Travel to Dudhwa: The laughing tree and other such stories
A trip to this town on the border of Nepal will expose you to stunning wildlife, fascinating conversations and greenery you may never have heard of before
Endless stretches of sugarcane fields and bright yellow mustard fields… with jackals, junglefowl and mongooses darting through the foliage, and wild peacocks strutting majestically before our jeep, we pass turbaned farmers on tractors and girls on bicycles with harvested canes strapped behind them. We finally traverse a bumpy, track lined with litchi groves, reaching our hotel, and there we are: at Palia Kalan near Dudhwa, which is on the Indo-Nepal border at the foothills of the Himalayas. This is the swampy Terai grassland between the mighty Himalayas and the plains. We are excited to be in this region which has access to four wildlife sanctuaries – Kishanpur, Katarniaghat, Pilibhit and Dudhwa National Park.