Our journey to Ranthambhore National Park was bumpy! Despite the bumps Dad and I were feeling better. We drove through several villages and watched the villagers harvest wheat. Trucks and tractors they called Gypsies had enormous pouches that ballooned out to twice the size of the truck. All full of wheat!
We arrived at Tiger Den Resort and prepared for our first tiger safari. We met Jane and Stetson from Miami and had a great time visiting and exploring the wild. We saw monkies with black faces, giant antelope, herds of spotted and summer deer, crocodiles, colorful birds, eagles, kingfishers, parakeets, and peacocks, But, no tiger sightings. We had a safari planned for the next morning and promised Jane and Stetson a picture if we saw a tiger.
On our second safari tour we met a couple from Sri Lanka. We started the tour with the same wildlife sightings but did not stop for pictures. Our guide spotted fresh tiger tracks. He knew they were fresh because they were on top of old tire tracks. Our jeep drove down a dry river bed and saw another jeep. Our guide then said, "We got a tiger!". Garrett and I were so suprised we almost yelled. The tiger was sitting about 20 feet away lounging in the water. We took so many pictures our memory card was almost full. We learned the tiger was a tigress, #39 in the national park. The guide wanted to get better pictures and was nice enough to drive us over closer to the tiger. This was unexpected! This time we got to see her face. She got bored and did a small leap out of the water. Then we took more pictures and watched her walk to another spot to nap. Our guide thought we might be able to catch another glimpse so we took off in our jeep. He said, "hold on tight" and raced to another spot. We were all popping up in the air as we flew about 60km/hr down the safari trail. Garrett thought it was the best ride ever!
We arrived at Tiger Den Resort and prepared for our first tiger safari. We met Jane and Stetson from Miami and had a great time visiting and exploring the wild. We saw monkies with black faces, giant antelope, herds of spotted and summer deer, crocodiles, colorful birds, eagles, kingfishers, parakeets, and peacocks, But, no tiger sightings. We had a safari planned for the next morning and promised Jane and Stetson a picture if we saw a tiger.
On our second safari tour we met a couple from Sri Lanka. We started the tour with the same wildlife sightings but did not stop for pictures. Our guide spotted fresh tiger tracks. He knew they were fresh because they were on top of old tire tracks. Our jeep drove down a dry river bed and saw another jeep. Our guide then said, "We got a tiger!". Garrett and I were so suprised we almost yelled. The tiger was sitting about 20 feet away lounging in the water. We took so many pictures our memory card was almost full. We learned the tiger was a tigress, #39 in the national park. The guide wanted to get better pictures and was nice enough to drive us over closer to the tiger. This was unexpected! This time we got to see her face. She got bored and did a small leap out of the water. Then we took more pictures and watched her walk to another spot to nap. Our guide thought we might be able to catch another glimpse so we took off in our jeep. He said, "hold on tight" and raced to another spot. We were all popping up in the air as we flew about 60km/hr down the safari trail. Garrett thought it was the best ride ever!
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