Into The Wild: Witness Kaziranga's Famous Five Animals

It was a typical early morning scene from any national park in India. A few Maruti gypsies speeding to the forest entry gates with the early birds, others rushing the other way to pick up their passengers from hotels. Add to that trucks and smaller vehicles speeding along the highway. We waited by the roadside, our eyes scanning the sky above the distant tree canopy on our left and the small tree in front of us. A girl, riding a cycle, rushed out a house and our guide-cum-driver Prafulla Deora waved her back. It was past 6 in the morning and we had about 20 km to cover before reaching our destination of the day, Agaratoli forest gate, the eastern gate of the Kaziranga National Park. We did not know what exactly Prafulla was trying to show us. All he'd say was that it was a secret. We were getting impatient, fearing we would be late in entering the forest but Prafulla was determined to wait.