“If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere,†goes the famous song about New York City. Is there a place — a city, a school, a company — about which you think (or thought) the same?
If I can spot a tiger in the jungle and shoot him too, I’ll make it anywhere
Believe me it was bit scary for the people present there when the wild cat appeared in front of us almost out of nowhere, then walked for about fifteen meters, crossed the jungle track and then moved on to other side of the road. We were so close to the jungle cat while sitting in the  open gypsy it seemed as if he came there to meet us.
I could manage to click a few shots, it was a sight to watch. The tiger was not affected by our presence, people were quiet, thrilled and scared at the same time, after all you can’t trust the Big Cat at the face value.
We were lucky to have two more encounters with the creatures of Feline family and they were pretty close. Managed to get a few more shots which came up to my satisfaction as an amateur  photographer. These I will share in my next post. I am happy that I could really make it to Kanha National Park, MP. for this amazing experience, the stay in Chitvan Jungle Lodge was icing on the cake. I shall share the experience in one of my next posts.
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Welcome back! Gosh, your post reminds me of my trip to Ranthambhore 4 years ago, and we spotted a tiger which was about 10 feet away from our gypsy behind the bushes. It was even more amazing (and frightening too) when it roared! Can’t wait to read more about your post on Kanha.
The female tiger roared twice to call the male one as this is the mating time for them. 🙂
With shock and horror I thought you really killed the tiger, but then realised the shot was from the camera. Very impressive I must say. There are not many left I think. I only shoot insects, birds and cats outside, although an elephant escaped from the circus once in Zürich, but he returned.
Haha We were fortunate ones among the lot. Groups from Japan and USA did back to back safaris for three days and could just see them from a distance. There are days when they keep on hiding and sitting inside the bushes, thank God we didn’t visit the park during those days. Thanks for the compliment. 🙂
oh wow! you were greeted by the king of the jungle himself! I would of stared in awe for so long 🙂
I know Andy, even I was in awe for long, then I realized that I had to click few to share with you all. 🙂
Just the stripes alone makes anyone think twice, I gotta see them in their natural habitat one day 🙂
Great adventure there! We visited Jim Corbett twice but could not see the tiger. We tried for the interior less visited areas too but was not that lucky. Great post with wonderful pictures.
Thank you so much. Nice to hear from you after long. You may try again better luck next time.
How about trying to keep one as a pet next time…;-)
Haha…..lolz
Great pics , great post , Rashmi! Lucky you – congrats on the tiger spotting & great looking SUV!! Looking fwd to the promised Manna!! <3
Thank you so much for encouraging words. I will post some more pics, let’s see if I can make it today. Kanishk is here for a weekend break and I am not able to come out of the kitchen only…….lolz
Very cool! Sure not something that will happen here in America 🙂
How about planning a trip to India ! 🙂
wow..lovely pictures ! and once again lucky you 😉
The tigers are quite beautiful and majestic in these photos. I would be scared to be around them, were you? Smiles, Robin
Yea, I was scared initially but later on I was like…Omg seen one more ! ….lolz Thanks for reading the post 🙂