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Weekend tour to Kaas & Thoseghar

Rudy Birding & Wildlife Hotspots, Travel blogs September 16, 2016May 12, 2018abolima, chalkewadi, fan-throated lizard, flower bloom at kaas, flowers at kaas, honey bee, jartari, jumping spider, kaas pathar, kaas plateau, lynx spider, orchids, signature spider, smithia, thoseghar, topli karvi 1 Comment

The Kaas Plateau; also known as “Kaas Pathar” is a biodiversity hotspot (also a UNSECO World Heritage site) known for variety of flowers that bloom in months of August and September every year. We at Wild India Eco Tours visited the plateau on 2nd weekend on September 2016, along with a half day session to visit Chalkewadi & Thoseghar Waterfall. Read more

Macrolicious Amboli

Rudy Birding & Wildlife Hotspots August 31, 2016May 12, 2018amboli, banded gecko, bicolored frog, bioluminescent fungi, brooke's gecko, cat snake, ceropegia jaini, dancing frog, day gecko, hawk moth, jumping spider, khaire's black shieldtail, macro tour amboli, Malabar Gliding Frog, malabar pitviper, malabar raven, prashad's gecko, stripped coral snake, tarantula 0 Comment

Come monsoon season; it is the best time to go out exploring for reptiles & amphibians, and we at Wild India Eco Tours decided to visit Amboli this time. Mixed with rain & fog, the weather was fantastic throughout; add to it some fantastic sightings of 6 snake species including the Cat Snake & Striped Coral Snake; over 10 frog species including the Malabar gliding frog, Dancing frog & Amboli toad Read more