Ranthambore National Park, India 5th January 2022

After our visit to the Fort in Ranthambore, we went on three three-hour safaris in the Park.  Safaris can either be in six-person jeeps or in twenty-person vehicles called canters.  We had two canter and one jeep safari.  Our first safari was an afternoon canter; 18 locals and us.  We didn't expect to see much in the way of wildlife as the vehicle itself was noisy plus lots of chatter.  So you can imagine our surprise when, as we were making our way out of the Park, a tiger walked down the slope onto the path in front of us and continued walking parallel with our vehicle.  After several days in Bardia National Park in Nepal, it was exciting to finally see a tiger.  The three safaris were in different zones within the Park and each had its own landscape; the final one in the jeep climbed high up onto the cliff top with sunshine and blue skies, whilst the early morning safari was bitterly cold and foggy (we had all our cold weather clothes on plus blankets provided by the hotel and we were still cold).  We saw plenty of wildlife including the ubiquitous spotted deer, sambar deer and an antelope we hadn't seen before, plus wild boar, monkeys and an array of birds.