My Travelogue: Snake work shop and wild life photography

Trekking is a hobby for someone, it’s a passion for someone and it’s a dream world for someone. We regularly go for treks into the wild, don’t know when we can encounter snake bites.

During snake bite, identifying the snake will helps in getting the right treatment at the earliest. It is good to have a basic awareness of the following

Varies types of snakes
Venomous and non venomous snakes.
Identifying snakes by the skin texture, color and marks.
Behavior of snakes.
How to avoid snake bites during treks.
And first aid after snake bite.

From a long time we are requesting Bannerghatta park authorities for organizing snake awareness work shop, They said no for such events. Finally, On request one of my friend Dr. Rajanna agreed to share his knowledge with us. Mainly discussed about the 4 major venomous snakes in India.

how to identify them, how to avoid snake bites during treks and how to treat snake bites.

The butterfly park in Bannerghatta is worth to visit. You can find various types of butterflies and even there is a small museum about the butterflies. Luckily, one of the participant Mr. Jagadeesh’s friend is working in the butterfly breeding centre, so we got a chance to see it too.

Butterfly mating

The best thing in Bannerghatta is trek in herbivorous enclosures, where you walk to close to the animals. But at least a group of 10+ people needed. For this you need to get the permission from the zoo director. They will send a forest guide along with us and covers the major part of herbivorous section. They charge Rs. 75 per head for a short trek (2+ km) and Rs. 150 per head for a long trek (4+ Km). During the trek maintain pin drop silent to see more animals from a closer distance and try to avoid reaching close to wild bison's as few of them are aggressive in nature.

Timings:

The Zoo opens at 9 A.M and the Wild life safari starts at 10 A.M. The best time to go for safari is morning before 12 P.M, since the animals will be active before noon.

Our plan:

08:00 A.M – Reached Bannerghatta and finished the breakfast.
09:00 A.M – Visited Zoo.
10:00 A.M – Grand Safari.
11:30 A.M – Visited Butterfly park.
01:00 P.M – Lunch break.
02:00 P.M – Snake work shop.
02:00 P.M – Visited Zoo again and photography.
04:30 P.M – Review of photos taken and .
05:30 P.M – Back to home

The pride of India. Royal Bengal Tiger

What needs to carry:

Small back pack,
Camera & Lens,
Umbrella (Protecting your camera gear if it rains).

Travel options:

BMTC bus service is the best travel option. The frequency of the buses is good.

For those who are travelling from Kadugodi / Whitefield to the national park, the best option is to take a daily pass in the Volvo which costs 75Rs. Then take the V335E or V331-A from the Kadugodi bus-stand to Marathahalli. Near the fly-over get down and take the V500C and get down at Jayadeva hospital stop. There you get the V365 which will take you to the park. Travel time on weekends is around 1.5 to 2 hours. The 500C actually starts from ITPL. So you may also board the 500C directly from the ITPL stop.
People who are from BTM layout can simply go to Hospital Jaydev flyover stop and can catch any G4 or 365.