Bandipur National Park

On May 15, 2010, my family and I went to Bandipur National Park. There we stayed in a place called Dhole’s Den. In Dhole’s Den, we ate lunch, and then because there was still one hour till the safari, we decided to walk around and see the hotel’s chickens, dogs, and gardens. Once we had seen all these things, we decided to go back to our cabin. There we freshened up and then we went for the safari. The moment we went into the forest, we were on the lookout for animals. The first animals we saw were deer. A whole lot of them! Cute little fawns, beautiful females, and great, males with huge antlers! As we drived along, we saw another herd of deer. So, after taking some photos, we continued. Suddenly, two HUGE bison almost the size of our jeep came out of the bushes, bounded across the path in front of jeep in less than a few seconds, and jumped into the bushes at the other side! There was barely any time even to take pictures! As we continued, we came upon a big herd of bison! They really were huge! Next we came to a bunch of monkeys! A tiny baby monkey was holding his mother’s belly and getting carried everywhere. Two little baby monkeys were playing. Some monkeys were sitting on trees. They were all really funny!
The next animals we saw were the best ones of all: some elephants! There were five altogether: three mommies, and two babies. They were all taking a bath in a water hole because it was so hot. When they saw our jeep, they all got scared and started to move away into the bushes, but one little baby elephant stayed back near the bank and started to pour sand over itself to dry itself. After a while, the baby elephant also went. Next, we were hoping to see a leopard or tiger, but the man driving the jeep said that we would be very lucky to see a tiger, because they are nocturnal. And leopards are the least likely because they are also nocturnal, and plus even if they are awake, they will stay on the trees. But we still hoped to be lucky. Suddenly, the driver stopped the jeep. “What is it?” we said. It was a tiger’s footprint! Well, at least we got that close to a tiger!