22 Mar 2024
Remember this meme of "expectation vs reality"? Well, that was the one. Getting up at 4 am and paying a hefty amount of money... to see a bunch of peacocks. Probably the biggest disappointment of our trip, especially considering we were with the kid. Peacocks are fun, until ninth or tenth time you see them shaking their rear by the road. After that they become another kind of fun. Looks like the other animals delegated their job to peacocks that morning. Truth be told, we did see some other animals - the beginning and the end of our visit were the most interesting bits. But in between them - just several hours of tedious cruising the same rough roads among the bushes, swallowing the dust of the jeep in front. The jeeps around were also plenty, same as peacocks. The experience becomes even more spicy with a kid - they don't tend to be very patient. We couldn't suffer it for very long, so asked for an early wrap-up. Being much glad we didn't take the full day. The other couple riding with us supported ardently. Maybe it was just our bad luck that day, seeing so many positive reviews. Maybe it's just the ones with positive experience who write them - others preferring not to bother. I'd say - I don't understand how the animals would show up with such traffic in this not so large area. I'd say - reduce the number of vehicles entering the zone drastically, if you want to make it a real "national reserve", and not just another money-squeezing overmarketed attraction.