Every sighting tells a story.

India's forests are watched every day by the people who love them — guides, photographers, naturalists and weekend travellers. Most of what they see is never written down. IndianJungleLogs exists to change that.

Why we built this

Hi, I'm Prajwal B, the creator and sole developer behind Indian Jungle Logs. I'm a 23-year-old working professional in a private company, but my true passion has always been the wild. For the past 2 to 3 years, I've been an avid birder and a deeply invested wildlife enthusiast. I build and maintain this entire platform during my weekends and after office hours, fueled purely by my love for nature. I do not charge anything for this platform and maintain the website entirely from my own expenses.

As a constant safari goer, I often found myself frustrated and confused about sightings. I would constantly wonder: What was spotted today? Where was it seen? Did anyone catch a glimpse of that elusive leopard? Most of the tracking was heavily scattered—I'd rely on conversations with safari drivers, the ticket counter, private WhatsApp groups, or checking in with nearby resorts and package organizers just to figure out what was happening in the jungle. This chaotic, fragmented process is how the idea for this website was born.

During my visits to Bandipur National Park, I noticed they used to maintain a physical whiteboard detailing what animals were recently spotted. That simple board, combined with my struggle to find reliable sighting info, was the spark for this entire project. I realized that we needed a digital, accessible version of that board—a real-time ledger of the jungle. But I didn't just want to build a tracking tool; I wanted to build a thriving community. A place where wildlife lovers, photographers, and casual tourists could come together, share their experiences, validate sightings, and celebrate the incredible biodiversity of our country.

Log the field, fast

A checklist builder that already knows what lives where — tigers and leopards first at Bandipur, snow leopards at Hemis — so you're picking, not typing.

Your photographs, kept

Photos stay attached to the sighting that earned them, compressed for the road and never lost to a full camera roll.

Works without signal

Forests don't have bars. Log offline and everything syncs the moment you're back in range.

A shared record

Follow the parks you care about, see what others logged this morning, and browse the community's field diaries.

Careful with location

Rare and threatened species attract the wrong attention. Sensitive sightings are handled with that in mind.

Pointed at conservation

We surface the organisations doing the actual protection work, so a sighting can turn into support.

Where we cover

Every notified national park, tiger reserve and wildlife sanctuary across India is on the map — from Ladakh's snow leopard country to the Sundarbans' tidal forest. Our deepest data sits with the flagship reserves first, and it grows as the community logs more.