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Wandering Gliders Safaris, walks, communities and new friendships is what we seek when we plan our journeys. What does it mean to go on a ‘’wildlife holiday’’?

WANDERING GLIDERS, presented to you by JUNGLE HUT, our boutique wilderness lodge in south India, is our way of getting this idea of travel across to everyone. There is always more to a destination than just safaris. Our experience of holidaying ‘’the way we like it’’ and working in the national parks of the Indian subcontinent and the African landmass have impressed upon us what wildlife travel e

ncompasses. At JUNGLE HUT, the wilderness lodge we run in South India, we have always strived to connect ourselves and our guests with nature through our daily routines and initiatives over the last 30 years. Safaris, walks, communities and most importantly, new friendships, is what we seek when we plan our travel. This combination has made every trip we have been on or put together, ABSOLUTELY WORTH IT! SMALL GROUP JOURNEYS AND PRIVATE HOLIDAYS COMBINED WITH THE INSIGHTS OF AN EXCEPTIONAL TOUR LEADER IS EXACTLY WHAT WE’RE ALL ABOUT. WANDERING GLIDERS is our way of spreading this idea of travel to everyone. Have you ever noticed the stacks of thousands of dragonflies skimming over open spaces throughout India, both before and after the monsoon rains? Did you know that these tiny miniscule insects cross the oceans annually to migrate between the Indian landmass and Africa? These beautiful golden brown dragonflies are the Wandering Gliders Pantala flavescens. They don’t look like much for a person who is not keen on entomology or dragonflies, but studies show that they undertake one of the longest insect migrations ever documented, every year. These dainty insects arrive in India in the millions with the south-west monsoon winds, flying high up in the skies where the currents are strongest. They breed in the Indian wetlands through the rains and the young return to Africa in September with the north-east winds. This migration of a million insects is not just an isolated event, it cannot be. The mass movement of insects triggers the migration of thousands of birds like Amur falcons, Pied Cuckoos, European Bee eaters and many more such birds and insects that cross the oceans, following the trail left by the Wandering Gliders. What drives these miniscule insects to brave the odds and cross the oceans to new lands? Maybe it’s the same thing that drives us to travel too…
We wish to be the Wandering Glider, triggering the birds in you to follow us, as we lead you to destinations we love, triggering as we go, the connect with nature, the love for everything wild and the importance of conscious travel. Each trip is carefully curated to encompass these aspects and seasoned with a dash of fun…the final ingredient that makes a truly great holiday.

This gorgeous old tigress walks along the edge of her watering hole in Kanha Tiger Reserve. With a waterbody this large ...
18/11/2021

This gorgeous old tigress walks along the edge of her watering hole in Kanha Tiger Reserve. With a waterbody this large , she never runs out of options of prey ,be it Barasinghas, Spotted deer or Sambar .

Kanha has always been a spot close to our heart. The Sal jungles, the vast meadows teeming with deer, the sounds that gr...
15/11/2021

Kanha has always been a spot close to our heart. The Sal jungles, the vast meadows teeming with deer, the sounds that greet us and ofcourse, the big cats.
Add to all that a dash of friends, both from Kanha and the amazing bunch of jungle buddies we travelled with... We created a memory that lasts a lifetime.
This trip to Kanha was everything Wandering Gliders stands for.
And we're looking forward to our next few batches to Kanha and Ladakh in the coming months.
If you haven't joined our "Jungle Buddies" list yet...what are you waiting for !!!

Absolutely fantastic trip with Wandering Gliders to Kanha National park, 4 exciting days amid meadows and sal forests.
15/11/2021

Absolutely fantastic trip with Wandering Gliders to Kanha National park, 4 exciting days amid meadows and sal forests.

Leaping into the season like..... With just over 20 days remaining for the new season to commence ,we are excited to gui...
20/09/2021

Leaping into the season like.....
With just over 20 days remaining for the new season to commence ,we are excited to guide our first set of guests for 2021 to this magical park of Central India . Want to join us and experience this ? DM or hit the contact button to know more.

Bera . One of the few places on earth where leopards thrive among human settlements. As the sun started to set, we quick...
25/08/2021

Bera . One of the few places on earth where leopards thrive among human settlements.

As the sun started to set, we quickly tanked up on coffee , packed our cameras and headed off in an open gypsy towards the towering granite hills now covered by anogeissus scrub.

We watched the Rabari tribesmen dressed in brilliant red turbans and white kurtas, herd their goats down the hill and through our paths.

Not too long after they left , a huge male leopard squeezed out of a cave, yawned like no one's watching and came to take his place on this open rock , where we quietly sat and watched in awe and excitement.

Flow, stretch, engerise amidst nature with Wandering Gliders
25/08/2021

Flow, stretch, engerise amidst nature with Wandering Gliders

Experience the winter world of Ladakh while tracking the Snow Leopards and other specialist wildlife of the Trans-Himala...
21/08/2021

Experience the winter world of Ladakh while tracking the Snow Leopards and other specialist wildlife of the Trans-Himalaya.
A journey that is curated and guided by the team at Wandering Gliders.

Departures from Nov 1st 2021.
DM us to book your adventure.

Normally a 10hour drive from Bangalore, would mean exhaustion once you've reached your destination. But this wasn't the...
20/08/2021

Normally a 10hour drive from Bangalore, would mean exhaustion once you've reached your destination. But this wasn't the case for Neil and Eroica! They had more energy than Duracell bunnies and wanted to immediately go check out the 'night life' in Munnar. We quickly wore our gumboots , took our cameras and headed off in the rain to find the endemic *Large Scaled Pit-Viper* ! After almost an hour of searching through the dense and wet foliage finally spotted one, but this one had perched itself on a brown branch, completely motionless. What an amazing sight to behold ! We spent an hour just observing and photographing this magnificently coloured viper . Amazing,isn't it ? Want to see what they saw ? Just DM us to get more information on our upcoming tours.

Over the last 5 days,our guests Neil and Eroica explored the gorgeous ever-changing landscape of the Eravikulam National...
20/08/2021

Over the last 5 days,our guests Neil and Eroica explored the gorgeous ever-changing landscape of the Eravikulam National park in munnar ,where they got to witness the Nilgiri Tahr like never before .

Walking through the thick jungles in search of highly endangered species like the Resplendent shrub frog and the Gunther's vinesnake ,also gave them the opportunity to try out some tongue tickling wild raspberries. The incessant rains and the hundreds of leeches did not stop them from getting down to back breaking positions just to get the perfect photograph of these magnificent species !

Being first timers into the world of macro , Neil and Eroica loved every second of their tour and wanted to learn more, so he ended up getting himself the perfect field guide for his future tours ! Keep watching this space to see all the amphibians, reptiles and mammals they saw with us .
https://www.instamojo.com/photographicfieldguide
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When even the incessant rain can't stop an excited couple from reviewing their photographs of a critically endangered fr...
20/08/2021

When even the incessant rain can't stop an excited couple from reviewing their photographs of a critically endangered frog, you know it's true love!

Is it? We think so 😉

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Shout out to the wildlife explorers...Wandering Gliders has bookings open for 4N/5D upcoming trips to Kanha with Surya R...
31/03/2021

Shout out to the wildlife explorers...Wandering Gliders has bookings open for 4N/5D upcoming trips to Kanha with Surya Ramachandran on the below departure dates:
April 30th - May 4th
May 5th - May 9th
May 10 - May 14th
May 14th - May 18th
Check out the attached images or get in touch with us via any of our social media platforms to know more and reserve your seat!!
WhatsApp: +919655796558
Email: [email protected]

07/01/2021

Surya Ramachandran Anushri Mathias Faiza Mookerjee Sherjin Joel Phalgun P Jungle Hut, Masinagudi

Kanha Tiger Reserve – The Story of Big Cats and the Sal WoodlandBookings open for custom-made safari trips!!!Contact us ...
06/01/2021

Kanha Tiger Reserve – The Story of Big Cats and the Sal Woodland

Bookings open for custom-made safari trips!!!

Contact us on 96557 96558 for details or dm on [email protected]

Anushri Mathias Surya Ramachandran Faiza Mookerjee Sherjin Joel Tracy Corfield

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