Ranthambore

 

Next stop was Ranthambore which is the home of Ranthambore national park. A 392km² area which is in turn is the home of around 30 Tigers. We’d met several people along our travels who’d been to the park and had seen tigers, though we’d met many more who had been and had seen nothing; We didn’t have high hopes, but we were going to give it a try.

 

We set off for the Safari at 6am on a large open-topped truck that could seat about 20 people.

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We drove around the park for a couple of hours. Stopping every now and then so our guides could listen for signs of Tigers. After a couple of minutes the engine would roar to life again and we’d be on the move. Our guides alerted us to sounds of monkeys – apparently it was a sign of distress they make when they see a predator (hopefully a tiger!)

 

We’d been driving around the park for around two and a half hours and we’d lost what little hope we’d had of seeing a tiger … then we turned a corner and saw two – which was nice!

 

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Needless to say we were extremely happy and lucky to see then so it was 15 pounds (a large amount of money for travelling round India) well spent!

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