The beautiful landscapes, the rich history, the might walls of the fort in the backdrop, make this part of Ranthambore the most demanded safari zone of the park. This is zone 3 of the park and we are going to take you on a virtual safari tour with us.
For life to flourish, especially in a deciduous forest like this one, water is essential. Every drop is like gold and this zone, is a gold mine when it comes to water resources. Not only is it rich and beautiful because of the ancient remains all around, but also it has multiple natural water bodies.
And because of its immense popularity, thousands of people visit this zone every year. The booking for Ranthambore opens more than 90 days in advance and this zone is the first one to get sold out. So what makes this zone so insanely popular?
There are many reasons. The first one is thr thriving eco-system. With multiple water sources and ample food, this zone has a more than decent population of herbivores. There is abundance of prey for the predators to hunt.
When a tigress gives birth to cubs, she has to hunt almost everyday to feed them and transform them into healthy, strong and bold tigers of tomorrow. And she can’t go far off distances to find food as that might put the cubs into danger.
So this zone is the most preferable not just by the tourists but also by the tigers. The iconic world famous tigress of Ranthambore, almost all ruled this zone once in their prime time.
Ridhi’s bold attitude helped her gain dominance over this territory. If you search her videos on Youtube or Instagram, you would see that she is always active. These days, she is seen mating and hunting with T120 aka Ganesh, another bold male tiger.
All through the summer, you can find these river monsters resting by the banks with their mouths open. The reason why they have their mouths open wide is to maximize heat gain and minimze the water loss.
This is the differentiating factor of Ranthambore, and more so zone 3. You see centuries ago, this place was a big playground of the kings. And their used to be an entire kingdom out here. All these ancient remains throughout are just a sneak peak into what our rich history looked like in reality.
And that is exactly why many documentaries from the famous wildlife media channels like Nat Geo, Discovery, BBC were made in and around Zone 3. Even currently, there was a team of a wildlife filmers trying to document Ridhi and her life.
To get the permits of filming these documentaries, these companies pay a handsome amount, which goes up to more than 100,000 per day. And then to that is the added cost of the cameraman, gears and other logistics. If you convert this in dollars, its around 2,000 dollars a day, which is nothing for media giants.
Some of the incidents which make Machli so famous is that she fought a 13 foot long crocodile and killed it. And years later, in a viral video, Ridhi was seen doing something similar when a crocodile tried to attack her during her wild boar hunt.
The second one is living for 19 years, which is rare in wild for a tigress and then fighting off huge dominant male tigers to protect her cubs. In fact, towards the end of her life, she lost her one eye and still managed to survive for a few years, which is another example of her mighty spirit.
And finally, her comfort with the safari jeeps. Tigers are naturally shy animals. They avoid humans as much as possible and prefer to live a solitary life. The only reason she was photographed so much was because she confidently walked next to safari jeeps, sometimes, even using them as a cover to hunt.
Now talking about that one place in India, where spending a night would be invaluable. If there is a bidding for the night stay, I am sure it will beat all other 5-star and 7-star hotels of the country. A royal palace constructed by the royal families of Rajasthan to enjoy watching tigers from your courtyard.
The Jogi Mahal
Earlier this palace use to be open for tourists to visit and for VIPs to stay but now, its all shut down. No wonder, this is one of the most photographed monument of Ranthambore.
When Rajiv Gandhi became prime minister, he stayed in this palace for two days. Back then, the per night price to stay here was rs 65 for a room, which was later increased to Rs, 200 per night after his visit.
Wonder if this was still available for renting today, the price would be easily Rs 50,000 to 100,000 per night.
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