Day 148 (Sat 2 Dec) - Ranthambore
Up bright and early at 5.45am. Still dark and cold.
Bundled into our jeep with our driver and guide. Picked up a fellow Brit, Noel, from a nearby hotel and entered Ranthambore.
Ranthambore is set up so that when your jeep arrives you are given a set route to drive, designated by a number. We got our number and headed off.
At this time of the morning the forest resembled Epping Forest back home. Very beautiful. At various points the guide stopped to talk to the forest wardens to try and find the best place to see the tigers.
Whizzed round the tracks but saw no cats. Although we did see their pug marks. Saw loads of other animals though ( >[1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7] ).
Got back to the hotel about 10.30am where we had breakfast. We went for a walk to the main town to find an ATM a walk of some 4km in the baking heat. The town itself is dusty and very busy. Quite a good feel to the place.
Got a rickshaw back to the hotel and waited around for our next drive. Picked up Noel again and as we waited for our guide to sort out the route three other Indian tourists joined us in the jeep. A little cramped but ok.
A comic moment ensued when Noel pulled out his Nikon digital SLR complete with a whacking great telephoto lens. He explained that he had bought this camera especially for the tigers. Sarb felt slightly deflated with his camera but soon felt a little better when the Indian tourists started delving in their bags and progressively pulled out larger and larger cameras. The largest resembled an astronomical telescope. Noel looked crestfallen!
The reserve is absolutely amazing in the afternoon light. As we traveled around we heard monkeys 'barking' and peacocks making a comical sounding honk that signaled a tiger maybe nearby.
No tigers although we did see a massive and recent tiger kill. Really gave us some pause for thought as we saw the size of the carcass!
Returned to the hotel and had an excellent dinner.
Bundled into our jeep with our driver and guide. Picked up a fellow Brit, Noel, from a nearby hotel and entered Ranthambore.
Ranthambore is set up so that when your jeep arrives you are given a set route to drive, designated by a number. We got our number and headed off.
At this time of the morning the forest resembled Epping Forest back home. Very beautiful. At various points the guide stopped to talk to the forest wardens to try and find the best place to see the tigers.
Whizzed round the tracks but saw no cats. Although we did see their pug marks. Saw loads of other animals though ( >[1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7] ).
Got back to the hotel about 10.30am where we had breakfast. We went for a walk to the main town to find an ATM a walk of some 4km in the baking heat. The town itself is dusty and very busy. Quite a good feel to the place.
Got a rickshaw back to the hotel and waited around for our next drive. Picked up Noel again and as we waited for our guide to sort out the route three other Indian tourists joined us in the jeep. A little cramped but ok.
A comic moment ensued when Noel pulled out his Nikon digital SLR complete with a whacking great telephoto lens. He explained that he had bought this camera especially for the tigers. Sarb felt slightly deflated with his camera but soon felt a little better when the Indian tourists started delving in their bags and progressively pulled out larger and larger cameras. The largest resembled an astronomical telescope. Noel looked crestfallen!
The reserve is absolutely amazing in the afternoon light. As we traveled around we heard monkeys 'barking' and peacocks making a comical sounding honk that signaled a tiger maybe nearby.
No tigers although we did see a massive and recent tiger kill. Really gave us some pause for thought as we saw the size of the carcass!
Returned to the hotel and had an excellent dinner.
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12/02/2006 01:07:00 pm
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