by Thomas | Dec 5, 2021 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, North India, Ranthambore
After the spectacular sighting of the Tiger Queen of Ranthambore, popularly known as Arrowhead, in the afternoon, we set out to get a glimpse out the twin princesses of Ranthambore. The local guides in the Ranthambore National park affectionally call them Riddhi and...
by Thomas | Nov 28, 2021 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, North India, Ranthambore
Continuing from where we left off in the previous post, the Queen of Ranthambore, Arrowhead made a grand appearance and emerged from the tall grass in full view of the many jeeps that were waiting to get a glimpse of her. Fortunately for her, she chose the exact spot...
by Thomas | Nov 21, 2021 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, North India, Ranthambore
We were on the first drive of our last trip to the Ranthambore National Park. On this trip we had made up our mind that we will begin our drives when there is adequate sunlight to photograph. So no more struggling to spot fauna in the dark hours before dawn. We also...
by Thomas | Dec 9, 2018 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, North India, Ranthambore
This is about yet another exciting encounter with a Tiger at the beautiful Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan. The Tiger walked along the dry stream bed and emerged, as predicted, into the clearing in the exact location as predicted by our driver. And we were...
by Thomas | Nov 11, 2018 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, North India, Ranthambore
While the first Tiger cub walked away from us, a third Tiger, the last of Noor’s cubs in Ranthambore made his appearance in a nonchalant manner. He walked right along the main road. He came up to a rock by the side of the road right behind our vehicle and scent...
by Thomas | Oct 14, 2018 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, North India, Ranthambore
On this afternoon safari in Ranthambore National Park, we decided to go in search of Noor, a popular Tigress. The special interest in this Tigress was because she had four grown up cubs with her that were soon to go their different ways. Noor and her cubs had not been...
by Thomas | Sep 16, 2018 | Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, North India, Ranthambore
After the amazing sighting of Layla, it was time to head back to the lodge for a late breakfast. As we exited the park, we spotted some deer, grazing at a distance; but they looked different. When we got closer, we realised these were the endangered species of Indian...
by Thomas | Aug 19, 2018 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, North India, Ranthambore
After the exciting sighting of the fearless Tiger cub in Zone-2 of Ranthambore; on our next morning safari, we headed towards zone-5. This zone is home to another Tigress, popularly known as Layla. Our search took us to an abandoned anti-poaching camp at the top of a...
by Thomas | Jul 22, 2018 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, North India, Ranthambore
The Tiger prince who we sighted in Ranthambore put up a fabulous show for us. He simply wasn’t bothered by the hoard of tourists in the multitude of parked vehicles enjoying the sighting. His siesta was soon to be interrupted by an irritant Crow that kept...
by Thomas | Jun 24, 2018 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, North India, Ranthambore
During one of our safaris in Ranthambore National Park, we went around an area, where a Tiger was spotted the previous day. But today, we saw a handsome Sambar Deer stag standing at the exact spot where the Tiger was seen. After taking a couple of pictures of the...
