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Ranthambhore National Park is a national park and tiger reserve located in the Rajasthan state in western India. It is the best place in India to see tigers in the wild. Ranthambore National Park: The park, which is one of the finest tiger reserves in the country Park's abandoned fortress,lakes and above all it's `friendly' tigers have made it one of the most filmed wildlife reserves in the world. Ranthambore was decalred a wildlife sanctuary in 1955 and became part of Project Tiger in 1973.

Ranthambore National park is famous for its tigers and is one of the best places in the country to see these majestic predators in the wild. The tigers can be easily spotted even during the day. A good time to visit between November and May when the nature of the dry deciduous forests makes sightings common. The Park which covers an area of nearly 400 sq. km. and is set between the Aravali and Vindhya ranges. Its deciduous forests were once a part of the magnificent jungles of Central India.

The varied topography of the national park is home to animals like the jackal,mongoose, sloth bear, leopard, and of course, the tiger. Ranthambore has much more to offer you in sightseeing and excursions. Surrounded by the Vindhya and Aravali hill ranges and located very near to the outer fringes of the Thar Desert, this place offers you the best of the desert land as well as plain area near the hills. This makes Ranthambore a must to visit tourist destination [1].

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Nearest Town- Sawai Madhopur, situated on the Delhi-Bombay railway-line and also linked with Jaipur and Agra by rails.

Near by Airports - Jaipur and Kota

Distance by rail: Delhi - 362 km, Agra - 227 km, Bombay 1027 km, Kota - 108 km, Jaipur - 132 km

Distance by road: Delhi - 480 km (via Dausa), Jaipur - 180 km (via Tonk)

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The Best Time to Visit Ranthambore National park will be from 1st October to 30th June. Rest of the Time Park is closed for the Visitors.

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The landscape is dotted with ancient Banyan Trees, Dhok & Pipal trees, clusters of mango trees and crisscrossed with evergreen belts. The terrain is made up of massive rock formations, steep scarps, perennial lakes and streams and forest suddenly opening up into large areas of Savannah. The terrain of Ranthambore Wildlife Sanctuary fluctuates between impregnable forests and open bush land. The forest is the typically dry deciduous type, with Dhok, being the most prominent tree.

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Ranthambore National Park is famous for its Tigers and is a favorite with photographers. For a relatively small area, the park has a rich diversity of fauna and flora - species list includes 300 trees, 50 aquatic plants, 272 birds, 12 reptiles including the Marsh Crocodile & amphibians and 30 mammals.

For the wildlife savvy, Ranthambore wildlife sanctuary today offers an intense diversity of flora and fauna. Tigers, the park's pride makes it one of the best places in the country to observe them. Apart from that a large numbers of Sambar, Chital, Nilgai, Gazzelle, Boars, Mongoose, Indian Hare, Monitor Lizards and a large number of birds.

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At the entrance to the park you will have to pay ONLY for usage of your video-camera. Foto-cameras are used free of charge.

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Be present at all the safaris you can (in the morning at 6:30 and in the afternoon at 14:30). They say that you should be lucky to see the tigers and it can happen that during your first safaris you won't see them. It is better to book the safaris while booking your hotel. The easiest way is to ask some local agency to organise it for you (for example Aathitya Travels).

You can go to the safari in wheel drive jeeps called "Gypsys" (which seat up to 6 visitors) and 20 seater safari buses called "Canters". Jeep safaris cost a bit more, but jeeps are more mobile and everything is better seen from them.

At the entrance to the Park your guide goes to the drawing procedure in order to get one of several roads you will be allowed to drive (since the park is a nature reserve only a limited number of cars can enter it and they are obliged to follow only one route). A good guide asks also a representative of the tourist group to be present at this procedure.

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• Hammir Resort. The manager is very attentive to the guests from outside India and does his best to flannel them. There are luxury rooms in a separate building and standard rooms in the main building. If you travel in winter it is better to choose standard rooms. Although there is much more noise there and these rooms are smaller and a bit more dirty, but it is warm inside, while in the luxury rooms the warming of conditioner is switched off and it is impossible to be inside the rooms during the night.

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It goes without saying that it is NECESSARY to take warm things (including gloves, caps, fur-coats and blanckets) for the morning (and even evening) safari in winter. Since it is very cold before sunrise and after sunset and you will drive in an open car, you can get frozen through.

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