Next stop Sawai Madhopur, for Ranthambhore National Park, the best place to see Bengal Tigers. Despite failing to book three months in advance, when the pre-order tickets sell out, we were lucky to get last minute tickets for two safaris, and even luckier with the wildlife we saw.
The next day we were up early because we were going to watch the sun rise over the still active volcano, Mouth Batur (5,633ft). More energetic and intrepid explorers trek up the hill but we decided to do it the easier way, by Jeep safari. We were picked up and transported to “base camp” from where a lot of the aforementioned intrepid travellers were setting off on foot, arriving at 4AM! After a light breakfast we were introduced to…