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 Khairbari Tiger Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre

We are taking rest in the lodge at Madarihat which is located near the Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary entry gate. We have returned back to the lodge after a nice jungle safari with an amazing elephant riding experience. We have now completed our breakfast phase. Right! we have done the long jungle safari with empty stomach.

We have booked a car for the rest of the trip. Soumya has done the arrangement from Kolkata. The driver's name is Hasanur. He has drived from his home which is far from here. He was waiting outside the lodge with his car when we were returning from Jaldapara jungle safari.

We are now ready for the next journey. We are getting into the car. It is a Maruti Omni. Soumya is now sitting in the front seat. We are going towards South Khairbari. We are going to visit the animal rescue center there. 

We have taken a diversion from the main road after a half an hour drive. This path is narrow and going through a jungle. I am playing songs on my mobile phone. Its a Micromax X235 model. I am playing it on loudspeaker mode and the sound is nice. Now it playing the song "Labon ko Labon pe sajao". We all are having a nice time.

 Road Map from Jaldapara to Khairbari

( Please don't judge by scale ;) )

We have now reached at the Khairbari Tiger Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre. There are many people who has come to visit the centre. Probably they have come from nearby places for an outing. We are now going inside of the rehabilitation centre.

The animals which are rescued from nearby places or from other places in the North East India are kept here to rehabilitate. There are mainly leopards and tigers are kept here. Some of the animals are rescued from tea gardens or some from circuses. It is a nice initiative taken.

A leopard rescued from tea garden

There are many visitors for the animals. We can see many families with there kids. So this tiger rescue and rehabilitation centre is serving as local zoo for this people. Its a nice place for the kids.

Some Tigers are kept in cages. I was expecting them in bigger enclosures like the leopard in the above picture is enjoying. Probably there is reason behind this accommodation. The animals are seemed quite accustomed with the visitors.

A tiger in the rehabilitation centre

We are now returning from the Tiger Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre. Our car has reached to the main road now. We are feeling hungry. Now our immediate goal is to satisfy our hunger.

Hasanur has stopped the car at a roadside Dhaba. We have ordered Thali (a combo meal) for us. Here a Thali comes with rice by default. Not sure Roti (chapati) is available or not here. We are not interested either. Hasanur is sitting separately and ordered his meal. As per our contract we need not to bother about our driver's fooding and lodging. It is included in the overall fare for the hired vehicle.

We have completed our lunch and now returning to Madarihat. We know that there is a place called Totopara at some distance away from Jaldapara. Usually people who come to visit Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary also visit Totopara. It is a village which is home to the Toto tribe which is unique in the world. But we do not have the time to visit Totopara. So we are skipping this sightseeing.

We have now returned to the lodge. We are taking some rest now. After some time we will check out and start for our next part of the tour - Chilapata jungle safari. 
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