Choose These Tiger Safari In India To Have An Adventurous Tiger Spotting

With more than 1,400 tigers within its boundary, India hold nearly 50% of the world’s wild tiger count. Spread over 40 different national parks, tigers thrive in India. If you are looking for a tiger safari, you ought to choose the parks with the maximum number of tigers, depth safari option and good visibility (short grass regions).

Here are the Top 5 Tiger Safaris in India to spot tigers.

* Bandhavgarh National Park

This wildlife sanctuary of Madhya Pradesh has the highest density of the country’s national animal. Around 50 tigers are spread around in just 100 square kilometer. This park was also famous for white tigers. Now, the white tiger species was not spotted for 50 years or more. Other animals to spot in this park are sambar, chital, wild boar, wild dog, Indian fox, leopard, bison, blue bull, antelope, nilgai and others.

The best way to get closer to tigers is by choosing jeep or elephant safari. There are four zones to cover in this park and only limited number of vehicles is allowed to access the park via each zones, every day. Thus, pre-booking is very essential.

* Ranthambore National Park

This park is one of the largest in the country and is very famous among wildlife photographers. Once a hunting ground, this park is now a protection site for tigers and a top tiger reserve. Other important animals to spot here are jungle cats, Indian fox, crocodiles, leopards, sloth bear, jackals and others. Tigers are usually spotted in the Bakaula region of the park, which has a dense forest and many watering holes.

Ranthambore has interesting tiger stories. The park is said to have had the longest living tigress of the world. The queen of the park, Machli was 20 years when she passed away, which is way higher than the average lifespan of 10-15 years. The tigress won lifetime achievement award for being a top tourism attraction and playing a grand role in conservation. There are ten zones in Ranthambore National park and zone 4 has the highest population of tigers.

* Kanha National Park

This national park is best described as the background for Jungle Book of Rudyard Kipling. This park has a very high visibility as a large area of this park is covered by open meadows. Apart from spotting tigers, you can find gaur, palm squirrel, striped hyena, chinkara, mouse deer, black buck, jackal, porcupine, sambar and others. The best way to spot tigers is by taking the early morning elephant safari from Mukki entrance of the park.

* Jim Corbett National Park

This is one of the prestigious national parks in the country and one of the oldest ones too. Located on the mighty foothills of Himalayas, this park has a diverse landscape making it favorable for an array of animals to thrive. Top animals to spot in this park apart from tigers are sloth bear, goral, fishing cat, leopard, chital, barking deer and others. The best way to spot tigers is by visiting the eastern part of the park, Bijrani. You can also choose to get a panoramic view of the park to spot tigers from top of watchtowers in Dhikala and other regions.

Tourists tend to stay in forest rest houses in Dhikala zone overnight to spot tigers in action. Bijrani zone is the one with the highest density of tigers. Jhirna zone visitors spot tigers more frequently. however, it is more famous for bird-watching.

* Satpura National Park

Tigers are born predators, which are by nature, accustom to lurk and survive in silence. Expecting such an animal to show up when a long row of canters and jeeps run into the jungle, is unreasonable. Thus, Satpura allows only 12 vehicles per day. The best place to spot tigers is Sonbhadra River. During summer, you can find tigers swimming in the river to avoid the heat. This is one of the very few tiger reserves, where walking tours are permitted. Apart from tigers, you can spot porcupines, wild boars, chinkara, chital, gaur, leopard, hyena, black buck and others.