If you are looking forward to some great exercise and some wonderful scenery, Walt Disney's World Resorts Animal Kingdom offers up the Maharajah Jungle Trek, a self-guided walking tour of Asian wildlife. Tickets are available for purchase online.
Besides the three separate Asian tiger viewing areas, you will also encounter within the Maharaja Jungle Trek a variety of birds. You would be glad to see these beautiful birds flying freely by fighting with the winds and flirting with the skies.
The nature will overwhelm your heart and soul. Besides birds, there are blackbuck and Elds deer, and a Malayan Tapir—a half black, half white mammal native to the forested regions of Asia.
At the beginning the trek is a Komodo dragon. A good insider tip is to take in the walking trail in the mornings, as this is when the tigers are most active.
The trail resembles the ancient hunting grounds of a wealthy maharaja. Maharaja means "great king," or "high king," and this Disney Maharaja Jungle Trek resembles a wilderness that was enclosed by this particular maharaja, who only was killed later in a tragic hunting accident.
The jungle trek also shows evidence of the British having exploited the area. The serene walk lasts approximately ten minutes, and many people believe that the prettiest, most spiritual area of the Maharaja Jungle Trek brings you into if not the actual heart of India, then at least into the spirit and essence of what India is—Tiger Forest. Paintings hang against decrepit, ancient walls, and there resides a peaceful bridge over the tigers and their quiet pond.
The whole of Disney's Maharajah Jungle Trek focuses on the Indian custom of turning human habitation back over to the Earth's animals. Many American visitors who have actually visited Asia abroad have said that the jungle trek is a good replication of wild places found Nepal, India, Thailand and Indonesia.
The Maharaja Jungle Trek is also accessible to guests confined to wheelchairs or motorized scooters. Maharaja Jungle Trek tickets are available for purchase online and are good for all Disney World Resorts Animal Kingdom attractions and rides. |
