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Ranthambore National Park – A National Tiger Reserve in India

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Ranthambhore National Park, also spelled Ranthambore, is one of the largest national park in the state of Rajasthan and Tiger reserve in western India. It is a part of much larger Ranthambore Tiger reserve. It is situated just 14 kms from Sawai Madhopur and about 130 km from Jaipur in Rajasthan, India.


The Ranthambore National Park is one of the finest tiger reserves in the country. The Park, being one of India's Project Tiger reserves, is one of the best places in the India to see these majestic predators unleashed in jungle. The scenic setting with Chambal River flowing and forming a natural boundary towards the east. Banas, a tributary of Chambal, flows to the northeast of the park. The Ranhmabore National Park is surrounded by Vindhyas and Aravalis.

The park also encloses fortress and peaceful lakes. Ranthambore has been crowned as one of the most filmed wildlife reserves in the world.

In the year 1955, Ranthambore was declared a wildlife sanctuary. Later on it became part of Project Tiger in 1973. The park receives more than 200,000 visitors which includes wild life lovers, nature lovers, Indian and foreign tourists.

The reserve spans in area of over 1340 sq. km. of which approx. 400 sq. km. is covered by the park.

Set between the Aravali and Vindhya hill ranges, and located near to the outskirts of the Thar Desert, The

Park was a private hunting ground for the Maharaja of Jaipur till the mid of 20th century. in 1972 the sanctuary came under the Project Tiger scheme following the government Wildlife Protection Act. 

The national park is a habitat of animals like the Tiger, large variety of deer,  Chinkaras,  Jackal, Mongoose, Sloth Bear, Sambhar, (seen very often in herds), Leopard, cheetal, neelgai mongoose, monitor lizards, Langoors,  wild boar (around the lake) etc.

Wild life lovers considers Ranthambore National Park as one of the best places to visit Royal Bengal Tiger.

Visited by wildlife lovers from India and from all parts of the world, Ranthambore Wildlife Park is heaven for wildlife photographers. Sawai Madhopur is the city adjoining the national park has all varieties of accommodation facilities, restaurants and transportation facilities inside and surrounding the park. This park opens from 01st October and closes by end of June every year.

The Park has extremely rich diversity of fauna and flora which includes species of more than 300 varieties of birds like owls, storks, spoonbills, varieties of ducks, 400 trees, 50 aquatic plants, 14 reptiles including the Marsh Crocodile & amphibians and 30 mammals.


Trees include ancient Banyan Trees, Dhok & Pipal trees and Mango trees and crisscrossed with evergreen belts. The forest is the typically dry deciduous type, with Dhok, being the most found tree.

Safari Rides: Rides are carried out twice a day at 06:30 AM and 02:30 PM IST. Each ride is of 3 hours approximately. Visitors can choose from Canter (20 seater open top) or Gypsy (6 seater open top) or Petrol Canter (Open Safari Bus 12-15 Seater). Each ride costs around Rs 800-900 per person (Depending upon current season rates). Visitors usually take more than one ride during their visit as sometimes it’s not possible to site a Tiger. Trip N Eat Trip N Eat at Facebook  Trip N Eat at Google+