Situated in Eastern Rajasthan, where the Aravali Hill ranges and the Vindhyan plateau meet, the Ranthambhore National Park was once the hunting preserve of the Maharajas of Jaipur. The park's abandoned fortress, lakes and above all it's "friendly" tigers has allegedly made it one of the most filmed wildlife reserves in the world.
Ranthambore National park is supposed to be famous for its tigers and in theory it is one of the best places in the country to see them in the wild. However, it turns out that they are not so easily spotted, especially during the day. The park covers an area of nearly 400 sq. km. and we covered significant portions of it on a "canter", a bus with it's roof cut off that is supposed to give you that nice safari feel.
The area was beautiful but alas no tigers were spotted.
We arrived really late at night from Jaipur, we were pretty much brain dead
One of the grossest things I've ever eaten - potato stuffed naan with strawberry jam on top - doesn't it look like raw skin or something
They woke me up at the butt crack of dawn to go on safari - I was not a happy camper
Don't we look butch
Tiger print! We are on the right trail
Monkey - Loads of these
I really had to pee ok - I could have been marking my territory or something
Lots of ugly dear like animals
Abandoned Mughal Hunting Lodge
No tigers were seen, but we had fun nonetheless
Like I said, at least it was very scenic
Leaving our hotel, we got the distinct impression that the staff was going to miss us. They even gave Adi flowers!
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