We took a train from Agra to Ranthambore with Jeff and Trish and then spent 4 days marveling at wildlife. Ranthambore park was previously the private hunting grounds of princes and kings and is now a national park with a focus on tigers. You can still see the ruins of old castles and hunting lodges adjacent (and in) the lake areas.
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| From the diminutive 'common' Kingfisher... |
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To 14' crocodiles
Machli, one of the most famous tigers in this park is featured on youtube taking on one of these guys after it stole her dinner : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYC_R-tsrEU |
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| On the fourth of five jeep safaris we finally saw the tigers… not one, but three of them. The main attraction was not overrated! |
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| Springbok (the guides liked to call it 'tiger chocolate') |
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| Other tiger food: Blue Antelope (above), Sambar deer (left) and Spotted deer |
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| This mongoose watched us for a few minutes before diving into this old termite mound. The spotted owlet and peacock (did you know they regrow their long feathers annually?) pretty much ignored us. |
Loved these guys (black faced langur). They constantly wrestled, swung from
trees and groomed each other.
We should dedicate a whole blog to birds as there were so many varieties. This lapwing wasn't shy and when our jeep moved closer to the lake it walked toward us to indicate that
we were 'far enough'.
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| Red and green vested photogs |
