{"id":3237,"date":"2013-06-10T11:24:21","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T11:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/?p=3237"},"modified":"2025-03-24T08:12:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T08:12:21","slug":"a-visit-to-the-ranthambore-national-park-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/a-visit-to-the-ranthambore-national-park-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A visit to the Ranthambore National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

Being a wildlife enthusiast, activities like visiting a zoo, national wildlife park, dense forests, etc., have always been part of my life. So I was overjoyed, when I was asked to visit the famous \u2018Ranthambore National Park \u2013 Sawai Madhopur\u2019 on May 25th<\/sup>, in order to do the census (counting number of animals).<\/p>\n

My role was to spend a day; that is 24 hours in the jungle, at a pre-designated point and count the animals which I spot. Then on completion, I was supposed to fill the results in a form given by the forest office. \u00a0I was very excited about the trip<\/a> and finally on the d-day, I was present at the forest office. After formalities, they gave me food packets, water and other essentials and took me to the specific place (kind of a tree house from where you can spot the animals safely), where I was supposed to stay for the next 24 hours.<\/p>\n

\"Monkeys<\/p>\n

The tree house where I stayed<\/strong><\/p>\n

What an incredible place a jungle is! It has many faces; it can be breathtaking, creepy and mesmerizing. Ranthambore Jungle is exactly like that. The fact that I was at the tree house, with monkeys, birds and insects as company, was extremely thrilling. As the time progressed, I started spotting animals and started the count. Soon, I was hungry and thought of having a nice meal.<\/p>\n

\"Bird<\/p>\n

A bird perched high<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"LanguarsA langur resting on a branch<\/strong><\/p>\n

How wrong I was! I never realized that the monkeys had a different plan till I opened one of the lunch packs. Before I could take a bite, I was surrounded in a flash by screeching monkeys. I was frozen and to my dismay they were looking at the food packet. Eventually with a sigh, I had to feed my lunch packets to them. They ate to their hearts content and left me in peace. Though I was left with no food, it was a delight to feed them and watch them eat.<\/p>\n

\n<\/a>A friendly langur<\/strong><\/p>\n

As the night approached, I kept on counting but slowly I dozed off. Within minutes I was shaken up from my sleep, due to the eerie sounds of jungle \u2013 roaring of tigers and leopards, screaming of hyenas, rustling of reptiles, shrieking of owls and much more. Truly, the jungle comes alive at night. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\"ImageStealth is my name – A tigress on prowl<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"ImageFearsome Gaze – A tigress looking ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n

In that eerie silence, I could also hear the aircrafts flying over Sawai Madhopur. Actually Madhopur does not have an airport, so the aircrafts must be flying over the place at a height of almost 25 to 30K feet. But the sound was so clear and distinct in the silence of the jungle. As dawn approached, I was exhausted but extremely happy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Altogether, those 24 hours were JUST out of the world. I enjoyed the experience and I am looking forward to the next census. I have never been so close to nature for a long time and without any gadgets, it was like going back to the Stone Age. As I left the tree house, I remembered the words of Edward O. Wilson \u201dEach species is a masterpiece, a creation assembled with extreme care and genius\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The views expressed by the author are in his personal capacity.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Being a wildlife enthusiast, activities like visiting a zoo, national wildlife park, dense forests, etc., have always been part of my life. So I was overjoyed, when I was asked to visit the famous \u2018Ranthambore National Park \u2013 Sawai Madhopur\u2019 on May 25th, in order to do the census (counting number of animals). My role…<\/p>\n

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