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Simlipal Tiger Reserve is known for being the best home to tigers and leopards. With the presence of 34 Royal Bengal Tigers and 61 Leopards, the Simlipal Tiger Reserve has been among the best tiger safaris in India. However, what sets Simlipal apart is the presence of Melanistic-tigers found nowhere else in the world. Without any doubt, this makes Simlipal not just unique but also a place where nature is at its best exhibiting some unusual phenomenon, where normal tigers are giving birth to black or melanistic tigers and even normal cubs are being delivered by the black or melanistic tigresses.
Since the 1970s, there have been sporadic sightings of black tigers in Simlipal Tiger Reserve. According to few records two adult melanistic tigers were spotted by Bitanath Nayak, then assistant field director, STR, on a road near Matughar in south Similipal. Laterin 1991, Niranjan Mohanta, a forest guard in the upper Barakhamba Range of the reserve claimed to have sighted a family of black tigers. However, many times these accounts are not considered to be true due to the lack of verification of these sightings.
However, it was in2007, when researchers from the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, the camera traps captured pictures of three melanistic tigers.
Since then, there have been extensive researches on this curious genetic phenomenon that make one of the best features at Simlipal National Park.
Best and Rarest!
I visited Simlipal along with my friends in Feb 2018 and it was only for our Tour Guide Mr.Wahid that , not only did we see all places of tourist interest within simlipal, we also visited the Orchid Farm at Gudgudia as well as were able to spot and photograph a lot of Wild life . He knows Simlipal like the back of his hand and it was indeed a pleasure listening to his experience of the Jungle
Cuttack
Abdul Wahid took care of all our travel arrangements as he has his own vehicles and stayed with us in the forest guest house and showed us a lot of wild life in the early morning. Also metionable is the fact that he is a great cook and only for him did we enjoy a great dinner as the food available in the guest houses within Simlipal are very basic
Bhubaneswar
I will recommend Abdul Wahid to each tourist visiting Simlipal. it may be a day trip or an extended stay within the jungle, with Wahid by your side, you have no worries. He is your one man army at Simlipal , your guide,driver,cook, host..everything . An extremely helpful and resourceful man and with his very professional team is an invaluable asset for you during your jungle safari
Kolkata
For us , Wahid is Simlipal . He booked our accomodation in Jashipur and took us into the jungle in his vehicle to visit places like the famour waterfall of Barehipani and Joranda and we visited Chahala in the evening where Wahid showed us a lot of wild life before returning to our hotel in Jshipur. Next day early morning he drove us again to Simlipal and we visited a lot of other places including a tribal market place within the Santuary. Will be recommending him to my friends and family
Kolkata
