We have requested a Jeep safari (max 6 people) not a ‘canter’ (a bus with 20 to 28 seats) and are justified in our pickiness when we see one of these cobbled together buses broken down yards from the park entrance.
Last night was COLD. Guessing the temperature to be around 3 or 4 degrees C. Jemima spent the night in Phil’s cashmere woolly hat, and it was a pleasure to get up to put warm clothes on at 6:15am. Into the Jeep and off to the park with driver, naturalist and 4 other guests to find our Tigers.
Travelling around looking like aged folk in bath chairs, wearing winter coats and blankets over our shoulders and legs we entered the park. Three hours got us deer, crocodile, many many species of bird but no Tiger, Leopard or Sloth Bear. Looks like we have to stay around a while longer!
So, it’s afternoon, we head out again for another three hour safari, surely we’ll be luckier this time…deer, deer, deer, oh different – a gazelle…deer, deer. Before we were quite amazed to see deer, now we feel like we should have taken a trip around Woburn Safari park! Then, a noise; a warning call from the deer. We wait in anticipation, there’s a tiger nearby. We wait, we wait, we wait…and then we drive off. No tiger today as the park shuts at 17:30 and we can’t wait around any longer!! Boooooooo!
Thoroughly fed up with our cold tent and musty blankets, Jungle Niwas, Ranthambore and with no tigers to lift our spirits, we decide to move to Jodhpur and plan our escape. Tonight is thankfully warmer than the night before and our spirits are higher with the knowledge that we no longer have to stay an extra day and can head for Jodhpur tomorrow. However, the night’s sleep is still broken by all sorts of noises – including a train that took 6 minutes to pass and at it’s closest sounded like it was running through the centre of the tent :-O
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