the emerald river flowing below. The call of Pied Hornbills brought everyone’s attention to the valley on the other side of the river. On a fig tree sat a…
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Wilderness Autumn 2021
On the first evening of the Wilderness Training Program at Vanghat Lodge in Corbett, as the final participants were en route through the twisty forest path, the Great Hornbills began their daily flight from one hill top to the other, to their roosting spot for the night. In the golden evening glow they glided past us, mere metres from the lodge. This was as refreshing a greeting as Vanghat’s special nimbu paani, served on arrival after the exhilarating trek to the lodge. A pied kingfisher sits on driftwood, near the river.Despite the recent floods in Uttarakhand, Vanghat was thankfully mostly unaffected, with the only difficulty lying in the swollen…
