Ranthambhore National Park is the only dry deciduous tiger habitat in the world and best place to see the tigers in their natural habita. The park is one of the finest tiger reserves in the country where more visitors spending a couple of nights are likely to spot one of these majestic animals, THE ROYAL BENGAL TIGERS. Once, a private tiger reserve of the Maharaja of Jaipur, in 1972 the sanctuary came under the Project Tiger scheme.
It covers 410 sq. km and runs from the easternmost spur of the Aravalli to the Vindhya Ranges. It has both the old fort and the wildlife sanctuary, also known as Sawai Madhopur, after the town, which has some Jain temples with gilded paintings. Apart from tigers you can see herds of Chital and Sambar deer and sounders of wild boar, Nilgai antelope and Chinkara gazelles. There is also sloth bear, a few leopards and crocodiles. Extensive bird life includes spur fowl, jungle fowl, partridges, quails, crested serpent eagle, woodpeckers, flycatchers etc. There are also water birds like storks, ducks and geese at the lakes and waterholes. A photographers delight and a naturalist’s paradise!
