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On the tiger trail, in Corbett
Next, we climbed a machan. A tiger was spotted from here a couple of days back. No such luck with us.
Back on track, we saw a car waiting by the road. The occupants told us there was a tiger in the bushes. Obviously, we decided to wait and were finally rewarded for our patience. The tiger walked out and took a dip in the pond close by.
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Then he came out, wiped himself by rubbing against a tree and started walking in our direction. What a thrilling view it was watching the tiger walking gracefully, stopping at every tree on the road!
It finally walked away into the jungle. And we all gave a long sigh of satisfaction.
We retuned to the Bijrani rest house where we saw an elephant. The mahout agreed to take us for a ride for Rs 100. All of us climbed up on 50-year-old Rani and thoroughly enjoyed the royal ride. A perfect end to a most exciting trip. We couldn’t have had it any better.
How to get there
By air: The nearest airport is Pantnagar, 133 km.
By train: The nearest railway station is Ramnagar, 50 km from Dhikala.
By road: Dhikala is 290 km from Delhi, 503 km from Lucknow and 114 km from Ranikhet.
For more information, visit http://gov.ua.nic.in/uttaranchaltourism/corbett.html
or
http://corbettnationalpark.blogspot.com
Text and Photographs: Sweta Samota
Video courtesy : Anup Chandak
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