Anu and myself have been planning for a long time to visit Kabini.  We have heard a lot about Orange County and JLR.  Finally, we decided to take off to JLR Kabini for a week-end.  It was also Anu’s birthday.

Route to Kabini is very easy.  You hit Mysore Road, and just before Mysore city, take the Ring Road (Right turn while coming from Bangalore) and turn towards HD Kote.  The route all the way to Kabini is good.  There will be a deviation once you hit the forest range.  This is around 15kms all the way to JLR.  We took around 3hrs 30mins to reach JLR from Bangalore.

Everything is pretty much organized at JLR.  They will tell you which Jeep to take for the Safari and what time it starts.  You will miss the safari if you are not on time!!! The roads inside the forest are horrible.  You will never enjoy the safari unless you get a good jeep. (Try to take one of those Tata pickup).  In the evening, one can take a Jeep Safari or a safari in the Riven on a motor boat.  We decided to take the Jeep safari as wild life is not that active near water hole at this time.

Though we stayed for two days, our trips inside the forests were not very productive. We hardly noticed any animals except a lot of spotted deers and occasional elephants.  The right time to visit this place would be summer.

Fact file: JLR Kabini is around 230kms from Bangalore
Route: Have a look at my route map.
Here are some photographs from Kabini