Journalism of Courage
After a night of traditional music and dance, The Duke and the Duchess of Cambridge, headed out in a jeep Wednesday morning into the wilds of remote northeast India for a wildlife safari to see rhinos, elephants and more.
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and his wife Catherine (Kate), Duchess of Cambridge feed rhino calves during a visit to the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) near Kaziranga National Park, Assam on Wednesday. (Source: PTI)
Catherine (Kate), Duchess of Cambridge feeds a rhino calf during a visit to the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) near Kaziranga National Park, Assam on Wednesday. (Source: PTI)
They were seen enjyoing the jeep safari inside the Kaziranga National Park of Assam. PTI Photo
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and his wife Catherine (Kate), Duchess of Cambridge pose with forest officials inside the Kaziranga National Park of Assam. PTI Photo
Prince William and his wife, the former Kate Middleton, spent several hours at the Kaziranga National Park in hopes of drawing attention to the plight of endangered animals, including the park's 2,200-population of a rare, one-horned rhinos. PTI photo
Dressed in cotton casuals and wearing local Assamese hand-woven gamochas, or scarves, around their necks, the British royal couple looked relaxed as they sat in the back of the open jeep driving through park during the hot and humid morning. PTI photo
The royal couple was joined by a park official acting as a guide on a tour across dirt tracks, tall grasslands and thick evergreen forest.They met a group of forest rangers and wildlife wardens at an anti-poaching camp inside the 480-square-kilometer (185-square-mile) reserve. PTI photo
The prince tried to play a traditional bamboo jaw harp, a vibrating reed instrument, between his lips. ``I need some more practice,'' he told the group of musicians. PTI photo
Will and Kate had arrived Tuesday evening at the 12-cottage jungle resort where they stayed. PTI photo
Kate enjoying with a kid at Kaziranga. PTI photo
They were entertained by a presentation of traditional Bihu dance. The Assamese New Year of Bihu began Wednesday, a time of song, dance and merry-making among most of the state's 31 million people. PTI photo
William and Kate will now head the Taj Mahal, retracing the steps of a 1992 visit to the monument of love by William's mother, the late Princess Diana. PTI photo
