Green Scouts – Wildlife Camp’19

It’s a miracle that Curiosity survives Formal Education – Albert Einstein

Camp Dates

02nd May  – 06th May, 2019

Price

16,500 INR per head

Itinerary

Day 1

Start of a wonderful Journey!

We gather at the Pune railway station in afternoon to travel from Pune to Nagpur by train. We wave good bye to parent to embark on a journey which promises to be full of joy, learning and experiences. 

In the train each one of us introduces ourselves to each other, we also form teams which will remain with each other for the remainder of the tour. 

Kids are also informed about the important instructions and explained the same via role plays done by volunteers. 

Dinner would be enroute. The train would drop us at Nagpur railway station early morning next day.

 

 

Day 2

We reach the  Nagpur railway station early morning. There our cars would be ready to pick us up and take us to Nagzira. It is a 3 hrs drive from railway station.

Breakfast would be enroute at a nice restaurant.

We reach Nagzira by Noon, we introduce kids to their rooms and the place of stay, followed by reminder on Do’s and Don’ts followed by announcement of Schedule. Post unpacking and lunch we get ready for the 1st Safari.

Afternoon safari in Nagzira is an excellent opportunity to see and photograph the raptors like the Crested serpent eagle, crested hawk eagle, honey buzzard, etc. We will be hoping to see woodpeckers, orioles, shama, etc.

Evening time in Nagzira is the time when one expects to see the elusive ghost of the forest – Leopard. Our guides will try to track the movements of this animal for us to get a chance to see this beautiful creature.

Post safari we got back to rooms for changing and getting freshen up and some bit of rest.

We take our dinner and and gather around to share our experiences for the day. Space remains open for stories, Jokes, Talent exhibition for Kids.   This would also be a time for story telling and sharing our own jungle experience with the kids.

Post this we bid each other sweet dreams and proceed to the call of Bed and Pillow.

 

Day 3

Morning Alarm at 6 AM.

We gather at common ground by 6:30 AM, we take some Milk and light breakfast and proceed for our first morning safari. 

Nagzira is also famous for the packs of wild dogs found here.

We start our early morning safari with the aim of finding and photographing these hunters.  We finish our safari by 10:00 a.m. and come back to our room.

Have some rest and have lunch and get ready for our afternoon safari.

By 2 p.m. we start our afternoon safari.

We come back by evening and have dinner. Post dinner we again gather and share and discuss the things we saw and the things we learnt.

Call of Pillow and Bed. Good night!!

Day 4

Morning Alarm at 6 AM.

Breakfast followed by our last safari.

Group Photo.

Time to take bath and pack up bags and bid adieu to our Wildlife camp and return back to Nagpur Railway station.

Lunch enroute.

We board the evening train to Pune.

Dinner enroute.

 

Day 5

We  reach Pune around 10 a.m. Parents would come to collect their kids.

Camp closes.

We sincerely believe that curiosity is the source to wisdom and creativity, Kids are born curious but our feudal ways of education suppresses the curiosity and leads to “run of the mill” learning from ready made knowledge served to them.

We at the Nemophilist during our Wildlife camp focus around triggering the latent curiosity among-st kids using Nature as medium of learning. In our Wildlife camps Nature acts as the school as well as teacher in process of “Wisdom Creation”.

Safari , Wildlife watching and Bird watching forms an integral part of our Wildlife camps as we believe that nature connects to you in best way, when you reach out to it. Kids are taken to the jungle to witness how the animals and birds survive, what part they play in the eco-system and how important they are in turn to our survival.

They are taught to identify the animals and they get a chance to witness these in their natural environment.

Story telling  in the night are delightful for the kids and these stories are not pre-made,  They are our own real experience shared with kids.

This is perhaps the most unique Wildlife Camp experience that a Kid can have..

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  • Accommodation in Nagzira tiger reserve
  • Travel from Pune to Nagpur by 3 AC by train
  • Travel from Nagpur to Nagzira by cabs
  • Breakfast Lunch and Dinner for all the days during the camp
  • All entry fees, forest fees, guide charges
  • Gypsy and safari charges
  • Camera charges if applicable.
  • Guidance during the summer camp activities
  • Personal expenses such as laundry, water bottles, cold drinks etc.
  • Any item not mentioned in the inclusions.

      Please Note: Consuming and carrying alcoholic beverages on any of our tours is strictly prohibited.

  • Studying birds and learning to identify them
  • Observing wildlife in their natural habitat
  • Learning to identify birds and animals by their sounds
  • Role of life forms in ecology
  • Pug mark identification
  • Story telling
  • Clothing related items:-Light colored clothes (preferably t-shirts, pants, track suits, salwar kameez etc),cap, scarf, handkerchiefs, socks, towel, bedhsheet.
  • Medical related items:- Band-Aid strips, washing and bathing soap, personal medicines prescribed by doctors.
  • Personal Hygiene:-Toothbrush, toothpaste, toiletories, hair cream, comb, napkins.
  • Others:-Torch (with extra pair of batteries), water bottle, sun glasses, camera.