Example of a Field Trip Report: An Essay

The current assignment report is to highlight wildlife and cultural heritage visits in Ranthambore National Park and Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary.

Some time ago known as Bharatpur Fledgling Haven, Keoladeo Ghana National Park is situated in Bharatpur, Rajasthan. It is a man-made wetland made in the mid-eighteenth century. During the 1850s, the territory remained as a waterfowl chasing ground for the Royals of Bharatpur. It was built up as a national park on 10 Walk 1982 and appointed as a feathered creature asylum on 13 Walk 1976. It was proclaimed a World Legacy Site by UNESCO in 1985. Keoladeo National Park is arranged toward the eastern piece of Rajasthan and is roughly 2 kms south-east of Bharatpur. The Recreation center is spread over a territory of 29 sq. kilometers. The zone is secured with dry fields, forests, forest marshes and wetlands. It is home to more than 300 species of flying creatures and another 300 types of verdure. The region has a large number of transient winged animals for the winters and the rearing season. It has been an unparallel reproducing site for neighborhood winged creatures like herons, storks and cormorants. Additionally, it is a significant wintering ground for enormous quantities of transient ducks. It has been expressed as one of the most extravagant feathered creature territories of the world. Be that as it may, because of expanding populace thickness and settlement of around 15 towns in the fringe of the recreation center, the specialists are confronting an extraordinary trouble in keeping up a cradle zone and thus the greenery has endured a shot. This park was once home to the uncommon Siberian cranes. They were known to live all through the Indo-Gangetic fields of India, however is accounted for to be scarcely found in the region now. On account of its notoriety of being probably the best fledgling watching locales of Asia, the territory is visited by in excess of 100,000 guests consistently, of which, around 45,000 are remote voyagers. The recreation center stays open from dawn to nightfall around the year. Despite the fact that the best time to visit the Asylum is from August to November to observe the occupant winged creatures and from October to February to get seeing transitory winged creatures. The sorts of safaris gave at the recreation center are elephant safaris, jeep rides and rickshaw safaris. The specialists have likewise as of late presented cycling administrations costing Rs. 50 for 4hrs.

Ranthambore National Park is one of the most famous and greatest national parks of northern India. Situated in the southeastern region of Rajasthan, Sawai Madhopur, it is arranged where the Aravali run meets the level of Vindhyas. It is a good way off of around 130 km from Jaipur. Before being built up as a secured region, this spot used to be the chasing justification for the royals of Jaipur. It was proclaimed as an untamed life asylum in 1957 and was added to 'Undertaking Tiger' in 1974 with the attention on assurance of the imperiled tigers. The recreation center got its status of a National Park in 1981. After 10 years, in 1992, Keladevi Asylum in the north and Sawai Man Singh Haven in the south were added to the national park making an all-out land inclusion of 1334 sq. kilometers. Ranthambore National Park is celebrated for its Bengal tigers. It is probably the best spot to see these glorious creatures in its characteristic environment. The best occasions for tiger sightings are in the long stretches of November to May. Other fauna incorporates the Indian panther, nilgai, wild hog, sambar, mugger crocodile and chital. The recreation center is loaded up with deciduous woodlands which are trademark instances of the kind of wilderness found in Focal India. Ranthambore has two sorts of safaris, that are the Jeep safaris (06seater) and Lope safaris (20seater) working both in the first part of the day and night. During our outing, we went for an early morning trot safari. Trots oblige pretty much 20 individuals and are joined by visit.

Research Methodology

The methodology used in order to achieve our objectives: 1) observational skills; 2) communication with locals and tour guides; 3) photography; 4) secondary source (Internet for information).

The objective of the field trip was to make ourselves more and more familiar with the nature especially the wildlife of Keoladeo Ghana National Park and Ranthambore National and Heritage visible in Ranthambore Fort.

I gathered theoretical knowledge through books and scholarly articles written by various researchers on Wildlife and Heritage. We worked in groups to understand the characteristics of a rich biodiversity and rich heritage, studying the ecology and heritage of Keoladeo Ghana National Park and Ranthambore National and Heritage at Ranthambore Fort. It really helped us to understand area from the perspective of the biodiversity and rich heritage.

The objectives that we had in mind for this field trip were:

1. To discover the uniqueness of Keoladeo Ghana National Park.
2. To understand the importance of ‘Tiger Project’ through Ranthambore National Park.
3. To analyze the conservation work of ASI in the Ranthambore Fort.

Field Visit

The departure of Amity Institute of Travel and Tourism had organized a field trip to Ranthambore for masters in travel and tourism management 2nd semester student. The trip was in accordance with our curriculum. Our filed trip was confined of following destination: Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, Ranthambore Tiger Reserver and Ranthambore Fort.

Primary Data

Data observed or collected directly from first-hand experience is called primary data. This report consists of some primary data collection in the form of interaction with tourist and service providers of tourism industry. Sightseeing during the educational tour further helped in believing to the information provided by them. I tried to interact with the foreign tourist on the attractions about their views and also interacted with the local people.

Secondary Data

Published data and data collected in the past is called secondary data. This report also consists of secondary data featured in a magazine, pamphlets and website to provide import details regarding the visit. The communication with the local community and getting knowledge about their livelihood activities. Accumulating of abstract through Internet like ‘Incredible India’, travel forums, journals and newspapers.

Leaning Outcome

This field trip conducted as part of our curriculum has been a learning experience. It has provided us with some much needed on field skills and gave us a practical experience on how tours are conducted and various other related topics. Following are the learning outcomes from this field trip:

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Place Order

• Basics on conducting a group tour. As we were a strength of 120 students along with 5 faculties, planning this trip has given us an idea on how to conduct group tours and activities.
• It has helped us understand bulk bookings and benefits related of it.
• We have learnt the importance of time management while dealing with large group on tours.
• We have learnt the importance of ‘Tiger Project’ through the functioning of Ranthambore National Park.
• We have also gathered information on how ASI is working towards conservation of the heritage sites from the visit to Ranthambore Fort.
• It was an opportunity to learn and experience the rich heritage of Rajasthan and its wildlife.

Limitations

Although the whole tour was well planned and executed in an organized manner. It covered all the major attractions along with historical temples and Fort which fulfils the purpose of the field trip for students. Our faculties took care of our preference during the meals.

But yes, the field trip suffered from small number of limitations, which are as follows:

• The money taken for the field trip was not worth it.
• Lack of time management.
• Travelling to the destination took much time than exploring the destination.
• Group tour lacked coordination among members, hence time management became difficult.

Field Trip to Ranthambore and Bharatpur

Getting its name from the pictorial fortification inside, Ranthambore National Park is one of the most prestigious national parks. Found where the Aravali Range and level of the Vindhyas meet, Ranthambore National Park was once where the royals of Jaipur chased. The national park is additionally viewed as an unmistakable legacy site because of the antiquated remains discovered inside. The town of Sawai Madhopur is the portal to the national park with a flourishing biodiversity set among old strict structures, a few man-made lakes and stylishly disintegrating cenotaphs. In spite of the fact that flanked by the Banas Stream toward the north and the Chambal Waterway toward the south, the numerous lakes inside are not taken care of by both of the waterways' waters. Keoladeo National Park or Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary sometimes in Rajasthan, India is popular bird sanctuary that has a large number of birds particularly throughout the winter season. Numerous types of winged animals are known to be lasting inhabitant here and visiting transitory fowls including water feathered creatures are generally observed. It has migratory birds from November to February.

We reached Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary around 1 pm on 3rd of march. We collected entry ticket which costed 20 rupees for students. We could either walk, take a rickshaw or cycle inside the bird sanctuary. The cost of cycle was 50 rupees for4 hours and the cost of rickshaw was rupees 150 per person for 1 hour. I personally took a cycle and was riding the entire tour of the bird sanctuary. I cycled for 5 kms and reached a lake where there were few birds and lots of buffaloes. And on top each buffalo there was a bird sitting on top. With the help of binoculars, we spotted a few Siberian cranes in the bird sanctuary. We spent around 2 hours in the bird sanctuary. And then we proceeded to have lunch.

We reached Ranthambore 9 pm at night on 3rd march. We ate dinner and directly proceeded to our allocated rooms and slept. The next morning at 7 am we went for jeep safari to Ranthambore tiger reserve. In our jeep there were 21 members along with our tour guide. There were only few classmates of mine, rest were foreigners. We went to Zone 2. There are 10 gates for the tiger reserve. There are more than 70 tigers in this reserve. 80% of the land of the tiger reserve is owned by the govt of India. Each tiger has its own area or plot of land. They mark their territory was urinating on the boundary of their land. A family of tiger shares their territory with each other. We saw 3 tigers in our jeep safari. One was a female tiger. Her number was 84. And later on, we saw 2 female tiger cubs. They were daughter of 84 number tiger. Her name is arrowhead, this name is given to her because she has an arrow type mark on her forehead.

Our guide was D.P Sharma. He is a local of Ranthambore. He has worked for 10 years as a guide. He was an excellent guide. He knew which zone to go and when to go to the place where we could locate tigers. The safari was for 3 hours. After that we came back to the hotel and had breakfast and took rest. After having lunch, we went to see the Ranthambore Fort. We went by jeep to see the fort. After stopping at the we went walking. The fort was in ruins. There was nothing much to see. There were 2 temples inside the fort. One was Lord Shiva Temple and another was Lord Hanuman’s Temple. There was big garden inside the fort. The view from the fort was breathtaking. We could see Padam Paloa Lake. There were lots of monkeys and parrots in the fort. There were local vendors selling souvenirs to the tourist. We spent around 3 hours in the fort.

We came back to the hotel and freshened up had dinner and slept. next morning by 9 am we left Bharatpur and headed towards our college.

Itinerary

Field Trip to Ranthambore (3th March, 2020 to 5th March, 2020):

• Day 1: Bus will be waiting at Gate NO 4A. Amity University. Pick up time: 5:30 am. Drive for 8 to 9 hours depending on the traffic. check in upon arrival. Tea will be served. Dinner at hotel. Overnight stay at hotel.
• Day 2: Morning safari at 7 am to 10 am. Back to hotel after safari. Breakfast at hotel. Lunch at hotel. Trip to Ranthambore Fort. Tea will be served later in the evening. Bonfire at the hotel, DJ evening and dinner.
• Day 3: Breakfast at hotel. Check out from hotel. Drive back to original pick-up point.

Conclusion

Rajasthan is known for its culture and heritage and has achieved the status of one of the nation's most fascinating tourist site on the world tourism map. In light of its rich historical, cultural and natural legacy, combined with different fairs and festivals, Rajasthan has become one of the most visited tourist destinations of the country. Through this trip we had the opportunity to experience this richness and culture.

Also, we had hands on experience on operations management and tour planning. As the bookings, transportation and accommodation were all done by the students, this trip proved to be a learning experience on how to conduct a group tour. This trip also helped us understand crowd management and the various benefits and difficulties that comes with it. This trip gave us the opportunity to witness the hard work done by the forest department and ‘Tiger Project’ and learn about the workings of a national park. We had to opportunity to interact with the tour guides and gather some first-hand information. And to witness the tigers in their natural hebetate in Ranthambore National Park was astounding.

Overall, it was a fulfilling trip both from educational and enjoyment point of view. It was also a bonding experience for the students.