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Ranthambhore Mums and their Broods…

September 14, 2017Big Cats, Conservation, CSR, History, Holiday, Legends of Ranthambhore, Photography, Rajasthan, Ranthambhore, Relais & Chateaux, Sher Bagh, SUJAN, Tiger, Travel, Wildlifecubs, ecosystem, holiday, India, Jaipur, Macchli, Mothers-of-all-cliffhangers, Nature, off-season, Photography, Rajasthan, Ranthambhore, Ranthambhore National Park, Ranthambhore’s Next Generation, Safari, sambar deer, Sher Bagh, SUJAN, SUJÁN Sher Bagh, T19 or Krishna, T39, T39 or Noor, T60, Tiger, Travel, Vedant Thite, Visit Ranthambhore, waterVedant Thite

As the opening of Ranthambhore National Park’s nears ever closer, the excitement heightens as we are soon to be back in the forest catching up with our felines & friends.

Like a popular book ending on a cliffhanger torturing the captivated readers as they wait for the sequel, so too do the seasons in Ranthambhore- as the park gates close during the monsoon months and the forest and all that lives and grows there have some private time away from safari enthusiasts & globetrotters from around the world.

Remembering the Matriarch: Machhli of Ranthambhore (1996-2016)

August 18, 2017Big Cats, Book, Conservation, CSR, History, Legends of Ranthambhore, Photography, Rajasthan, Ranthambhore, Relais & Chateaux, Safari, Sher Bagh, SUJAN, Tiger, Travel, Wildlife, Yusuf Ansari1996 – 2016, ecosystem, Fateh Singh, fish-like mark, holiday, Hot Summers, Jaipur, Jaisal Singh, Machhli, Nature, Photography, Rajasthan, Rajbagh, Ranthambhore, Safari, Sher Bagh, SUJAN, Summer, The Macchli I Knew, Tiger, Travel, Valmik Thapar, Visit Ranthambhore, waterYusuf Ansari

“…Some of the best years of my life were entangled with her life. We had shared some very special moments together and I felt her loss just like I feel the loss of anyone I am close to. Memories flood in, the earliest of which date back to 1997. It was autumn, and Machli was a few months old when I spotted her prancing behind her mother at the edge of Rajbagh, a ruined summer palace in the heart of Ranthambhore. Her mother was a favourite of Fateh Singh, the former field director of the park, and he told me then that she would be a star. It was he who coined her name Macchli as her mother had a fish-like mark on her cheeks that became the daughter’s signature feature.”

Valmik Thapar, “The Macchli I Knew” 28^th August 2016

Part III – Sher Bagh The Eye of the Tiger

August 3, 2017Big Cats, Book, Conservation, CSR, Design, Guest, Guest Blog, History, Holiday, Legends of Ranthambhore, Photography, Rajasthan, Ranthambhore, Recipe, Relais & Chateaux, Safari, Sher Bagh, Simona Quaglia, SUJAN, Tiger, Travel, WildlifeBirders, Birds, ecosystem, Environment, forests, holiday, Jaipur, Nature, Photography, Rajasthan, Safari, SUJAN, Tiger, Travel, Twitchers, Visit Ranthambhore, water, WildlifeGuest

Simona continues her journey across Rajasthan, leaving Jaipur’s palace life behind for a few days in the bush, at Sher Bagh, Ranthambhore, where new adventures await her.

A Week in Pictures: The Last of the Summer Stripes

July 6, 2017Big Cats, Conservation, CSR, History, Holiday, Photography, Rajasthan, Ranthambhore, Relais & Chateaux, Safari, Sher Bagh, SUJAN, Tiger, Travel, Wildlife, Yusuf Ansariecosystem, holiday, Hot Summers, Jaipur, Nature, Photography, Rajasthan, Safari, SUJAN, Summer, Tiger, Travel, Visit Ranthambhore, waterYusuf Ansari

Last week, Ranthambhore National Park closed for the season. Our blog this week shares some snapshots of the end of the summer. The last week was an exciting one, in terms of sightings and images, and the incredible interactions we witnessed. Days before the annual closing – for the monsoon – we received news that Brat, (T19) had been spotted with a new litter of four cubs (her third litter). We cannot wait to see her and her brood once the rains have abated and Ranthambhore is ready to receive visitors again, come October. The residents of the Park now await the monsoons and the dry foliage is almost creaking for rain. We leave you with a few images of some of the resident tigers, taken on our last drives into the Park.

Between Tigers & Palaces: A Week in Pictures

May 18, 2017Big Cats, Book, Conservation, CSR, Cuisine, Design, Festivals, Food, History, Holiday, Legends of Ranthambhore, Photography, Rajasthan, Ranthambhore, Recipe, Relais & Chateaux, Safari, Sher Bagh, SUJAN, SUJÁN Rajmahal Palace, Tiger, Travel, Wildlife, Yusuf AnsariA Capital City, architecture, British Residency, ecosystem, holiday, Hot Summers, Jaipur, Maharajas of Jaipur, Marble, Nature, Photography, Pink City, Rajasthan, Rajasthan’s capital, Safari, SUJAN, SUJÁN Rajmahal Palace, Summer, Tiger, Travel, Visit Ranthambhore, waterYusuf Ansari

One of the most delicious and satisfying itineraries available to travellers in Rajasthan over the next two weeks combines the languor and ease of palace life in Jaipur with exhilarating, adrenalin-pumping thrills in Ranthambhore National Park, just three hours away. Join us, as we to and fro between SUJÁN Rajmahal Palace, Jaipur and Sher Bagh, Ranthambhore on a visual merry-go-round this week.

Are Hot Summers the Coolest Time to Visit Ranthambhore?

April 27, 2017Conservation, CSR, Design, History, Holiday, Legends of Ranthambhore, Photography, Rajasthan, Ranthambhore, Relais & Chateaux, Safari, Sher Bagh, SUJAN, Tiger, Travel, Wildlifeecosystem, holiday, Hot Summers, Nature, Photography, Safari, Summer, Tiger, Travel, Visit Ranthambhore, waterYusuf Ansari

Temperatures in Ranthambhore typically reach forty-five degrees Celsius in May. A particularly unfriendly summer temperature occasionally crosses the fifty-degree Celsius mark and becomes a natural limiting factor for over-growth. Waterholes become scarce and trees like the Dhok, drop off their leaves to ration their moisture levels. Rock surfaces – scattered throughout the park – emit a furnace like waft each time a breeze sweeps their surface and you can feel the heat stroke you, as you drive past them. Animals and birds appear panting and their movements become soporific as they spend time in the shade of evergreens or the oasis that are formed around perennial waterholes; clusters of Jamun, Ficus and wild mango trees, all daytime shelters for creatures of the forest. The wonderful thing is, Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve has several ‘belts’ of such oasis’, tucked away in its folds. No matter how high the temperatures soar, these are the spots you should drive to, and here’s why.