Spectacular India Experience!!
I recently went to India to do a Photographic Workshop, mostly photographing wild tigers. This was my second workshop with Colby, so I had high expectations, but these expectations were exceeded and some! This was for just over 2 weeks to experience India as a whole. We started in Delhi and went to Jaipur, the pink city, Agra, the Taj Mahal, and Agra Fort. We had some tours in these cities set up by Colby, and everything went smoothly. It gave us an excellent feel and experience of India as a country, especially the people, which was a great bonus. Of course, the Taj Mahal was magnificent and needs to be seen if you are going to India. In addition, we got to go to Bharatpur Bird Sanctaury, which was beautiful and set by Colby and his team with a wonderful local guide. We enjoyed it so much that we went there twice, once on the way to Agra and once on the way back to Delhi after seeing the Taj.
The Tiger experience was terrific in two different Tiger Reserves, specifically Dudhwa and Ranthambore, which have different experiences. In 14 game drives, I had 16 Tiger sightings with multiple tigers in each sighting, which created wonderful photo opportunities. We saw Tigers close up, walking towards us, in family groups, drinking, swimming, splashing, and chasing antelope in the water. It was just way better than I expected.
We had a wonderful group of seven photographers with two non-photographers (spouses), so lots of room in three safari gypsys. Colby is a truly special tour leader! He finds time to spend with all of us and handles people and issues so well. I can’t wait for my next trip with Colby and highly recommend him for any Photographic worships - he is the best!!