A personal experience of a trip to Ranthambore national park. The spell was such that I wish to share it with others.
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Author: Pallavi Rathore
It is so fascinating how a destination can inspire you to witness the “art of god-the nature” and appreciate it. Experiencing the nature at its rawest is the most enchanting one. A trip to Ranthambore national park has definitely changed my perception of looking at the world around us. It is situated in Sawai Madhopur district of southeastern Rajasthan, about 130 km from Jaipur. Ranthambhore became a national park in 1980.
The day starts early in the morning for a trip to the park. Situated between aravali hills and vindhya, ranthambore comprises of hills and lakes,the park is covered with deciduous forest,with a wide diversity of flora and fauna.it is a home to more than 200 species of birds.
I was offered guidance in the very beginning to be alert, to keep it clean,and definitely not to jump out of the vehicle. The excitement begins when the location of the tiger is ascertained and the catch begins. The call of the chital determines how close you are to the tiger and the pug marks keep you going. The most important attribute is the patience that a wildlife traveler has to have and I being a beginner was maintaining it pretty well. I came across 2 pugmarks of a tiger and of a panther which are completely different from each other.if you are lucky enough you witness the beauty of d creature. The moment I saw the tiger I could not take my eyes off it. It was definitely the most beautiful thing I had seen.and the very fact of their extinction feared me. The safari continued. The chital ,especially the white one was an exception, sambhar and the neel gaai were commonly spotted you could find them in groups by the waterbed. padam talab,maliktalab and rajgarh are the names of the lakes of ranthambore along which huge crocodiles rested .The music of the birds and other species of the jungle had cast a spell on me.
Apart from the exotic wildlife were the structures built in the forest, a beautiful red sandstone structure ,jogi mahal ,located at the edge of padam talab with a gigantic banyan tree in the front, the vastness,strength and dignity of the tree standing alone proclaims by itself that it is the the second largest tree in India and it appears to be proud of it.
The villagers and the tigers seemed friendly and thus it continued.
We were still left to visit the ranthambore fort which lies 700ft above the plains.on my way up I learned the history and was bewitched by the tales of this glorious fort.
While returning from ranthambore I promised myself I would come again.
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Interesting read – but you will need to watch out for grammatical errors and wrong usage of words . Fo example – “very fact of their extinction feared me” etc. need to be corrected.