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I joined GoingWild's for 10th Feb. to 15th Feb, 2016 East Sikkim tour. It was with Dibyendu Ash. Due to harsh winter no one else joined that tour. But believe me, Dibyendu left no stone unturned to show me Himalayan Monal!! No moving thing escaped Dibyendu's eye. Despite temperatures between -5C to -15C We had good birding. I would love to join GoingWild again, at least once a year.

I have joined GoingWild THRICE in less than a year. Hence, I will be writing obvious things if I say that GoingWild team members are professional, dedicated, committed, and helpful to the tour participants to the last mile. GoingWild has helped me ignite my dormant love for the wildlife. My first peep of the tiger in the wild from Bandhavgarh to the immense pleasure of seeing the colourful Himalayan birds in Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary are some of the best moments of my life realised in these tours. I am not done with them. My eyes are constantly on the calendar for the next tour with GoingWild to ……..

Before embarking on Sunderbans tour, I kept my expectation low. Certainly, tiger was not on its wish list, as I heard before, for sighting of the swamp cat in this mangrove, the lady luck need to be on your side. The weather in this tour during first week of October was quite pleasant. As it was my first visit, the topography was all but new. I enjoyed every moment of my stay on the small boat, which gently toured us all day long through its ever winding streams. The freshly prepared snacks and meals by the cook added value to the itinerary. I was introduced to varied flora and fauna of the mangrove forest by our guide Nityananda. There were so many lifers for me particularly Brown winged Kingfisher, Collared Kingfisher, Black-capped Kingfisher, Mudskippers, Grey-headed Lapwing, Eurasian Curlew, Pacific Golden Plover, etc, to name a few. I also enjoyed the sighting of Salt-water Crocodile, Peregrine falcon and Irrawaddy dolphins from the close quarter. A kill of pied sterling by Changeable Hawk eagle was quite interesting. During the last leg of our tour, a fresh tiger pug mark was seen moving towards Sujanyakhali. Our guide Nityananda suggested us to wait on the watch tower. After a while, we could see the tiger coming out from the clearing and moving straight to us. It was a huge male. It maintained an eye-contact, as it approached us and then took a detour and vanished into the thicket of mangrove. For me, it was more than a bonus. I had a good amount of data of the swamp king. I returned back on a happy note.

If one wishes to see Sunderban , you need to see through "GOING WILD "EYES ! A true exhilarating experience I had during my maiden trip to such a beautiful and mysterious forest, along with Going wild team , needless to say the guidance and comfort provided by the team was exceptional. Thank you Soumajit and team, looking forward to more in future. All my best wishes to the team for their work to make Sunderban "known" to the" unknown".

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I was a normal guy..busy with daily life..in the famous RAT race of life....But now I am an ardent Nature lover, a Photographer by passion, a frequenter of wildlife rich areas. This transition took place in a span of 1 year...and I give 100% credit to the Going wild team for this..Going on tours with them to Sunderbans, Pangolakha, Mahananda has helped me change my outlook towards the nature....It will be just a formality to mention that they are carrying out their responsibilities towards guest's hospitality with outmost care..special attention are also given towards female tourists so that they feel comfortable in the length of daily journey. My wife has also accompanied me in two of the tours with them..Most importantly I now feel more relaxed in life after discovering the very common natural places in a different way through the eyes of Going wild...cheers & looking forward to many such trips..

It was second my trip with Goingwild, the first one in the Sunderban. I have heard about Mr. Soumyajit Nandy as the best one in Sunderban. So we were eagerly waiting for the trip to meet him. He is a wonderful person, very down to earth. We just enjoyed the trip with him like a good friend. The trip was excellent, everything was well managed. The food was very very tasty. Moving in a boat through the Sunderban was one of the most memorable time of my life. Only disappointment was the sighting of fewer birds species, we were expecting to see more. But overall the trip was a memorable one. Thank you Soumyajit ji for an outstanding trip....hope to see you in another trip in Sunderban soon.....

The trip to Bandhavgarh was generally well organised. The stay was comfortable and the staff at Sun Resort were quite courteous and helpful. May be there is scope of some improvement in communication between your contact person there and the staff of the resort about arrival of guests. Though we did not see much in the first 4 safaris but the next 3 were highly successful. Specially sighting of Dotty was memorable.

I have just reached home after my first outing with GoingWild, escorted by Dibyendu Ash. The whole trip was very well coordinated, and conducted by Dibyendu, even at the cost of his personal discomfort. He is gifted with an excellent disposition, and friendliness. Armed with good knowledge of Birds and the terrain, he guided us to a really helpful sojourn. He spared no effort in making us comfortable. A good company, he maintained a friendly atmosphere over the whole period. I have been on several tours prior to this, but none was better conducted. And nothing can come near this on a value-for-money basis.

I did two trips with Goingwild,in Sikkim and Sunderban. Both trips were extremely successful.Everything was perfectly planned,from transports to stay.Moreover, the hospitality of the mentors and locals were amazing. Mentors are extremely knowledgeable, helping(And I mean it) and friendly.I've learnt a lot of things about wildlife, photograhy and conservation from them.Tours were planned in such a way that it ensured the guests will return home with a bag full of images and a heart full of sweet, thrilling memories.I must add one thing more,the meals!They were excellent to say the least.In both Sikkim and Sunderban. Just imagine a good dinner on a boat in Sunderban or a sumptuous lunch after a brilliant birding session in Sikkim!Looking forward to more trips with Goingwild.

I just had my first trip with Goingwild and it was undoubtedly one of the best wildlife trips I've had till now! From Hospitality, to food and of course the wildlife safari, everything was absolutely awesome. It was a very successful trip, came back with a bag full of images and got to learn a lot about wildlife and birding! Thanks a lot GoingWild. Looking forward to join your next trips as well. :)

My wife and me did a Birding Trip with GoingWild in the month of June 2015 to East Sikkim (Zuluk & Nathang Valley). I found Dibyendu Ash who was leading the trip to be extremely knowledgeable both of the terrain and the birds that we got to see at close quarters. What amazed me time and again was his ability to identify birds from listening to their calls and his ability to get us close without alarming the birds which resulted in us taking some stunning pictures. We were fortunate to get over a 100 spices which Dibyendu managed to identify with ease. The trip was well organized and the accommodation adequate. I would highly recommend him to those who are serious birders and are looking to get the most bang for their buck.

Ranthambore Tour (13th-17th of June 2015) was the best wildlife tour attended by me so far. I did my due diligence and found out that Team Going Wild was having a fabulous year and a half as far as sightings are concerned. Made up my mind that my next tour would be with them only. I was in US and contacted them as soon as I as sure of my return date. Though they has a tour planned already, I requested them to accommodate me a few days earlier as I wanted to go straight to Ranthambore after landing in Delhi. It was a tough ask because of how crowded RTR is in peak season but Tamanud managed the bookings. i also thank Tamanud for bearing with my frequent changes in plans and coordinating with me was difficult due to different in time zones. Overall booking experience was very smooth and clear. He also managed to book the services of the no.1 naturalist in RTR for all 5 days. Now straight to the safaris: Day 1 - Sighting of 3 tigers (2 males and 1 female). 1 male was walking with a deer kill. the other male was lying under a tree. Highlight of Day 1 was Laila/T41 who walked right opposite of vehicle and drank water in the rain. We got some magical frames of her drinking water. Day 2,3 - Krishna Cubs . Multiple sightings and 100s of images of them sitting, stalking a mongoose and then I also made a video of one of the female cubs stalking the deer. Day 4 - By far it was the longest sighting of almost 2 hours. T25 / the bold Dollar male first resting under a tree, then walking to the water for a drink, then cooling off in the water and then territory marking and then head on walk ... basic every possible angle we got of him. Day 5 - We got a beautiful habitat shot of Krishna.. the mother of the cubs. Other animals on the trip : Chittals, sambar deer, indian gazelle, Wild boar, jackals, Fish owl, Scops owl, Pita, Paradise flycatcher, fantail, painted storks, marsh crocodile etc. The accommodation arranged by them was very comfortable (Ac room where the Ac actually worked), clean toilets and very nice home style food. I couldn't have been compensated in a better way for traveling straight from Washington to Ranthambore. It was such an exciting trip that I forgot about my jet lag with so much adrenaline flowing in each safari and I am very thankful to Tamanud and the Going Wild team for making it happen. Will highly recommend them.

"Zuluk-Nathang Valley Bird Photography Tour" was my first trip with Going Wild and this is for sure the beginning for many future tours. The trip was well organized including accommodation, food and transport. Thanks to Dibyendu for the great experience. I leave it to the readers of my comment to guess how must have been the trip when we have sighted and photographed more than 6 male and 4 female Monals, all the species of Parrotbills, Satyr Tragopan,....etc etc more than 78 species of birds and 4 species of mammals. In short...our trip was like a box office hit :) :)

I feel extreme pleasure in stating that my maiden trip to ;bandhavgarh from May 7th to May 10th was a remarkable experience, all kudos to Goingwild team, especially Mr.Tamanund Mitra.You guys have the right passion, motivation to make a wildlife tour, and your approach to satisfy clients, with proper knowledge is worth mentioning. I, being an ardent wildlife lover, sharing the same passion with you all, is very much looking forward for more adventures in near future.last but the least, I wish to have the pleasure to gift you guys some frames consisting of memories of a delightful and mesmerising trip, worth mentioning, which included my maiden tiger sighting.Wish you guys a great future ahead.Thanks.....