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The Dentzel carousel came to the Park in 1921 as a replacement for a smaller carousel. Built in the Philadelphia style, the hand-carved, wooden animals create a menagerie type featuring rabbits, ostriches, a giraffe, a lion, a tiger and a deer, in addition to horses, and two chariots.
Photos courtesy of the Richard Cook Collection.
Photo and transcription by Kevin Borland.
Tourists getting down from a mini-bus inside the Eravikulam National Park. Once the bus reaches its final point, tourists can climb the winding road that climbs up the hillside (as can be seen with tourists at a higher point at the path) to go to higher locations in the park. A fog or mist is rolling down the hillside, to be followed by rain soon after. These are grasslands, with grass and the occasional trees. Eravikulam National Park is a relatively small national park located in the Idukki district of Kerala, being a part of the Western Ghats. Small because the area of the park is 97 sq. km, while traditionally the sanctuaries located in other parts of India can be many hundreds of sq. km or more. The park is interesting to visit, since it is located at a higher altitude, with the park being located at a height of around 2000 meter, on a hill plateau. The park has a number of animals, the most famous inhabitants of the park being the endangered Nilgiri Tahir (Nilgiritragus hylocrius) with a number of different predators also being found in the area. The park has 3 different regions of greenery - forests in some of the lower sections, grasslands and shrublands (located at higher levels and in rocky areas). Visitor vehicles are not allowed inside the park, with entry into the park being through mini-buses that are run by the park authorities. These buses take the visitor to a higher point, and from there visitors can climb higher on the turning and winding road and even come into contact with the Nilgiri Tahir who come close to the road.
I see a boat on the river- remember that old Boney-M song? Well, I am on a canoe ride on the East Rapti river in the Chitwan National Park in Nepal. As we glide along the river oh so slowly, headed in the opposite direction is this boatman returning to the boarding point after dropping off his complement of passengers. It was very difficult to take pictures from the low and rather unsteady boat and the supremely cramped space I was squeezed into. A solo Chinese tourist sitting behind me was lucky to get a better picture of this boatman- he had actually raised the pole he was holding to proceed forward- he did that just seconds after I took this picture so I missed that. It was not possible to turn around either due to the severe lack of moving- and personal- space on that rocking canoe! (Sauraha, Chitwan, Nepal, Oct/ Nov. 2019)
The Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected Area is approximately 595,000 hectares, covering seven districts and three provinces: Houaphan, Luang Prabang and Xieng Khouang. WCS teamed up with the local office to create ecotourism activities that help support conservation and wildlife protection. Explore the protected area on the Nam Nern Night Safari, The Nests, or the Cloud Forest Hike!
Shahid-e Abbasi Rd_Isfahan Province_Iran
a turn-off from Dareh Bid
This is the road to a magical valley of inverse wild tulips, Golestan Kuh Protected Area
Grizzly bear cubs in the in the Atlin Taku region of northwestern B.C. The Atlin Taku Land Use Plan area is recognized internationally as a home to salmon, grizzly bears and caribou, and is rich in culture, biodiversity and boreal forest. July 19, 2011 Photo credit: Trent Alvey.
I joined an eco-tourism daytrip from Guyana's capital Georgetown to the Arrowpoint Nature Resort. We drove out of town to marina on the Demerarr river, where we boarded a speedboat and crossed the river, then, taking about 45 minutes, navigated the Kamuni River into the Santa Aratack Amerindian Reserve, stopping at Santa Mission Amerindian community and the reaching Arrowpoint, where we had the options of walking in the rainforest, kayaking, swimming among activities.
Skepplanda / Västra Götland / Sweden - Iglekaerr natural forest. The swedish foundation Naturarvet bought the area in order to establish a nature reserve. Now sponsors are needed to secure the land: naturarevet.se
Shahid-e Abbasi Rd_Isfahan Province_Iran
a turn-off from Dareh Bid
This is the road to a magical valley of inverse wild tulips, Golestan Kuh Protected Area