Date 19th Dec 1010. Destination Chakrashika Wildlife Sanctuary. The journey started from Nagarbera at 6 o clock in the morning. Foggy winter morning. Me and my father started towards Chakrashila. Our car was passing through the natural beauty and the tea garden of simlitola. By 11.30 we reached Salkosha, from there we started towards the wildlife sanctuary. Its around 3-4 kilometer from the national highway 31. We meet Soumyadeep Datta da on the way to the place. He was on the way to Salkosha for some shopping. We reached the camp and we meet Durga da and Kharam da there. They were two local Rabha people, who has a great contribution in conserving the Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary. There was already a team in that camp that team has came from dibrugarh. All of them were college student and they were there for their college project.
By the time we reached the camp there was a team of Golden Langur playing and eating around the camp. I was able to take lots of photograph of those langur. We finisher our tea and took a little stroll in the jungle.
After some time Soumydeep Datta came and we started to talk. Datta has vast knowledge about wildlife and about jungle. He told us about the conservation movement he started here to save the forest and the wildlife. He also shared his experience of jungle with us.
At around 1.30 the student team came back and after some time at around 2 PM we had our lunch. Datta got little busy as he has to manage everything in the camp. After lunch Kharam da and Durga da got busy with arranging the tent for us. We had a little chat with the student and they got busy with their field work. We had a conversation with Soumyadeep Datta da and Marami Bou(his wife). I learned lots of thing about jungle, about the animal, birds, etc.
In the evening me my father and Datta stared tracking in the jungle. After tracking around one hour we reached the small string named Mauri jora, it was a small string with fresh and cold water. I washed my hands and face in that string. During the trek Datta told us how the forests are being destroyed. He also discussed about the golden langur and about their food habit, their social life, and various related things with it. He also told us how he got interested in this conservation issue,
After having the fresh water from that string we started towards the camp, on the way we entered the village and went to Bhadreswer’s house, he was also involved in the conservation movement of Chakrashila. When we reached the camp it was already dark.
I joined the group of the student while my father and Datta were busy in talking. A bonfire was arranged and the student began to sing along with the tune of the guitar. It continued till 8.30 O’ clock. At 9 we had our diner. The student got busy arranging their tents while me, my father, Soumyadeep da, and Marami bou, sit around the fire. We started talking about the jungle experience. We talk till 10 O’clock, as it was very cold there and the fog started we finished our discussion and entered out tent.
Next morning we woke up very early in the morning. I had a chance 2 capture the sunrise. At first the jungle was full of fog the sun came out slowly removing the curtains of fog. I was able to take some photographs satisfying me.
The fog continued till 9 o clock. In the mean time we had breakfast. We went out for tracking again. We reached the top of the hill. Wonderful view from the top, the lake was visible from distant. Had a lot of conversation with Soumyadip Datta. Got to know a lot about the jungle. Finally after 3 hours of tracking we came back to the camp, after some time we had lunch. Kharam da cooked a wonderful meal. We had smoked pork as a special dish it was awesome.
After a little rest we started towards home. It was a wonderful experience for me. Those two days in the mist of jungle taught me a lot.
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