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Feb 18th 2017
It was a long pending road trip. The idea was to cover all in one go i.e. Bhitarkanika and Olive Ridley Turtles Nesting.
We started pretty early around 5am from Bbsr. But as you can see the fog was quite dense and visibility was 50 meter or so. The plan was to reach Khola Gate by 7am but mother nature has its own plan.
Antaryami Bhai was waiting for us in Kendrapada. we had our breakfast there.
After crossing Khola Gate.
Finally we reached Dangmal around 11am.
Checked in all the documents and paid for Dslr.
Talk to the chef in charge as we have to eat our lunch in this place only.
We were lucky to spot a big 14 footer crocodile as it was bathing in sun
We were quietly enjoying the mighty creature. Then another tourist group and started shouting and throwing stones at it !!!!. yes all were adults but behaving like a class 1 kids. IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WILDLIFE OR CANT HELP TO PRESERVE IT. PLEASE DON'T VISIT THESE PLACES OR TRASH IT.
As you can see there is big filed on right side of this path. One can see lots of deer in this place but as we were late we hardly got to see few.
You get these kind of maps to stay in path
On our way to hire a boat
Bargaining going on
Finally we got a good deal
Were lucky to see so many Animals even in February. Boat guy told us that if you want to see birds come around November- December.
But we also want to see the "Olive Ridley Turtles" beside the Habalikathi beach
Boat guy was really cool one. He took us for 1 hr ride and covered lots of places
Most of these Boats are 12 seater. so if you are a group of 12 then prices get split or else one have to beer it all. it's better to go with Govt boat but you know most of the time you get private one which are expensive [2500 or more]
Back to Dangmal Guest house. Food was good and nominal price.
Took a 30 min break [same place as pic 4]. then restarted our journey. We had made our reservation in Habalikathi for the night stay.
In order to reach Habalikathi one has to go back to Raj Nagar then to Gupti then leave your bike or car there only and travel by boat . But we had some other plans i.e ride all the way to Habalikathi. We took a small shortcut and came cross the other side of Gupti.
As you can see boats are quite small for all of us to cross the Brahmani river in one go. so we did in two shift. All the Boats and local guys kept as warning at all the river crossing don't stand or sit close to water or else you will be dragged to water in blink of eye.
Time was not on our side and we had to reach the seashore of Habalikathi. None of us has visited the site before leave alone on bike.
From Gupti off-roading has started and the guy who enjoy the most on these kind of road is Grumpy Chef on his Impulse
One more river crossing. Again we were reminded by the locals not to stand close to river. To our surprise there was a big croc lurking around 50 meter keeping close eye on the boat crossing. One mistake and you are his evening snack
We were running desperately to seashore. From seashore its straight road to Habalikathi. [this off road is 7-8 km long where you can maintain a good speed of 40 kmh . its only 5 feet wide with make shift wooden bridge]
Finally we reach the seashore in nick of time. This place is know as 7 Sister Temple. one have to ride 100 meter of so on the soft sand to get on beach.
Local warns to have darshan of 7 Sister Temple before going on the beach. they also told us to cover the 7 km stretch quickly as high tide was coming in.
It was fun and quite spooky to ride in dark on the beach. we were warned that wild animals roams on beach so stay clear of them. Finally we reached our spot around 7pm checked in our guest house.
Total km covered is around 210 km
It was a long pending road trip. The idea was to cover all in one go i.e. Bhitarkanika and Olive Ridley Turtles Nesting.
We started pretty early around 5am from Bbsr. But as you can see the fog was quite dense and visibility was 50 meter or so. The plan was to reach Khola Gate by 7am but mother nature has its own plan.
Antaryami Bhai was waiting for us in Kendrapada. we had our breakfast there.
After crossing Khola Gate.
Finally we reached Dangmal around 11am.
Checked in all the documents and paid for Dslr.
Talk to the chef in charge as we have to eat our lunch in this place only.
We were lucky to spot a big 14 footer crocodile as it was bathing in sun
We were quietly enjoying the mighty creature. Then another tourist group and started shouting and throwing stones at it !!!!. yes all were adults but behaving like a class 1 kids. IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WILDLIFE OR CANT HELP TO PRESERVE IT. PLEASE DON'T VISIT THESE PLACES OR TRASH IT.
As you can see there is big filed on right side of this path. One can see lots of deer in this place but as we were late we hardly got to see few.
You get these kind of maps to stay in path
On our way to hire a boat
Bargaining going on
Finally we got a good deal
Were lucky to see so many Animals even in February. Boat guy told us that if you want to see birds come around November- December.
But we also want to see the "Olive Ridley Turtles" beside the Habalikathi beach
Boat guy was really cool one. He took us for 1 hr ride and covered lots of places
Most of these Boats are 12 seater. so if you are a group of 12 then prices get split or else one have to beer it all. it's better to go with Govt boat but you know most of the time you get private one which are expensive [2500 or more]
Back to Dangmal Guest house. Food was good and nominal price.
Took a 30 min break [same place as pic 4]. then restarted our journey. We had made our reservation in Habalikathi for the night stay.
In order to reach Habalikathi one has to go back to Raj Nagar then to Gupti then leave your bike or car there only and travel by boat . But we had some other plans i.e ride all the way to Habalikathi. We took a small shortcut and came cross the other side of Gupti.
As you can see boats are quite small for all of us to cross the Brahmani river in one go. so we did in two shift. All the Boats and local guys kept as warning at all the river crossing don't stand or sit close to water or else you will be dragged to water in blink of eye.
Time was not on our side and we had to reach the seashore of Habalikathi. None of us has visited the site before leave alone on bike.
From Gupti off-roading has started and the guy who enjoy the most on these kind of road is Grumpy Chef on his Impulse
One more river crossing. Again we were reminded by the locals not to stand close to river. To our surprise there was a big croc lurking around 50 meter keeping close eye on the boat crossing. One mistake and you are his evening snack
We were running desperately to seashore. From seashore its straight road to Habalikathi. [this off road is 7-8 km long where you can maintain a good speed of 40 kmh . its only 5 feet wide with make shift wooden bridge]
Finally we reach the seashore in nick of time. This place is know as 7 Sister Temple. one have to ride 100 meter of so on the soft sand to get on beach.
Local warns to have darshan of 7 Sister Temple before going on the beach. they also told us to cover the 7 km stretch quickly as high tide was coming in.
It was fun and quite spooky to ride in dark on the beach. we were warned that wild animals roams on beach so stay clear of them. Finally we reached our spot around 7pm checked in our guest house.
Total km covered is around 210 km
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