Sights to See
The National Park is open for guided tours in the morning and in the evening from October to June. The visit timings are as given below:
| Oct 1-Oct 31:6.30am-10.00am & 2.30pm-6.00pm |
| Nov 1-Jan 31:7.00am-10.30am & 2.00pm-5.30pm |
| Feb 1-Mar 31:6.30am-10.00am & 2.30pm-6.00pm |
| Apr 1-May 15:6.00am- 9.30am & 3.00pm-6.30pm |
| May 16-Jun 30:6.00am- 9.30am & 3.30pm-7.00pm |
| July 1 – Sep 30: Tiger Reserve CLOSED |
Visitors can take tours on a Gypsy (06 seater SUV) or Canter (26 seater bus). The tours can be booked through your hotel or online at www.rajasthanwildlife.com.
Tours can also be booked from the tour booking centre in Sawai Madhopur .
Fauna of Ranthambore Tiger Reserve
Ranthambore national park is mainly known for its tigers. It is possible that one may not get to see the Tigers at all time. However, Ranthambore national park is home to various carnivores like the leopards, tigers, Chital, Nilgai, Striped Hyenas, Sambar deer, Hanuman langurs, jackals, caracals, sloth bears, rufoustailed hare, chinkara, common palm civets , Indian wild boar, black bucks, common Yellow Bats, Fivestriped Palm Squirels, Indian False Vampires, Desert Cats, Indian Foxes, Indian Gerbilles, Indian Mole Rats, Indian Flying Foxes, Indian Porcupines, Longeared Hedgehogs, Small Indian Civets Ratels, Small Indian Mongoose, and Common mongoose. Ranthambore national park is also widely known for its huge population of the Black bucks.
Avian population in Ranthambore National Park
Thanks to its varied terrain and abundance of water bodies, the avian population in Ranthambore national park is also rich and the main species that can be easily seen are Indian Gray Hornbills, Common Kingfishers, Crakes, Nightjars, Owl, Snipes, Gulls, Sandpipers, Eagles, Cormorants, graylag goose, Terns, Darters, Great Crested Grebe, Woodpeckers, Herons, Egrets, Ibis, Storks, Pelicans, Bitterns, Pittas, Flamingos, Parakeets, Bee Eaters, Pigeon, Dove, Asian Palm Swift, Shrikes, Minivets, Cuckoo-Shrikes, Cuckoos, Treepies, Orioles, Crows, Drongos, Pipits, Flycatchers, Bayas, Ioras, Sparrows, Wood Shrikes, Wagtails, Finches, Mynas, Bulbul, Falcons Munias, etc.
