Ranthambore National Park

Ranthambore National Park is one of the famous and largest national park of northern India, situated in the Sawai Madhopur region of Rajasthan in 1980. Once considered as a famous and favorite hunting place for the Maharaja’s of Jaipur.

Ranthambore National Park covers an area of 1,334 kms along with sanctuaries like Mansingh and Kaila Devi Sanctuary. This park is situated at the edge of a plateau which was established as the Sawai Madhopur Game Sanctuary in 1955 but later it was declared as a Protect Tiger Reserves in 1973 and National Park in 1980.

This park is famous for spotted tigers which can be found easily during the day time and a dream place for wildlife enthusiasts and wildlife photographers.

Attractions: 

Animals / Mammals

Tigers, Leopards, Striped Hyenas, Sambar deer, Chital, Nilgai, Common or Hanuman langurs, Macaques, Jackals, Jungle cats, Caracals, Sloth bears, Black bucks, Rufoustailed Hare, Indian Wild Boar, Chinkara, Common Palm Civets or Toddy cat, Common Yellow Bats, Desert Cats, Five striped Palm Squirrels, Indian False Vampires, Indian Flying Foxes, Indian Foxes, Indian Gerbilles, Indian Mole Rats, Indian Porcupines, Long eared Hedgehogs, Ratels, Small Indian Mongoose, Small Indian Civets and Common mongoose.

Birds         

Graylag Goose, Woodpeckers, Indian Gray Hornbills, Common Kingfishers, Bee Eaters, Cuckoos, Parakeets, Asian Palm Swift, Owl, Nightjars, Pigeon, Dove, Crakes, Snipes, Sandpipers, Gulls, Terns, Great Crested Grebe, Eagles, Darters, Cormorants, Egrets, Herons, Bitterns, Flamingos, Ibis, Pelicans, Storks, Pittas, Shrikes, Treepies, Crows, Orioles, Cuckoo-Shrikes, Minivets, Drongos, Flycatchers, Ioras, Wood Shrikes, Pipits, Bayas, Sparrows, Finches, Wagtails, Munias, Bulbul, Mynas, Falcons

Reptiles

Snub Nosed Marsh Crocodiles, Desert Monitor Lizards, Tortoise, Banded Kraits, Cobras, Common Kraits, Ganga Soft Shelled Turtles, Indian Pythons, North Indian Flap Shelled Turtles, Rat Snakes, Russel's Vipers, Saw-scaled Vipers and the Indian Chameleon.

Things to do:

Bird safari, Jungle safari, Elephant Safari, Jeep safari and Photography

Best Time to visit:

October to June is only time when this park is opened for its visitors.

How to Get There:

Nearest Airport – Jaipur and Kota

Nearest Railway Station – Jaipur and Kota Railway Station

By Road – Jaipur, Delhi, Agra