Mirror Image, a experience of tiger safari in kanha national park

We went for an evening drive, and although it was very hot we knew that this male tiger would be somewhere around the water hole.

We waited nearby for about 45 minutes, when suddenly we heard the eruption of a Barking Deer’s alarm call. With high voltage anticipation bubbling within our vehicle we all kept a careful watch in every direction. After a short while we heard sounds of the jungle’s dry leaves being crushed, and I said “Look, there is the Tiger appearing from the thickets near the water hole”.

The Tiger stopped for few seconds and stared at us.

Then he slowly walked along the water’s edge with his magnificent mirror image reflected clearly in the rippling water. He proceded to enter the cooling waters to quench his thirst, and sat upright in the water – facing us. 

As happens all too often, we were alerted by our guide that it was regrettably time to make our way back to Kanha’s exit gate. We had to literally wrench ourselves away from that water hole – and the majesty of that truly wild and free Tiger’s presence too.

Rajnish PradhanNaturalist at Singinawa Jungle Lodge

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Tiger in mist

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                                               Tiger in the mist

It is now that time of the year, when its misty and cloudy during the morning hours.

This morning I decided to fulfill my dream to photograph a tiger in the mist and as destiny would have it ,fortune was on my side.

I went to the Bishanpura patrolling camp ,where in the past I had seen fresh tiger pugmarks  practically everyday in the morning . However  this morning I did not see any pugmark so the park guide suggested us to stay there and wait for some   alarm calls so that we could know the movement of  the big cat.

We waited for more than fifteen minutes at the same place but  the jungle was quiet.

Thus we decided to move on. To help increase the odds of spotting a tiger we went to various  places where it’s most likely you’ll get a good sighting.

During one of our turns  we chanced upon an animal walking in the middle of the road and coming straight towards us. I immediately stopped the vehicle and with the help of my binoculars I realized it was a majestic tiger walking in our direction. My heart skipped a beat and I whispered ‘’ Tiger! Tiger!’’It was a beautiful tigress and she knew she was being spotted and began moving away from the road and went close to a tree, lifted her tail high and marked her territory by spraying and then slowly disappeared  into the undergrowth.

We however, gauged the direction of her movement and drove a short distance and decided to wait for her to reappear.

And there she was, right in front of the vehicle. We enjoyed seeing her walking on ahead of us on the road and silently mesmerized we watched her slowly fade away into the mist .