Ranthambore National Park

Following Agra we headed southward in search of wild Bengal tigers within the beautiful confines of Ranthambore National Park. The park is a sanctuary for the tigers where they can roam free without the worry of poachers and hunters who've driven the cats to near extinction across Asia. Now the tigers need only worry about the many safari jeeps that carry lookieloos like us thru the park to catch a glimpse of the big cats.

We took a four-hour naturalist-guided tour of the park in the late afternoon and didn't see a tiger. Ingrid was ready for action with her Junior Explorer utility vest and tiger t-shirt. Tillie was secure in her car seat with the animal print sun visor, perfect 'safari camoflauge.' We saw tiger poop, tiger paw prints and animals that had been beaten up by tigers, but no actual tigers. I'd say I was disappointed but the park was so beautiful and we saw so many other animals that it almost didn't even matter to me that we see a tiger. Antelope, deer, monkeys, warthogs. And with the big banyan trees, historic ruins, and grassy plains it really felt like we were driving straight through The Jungle Book. So, no tigers so I thought I'd post a couple of random tiger pictures I found on Google.