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Hi Goosey,
we had an Indian guide and driver that stayed with us during the whole of the two weeks and we also had 'local guides' and rangers that you needed to have in specific reserves - park rules and all that.
To be perfectly honest I was very disappointed with the standard of guiding in the reserves which is not my previous experience in northern India or anywhere in Africa. The local rainforest guides in particular spoke very little English and seemed intent on taking us on a set route but marching off at top speed machete in hand. Simple guiding especially in dense forest like that - you have one guide in front one at the back to prevent people becoming lost. On a couple of occasions I had to gesture for the guide to wait for other members of the group whilst he headed 'off-track' .
The weather on the first week didn't help with the mammal or bird viewing but there was loads of insects and bugs, the guides could have pointed out these! It was pretty much up to me to go spotlighting on evenings where I wasn't dissapointed but would have liked some feedback - any feedback on what the species were. I've identified the Butterflies and Dragonflies I saw using Web sources not the guides knowledge.
On the whole great things to see but the guides need some serious training.
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