re: Mission Spot a Tiger @ Sariska - Project Tiger Reserve, Attempt No - 2 Continuing..
Did some spirited driving on Gurgaon Exp way to reach MacD by 8.45 am. Were greetd by Hayabuza, Fireblade, Suzuki GSX. Spent around 1 hour there and finally decided to continue our drive to Sariska. Checked finances and filled petrol and off to Sariska via Bheror.
It was fun driving upto Behror, road widening in progress in many parts. This irritating part is the new road laying abruptly ends and begins. Some begins smoothly and some give a Thud noise. Hit a couple of rough ones, then started slowing while approaching them. Didn"t get much traffic Rs was flying and reached Behror by 10.50 Am.
Turned left and saw the sign of Alwar 45 km and immediately the road condition deteriorated and got worse as we moved ahead. After aound 5 kms i even considered returning seeing the road condition but come what may we are going ahead. Got my fist hit on the sheild and reduced the speed to 30- 40 kmph. It took almost 1 hr to cover this stretch to reach a diversion marked as "Alwar Surang". Took that dtour and after a km we were infront of the this tunnel. Took a break and continued our journey.
Everything changed after we crossed the tunnel , the roads were butter smooth but narrow and again started flying. After 15 kms we hit Alwar City by 12.20. City has decent divided road , just went straight to cross the city passing Bhagat Singh Chowraha, Bijili Ghar, then to ghati road to sariska.
Sariska is around 35 odd kms and road is mostly ok till the last 4 kms. Occasionally you are surprised by big pot holes.
Last 4 kms was horrendous. Virtually no road and big ditches. With in first 100 meters i had three underbody hits. I even thought not to continue further. Then slowly avoiding big ditches like sidewinder snake, I took almost 30 minutes to cross the stretch. The truck traffic was also high and they are not ready to leave the center road. At last by 1.30pm we landed at Sariska Project tiger Reserve office. In total of 5 underbody hits.
Spoke at the forest office, told the roads are even worst inside and private vehicle are not allowed to go off road or katcha roads. Any way what i have gone through last 30 mintues i was in not mood to drive Rs through the jungle.
The reserve opens at 7 am with last jeep entry at 3 pm and should exit before sunset.
Paid 490/- as entry fees and stuck a deal for Jeep safari @ Rs 1200/-. It was the wise decision. As discussed at the office came to know there are 3 core areas needs 4 to 5 hours to cover one core area with an average travelling of 40 to 50 kms. Hence we selected core-1 as we also wanted to visit hanuman temple ie pandu pol. Attachment 471817
Last edited by v&v : 21st December 2010 at 09:09.
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