Perhaps a little risky in certain parts of the park, walking safaris are again part of the package and take various forms. We only did one early morning walk and it was a waste of time as the mist was in so far that we didn’t see anything but did manage to make ourselves easy targets for leeches which were waiting in the grasses - on the subject of leeches, don’t pull them off - if they’ve bitten you sprinkle them with salt and they'll fall off straight away - if you pull them off they’ll leave their teeth in you and the bleeding will last much longer. The mist stayed with us every morning of our visit so no more walks were offered at that time. One of the best walks we did though was towards the end of the afternoon from the tented camp - a few of our group were interested in birdwatching and came away stunned from having seen over 50 species of bird in only three hours - that's the speciality of the tented camp because of its location so far away from human habitation. Although we never saw any tigers on our trip we did see plenty of tracks crossing the muddy trails near the tented camp - some of which the guide reckoned were only a few hours old - something which he chose to tell us once we'd returned to the camp.
The last form of walk undertaken involved next to no wildlife at all - the purpose being more cultural, being a visit to the local village where we were told about the style of agriculture, how agriculture and settlements are regulated in the wildlife park, how houses are built and so on - all a bit unexpected after the remoteness of the tented camp experience but quite interesting to see mud brick buildings with TV aerials bolted to their roofs! Although it’s a bit like voyeurism, don’t be too concerned as the villagers obtain substantial income from the wildlife camps in the form of employment and infrastructure development funded by visitor fees; they also are involved in dancing demonstrations and the like.