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Every year when gates of Corbett close it feels as though a long journey has come to an end and a sense of nostalgia and a rush of emotions begin to build up within you. This period gives the park its time to rejuvenate itself and the tourist’s time to look back at what a wonderful journey they have been on....

As I round off the Bandhavgarh season 2016, it occurred to me to revisit the Season round off of 2015 and the Tigerwalah prediction. The Tigerwalah 2015 prediction: The Park will see Tala rebound gloriously, Magdhi continue to rock, expect to see 15+ Cubs next season. The season will be like never before…and the females ...

October 2nd my first safari of season, after roaming around for two hours we were having breakfast in Sondar camp. My guide heard a frantic sambar’s call from baiga nallah side and informed me, we packed up immediately and rushed towards the nallah, parked our vehicle on moala road and within five minutes a huge male came...

My first ever visit to Kanha National Park. This was a last-minute trip with different objective but there is always scope for an unplanned safari 🙂 right? provided you are able to manage permits. Thankfully being a weekday it was a smooth affair & i was all set for my first safari at one of the most famous parks of In...

All sub adult tigers at Ranthambore finally have a new identity of their own. Apart from being known as male/female cub of T xx, all the sub adult tigers at RTR have been assigned a T- No of their own. Forest department has released a list of 16 new T no’s for all sub adult cubs at Ranthambhore, starting from T76 till T91...

After obliging visitors on heavy rush weekend, the first family of Ranthambhore is enjoying their little private vacation around lakes. Like her ever obliging mother, the current queen T19 also gave darshan to her followers with her little ones for 3-4 days continuously. As the crowd descended, came in the news of her loosing o...

Queen Machli does not need any introduction whatsoever, after all she is a living legend herself and is immensely responsible for not only survival and growth of tiger population in Ranthambore and Sariska but also in making Ranthambore a world famous wildlife destination....

I have been visiting Ranthambhore regularly since 1983, when very few people even in India had heard about it. As a result I’ve seen many, many changes, not always for the better. And I have grown to love the place more than any other, a love that planted its seed on my very first drive in the park. I got to know the park...

The lakes at Ranthambore have witnessed many things around them, some happy moments when small cubs play for hours on its banks without any fear in presence of mother, some spectacular ones like Ghenges Khan- a famous male hunting down sambhar deer in broad day OR Machli’s legendary fight with crocodile on it’s ban...

A view of zone 10 in monsoon Zone 10 is finally a reality now. Located in Sawai Man Singh Sanctuary of Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, this zone would be known as Aantri. Starting from Hallonda this zone would cover areas like Hallonda guard post, Baas khori, Aantri and would end at Devpura Dam covering a stretch of approximately ...