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Popular Things To Do | Other Things To Do Tips | All Tips (33) As with all wildlife encounters nothing is certain, I suggest you take at least 4 days of morning and afternoon drives to guarantee you see a Tiger, otherwise you could dissappointed. Also book with a good company, even the big tour companies promise private jeep rides, but when you get to Ranthambhore many people find that they do not have a private jeep drive. The company we used Tigertrails is the only reliable company on this issue!
We were extremely lucky and saw a Tiger on our first drive in the park. The guide and driver look for pug marks in the tracks, we hear a deer making a warning call, then a monkey warning call.... we drive to where we hear the commotion... and there is the king of beasts! Leave a Comment
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It seems like an eternity before she appears from behind the trees, and although she is out of the forest, now the long grass almost obscures her, despite her great size. Oh, what a beauty she is! I can hardly contain my enthusiasm and I can feel my heart rate increasing as I watch her saunter down towards the lake. Leave a Comment
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Ranthambhore is perfect Leopard country, I reckon there must be more Leopards than Tigers! We didn't see one though. Also the Sloth Bear is common at the right season.. we didn't see one of these either!! See what I mean about wildlife being unpredictable!
There are other animals too, spotted deer, antelope, crocodiles, monkies, mongoose, wild boar, wild dog etc... we saw some of the animals mentioned! Leave a Comment
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Tracking tiger is done by many different means. Every day sightings are recorded at the visitors centre, so by going back to the place it was seen the previous day, you may be lucky. Relying on warning calls by chital and langurs can be very successful, but not in our case. Although we hear the calls and set off in the general direction of the sound – there is no tiger to be found. Oh, the thrill of the chase.
Always on the lookout for pug marks in the sand, the naturalists can determine whether the tiger has passed through here recently, and which direction it took. These very fresh marks are seen along the track leading down to Malik Lake, but despite following the direction of the paw prints – pug marks is all we see. Oh, the thrill of the chase. Leave a Comment
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On the second morning, as we are admiring the birds congregating by Malik Lake, the naturalist gets very excited. “Tiger!” he shouts in a whisper. We can all feel the adrenalin rising and the excitement mounting as we look in the direction he is pointing. There, in amongst the forest, is a huge tigress, strolling along as if she doesn’t have a care in the world. Partly concealed by the trees, it is as if she is ‘burning bright’ as in the poem. She appears to be glowing intensely and beautifully – no camouflage here! Leave a Comment
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Holding my breath for fear of missing just a second of this amazing spectacle, I gasp as she suddenly and with the ease of an agile domestic cat jumps up on the wall of the dam. The incredulity of the swiftness and surprise of the leap has left us all in awe. This really is the ultimate in tiger spotting! Leave a Comment
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It's really fun to take the safari ride on 4WD inside the park. You can hire these four wheel drive vehicles with a driver for between Rs. 600 and Rs. 1000 for one trip consisting of around 3 hours.
What is really nice about this "safari" is that though you may not get to see the tiger in all its glory, you will definitely see a multitude of other fauna.
There are all manner of ungulates from the spectacular Sambhar deer to the Nilghai, the largest ungulate in the world. You will see ospreys and seagulls, which leave you wondering whether you really are in the desert! At the right time of the year, you may also see some Siberian Cranes, here for the winter. Leave a Comment Directions: All over the park...
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She carries on for a couple of seconds towards the lake, before she turns away from us and continues walking in apparent determination, as if she is oblivious to a Cantor full of very thrilled tourists with cameras clicking. What a majestic animal she is! Leave a Comment
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After gracing us with her presence for one minute and 45 seconds, she jumps off the wall and disappears back into the jungle from where she came. We were incredibly blessed with such a wonderful sighting, reasonably close and for a comparatively long time. Now we can go home happy – this is what we came to see. Sigh. Leave a Comment
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Like a cat on a garden fence, she promenades along the top of the dam wall, as if she doesn’t have a care in the world. Perhaps she doesn’t. It is as if time has stopped for me as I watch her graceful feline movements. She is one stunning cat! Leave a Comment
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