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Through the hotel, a jeep safari is US$17 |
Entrance to the National Park |
The booth where the drivers need to check in before joining one of the 7 tracks |
Tiger Tracks |
Ranthambhore Fort is on a hill in the center of the park |
Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus), also known as Blue Bull Antelope, is the largest species of antelope in Asia |
Female Nilgai are much lighter than the males |
Female Nilgai |
Female Niglai with young |
Hanuman Langur (Semnopithecus entellus), commonly known as black-faced monkies |
Hanuman (Black-faced) Langur with the full moon |
Black-faced Langur |
Wild boar (Sus scrofa) |
Wild boar running |
Wild boar |
Chital with a large rack of antlers |
Chittal (Axis axis), most commonly known as spotted deer |
Chital |
Chital |
Ranthambhore is fairly scenic |
Rufous Treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) sitting on our jeep |
Five-striped (or Northern) Palm Squirrel (Funambulus pennatii) |
Five-striped (or Northern) Palm Squirrel (Funambulus pennatii) |
Jungle Babbler (Turdoides striatus) |
Peacock (Indian Peafowl - Pavo cristatus), the national bird of India |
Sambar deer (Cervus unicolour) |
Ranthambhore Fort seen from the game drive |
Ranthambhore Fort |
Roosting Collared Scops Owl (Otus bakkamoena) |
Banyan Tree |
Chital |
Langur |
Drive #2 |
Chital buck |
Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) |
Chital |
Chital |
Sambar deer |
Sambar deer |
Chital |
Chital fawn nursing |
Sambar doe |
Nilgai - Blue Bull Antelope |
Nilgai - Blue Bull Antelope |
Nilgai - Blue Bull Antelope |
Chinkara (Gazella bennettii) more commonly known as Indian gazelle |
Langur |
Ranthambhore National Park |
Chital |
Chital |
Our jeep, an Indian-built Gypsy |
Nilgai |
Roots clinging to a cliff |
2 Sambar bucks |
Sambar standing on hind legs to browse |
Ranthambhore scenery |
Female Nilgai antelope are much lighter in color |
Sambar |
Chital |
Sambar buck making a move on a doe |
Chital |
Wild boar |
Wild boar piglets |
Wild boar piglet |
Wild boar |
Evening view of the fort |
The driver would have run this guy over if he didn't slow down |
Drive #3 |
Sambar doe in the tall grass |
White-Throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) |
White-Throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) |
Oriental Honey-Buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus) |
White-Rumped Vultures mating (Gyps bengalensis) |
White-Throated Kingfisher |
Chital |
Peacock displaying for a Chital deer |
Chital buck |
Peacock displaying |
Ranthambhore |
Waterhole at Ranthambhore |
Black-Winged Stilt (Himanthopus himanthopus) |
Black-Winged Stilt (Himanthopus himanthopus) |
Marsh Mugger Crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) |
Marsh Mugger Crocodile |
Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala idem) |
Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala idem) |
We managed to get the driver to stop without scaring away this Indian Roller |
Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis) |
Late in the morning, a female Nilgai is resting |
Just outside the park we found this monkey reading, then eating, this newspaper |