It was during the last summer when i visited Bandhavgarh National Park in Madhya Pradesh, India. It has one of the highest density of Royal Bengal Tigers in the world.
The national park is near the city of Rewa. Rewa is famous as the home of first white tiger discovered in 1951 by the King of Rewa- Maharaja Martand Singh. Rewa also has the world's first white tiger safari. The state of Madhya Pradesh is very rich in flora and fauna.
There is facility of jeep safari in the park. Jeeps were open so we asked the guide that there can be danger of tiger attack but he said that they never attack humans till they dont feel danger from us. We left for the safari and saw many animals like deer, bison and birds like peacock but we were waiting for the beautiful beast.
The guide said they are very rarely seen (even in their most densed habitat). We kept roaming but did not see any one of them. Suddenly another guide in some other jeep called ours on the walky talky and said that they spotted a tiger which is going to cross the bridge. Our driver rushed to the position and all the jeeps formed cluster at that place.Then it came, roaring, it crossed the road fearlessly making everyone in the jeep shiver out of its fear. Suddenly, the surrounding was filled with noise of camera shutters. The guide said you are very lucky to see it this close.
But it was not the end of the show. This mighty beast then moved to the dead bison that it killed the last day according to the guide. The scene after this gave goosebumps to everyone. The guide said its even rare for them to see a tiger carrying its kill. Many photographers wait for months for this view.
(a screenshot from the video)
It was a lifetime experience for me to see this beautiful beast in its natural habitat. I dont know whether our future generations would be lucky enough to see them in real. There are very less number of tigers left due to loss of habitat and poaching. Good news is that the numbers have increased since past few years but there is a long way to go.
I hope you liked my experience. Thanks for your time :-)
SAVE THE TIGER!
(All the above images are my own work)
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