Field notes from tiger reserves in India, with original wildlife photographs and practical safari guides. Planning a camera-focused trip? Start with our Tadoba tiger photography guide, then browse our Bandhavgarh and Panna reports below. These articles share what we saw, how we photographed it and what to check before booking. Wildlife sightings are never guaranteed.
Original photos from a morning tiger sighting in Panna Tiger Reserve, showing a tiger drinking, two resting together and one walking through forest.
Tiger Sighting in Panna Tiger Reserve: Safari Photos Read Post »
Before you see a tiger, you often hear it. Not the tiger itself. Its neighbours. The deer, the langurs and the peacocks in the forest give warnings, and a good guide listens to every one of them. This is a simple guide to the alarm calls on a safari. What they are, who makes them,
Safari Alarm Calls: How Guides Find Tigers by Listening Read Post »
If you have only seen them in pictures, a leopard and a tiger can look like the same big yellow cat. In the wild, they are not. They are different in size, in pattern, in the way they move and in the places they hide. And on a safari, knowing the difference is half the
Leopard vs Tiger: How to Tell Them Apart in the Wild Read Post »
If you love photography and you love tigers, Tadoba is a hard place to beat. I have been to a few tiger parks, and Tadoba is the one I tell first-timers about. The tigers are relaxed. The waterholes are easy to read. And the forest is beautiful in a quiet, dry, golden way. This is
Tadoba Tiger Photography Tour: What to Expect, When to Go and How to Choose Read Post »
Bandhavgarh is one of the easiest places in India to photograph a tiger. It is also one of the easiest places to waste the chance. I have done both. This guide is the one I wish I had read before my first trip. It is about where to go, what to expect in each zone,
Bandhavgarh Wildlife Photography: A Photographer’s Guide to the Zones, Tigers and Light Read Post »
You can read ten guides on camera settings and still come home with a picture of a tiger’s back disappearing into the green. I know, because I did. This guide is different. It is not about the perfect camera. It is about what we have learned on tiger safaris in Bandhavgarh, Tadoba and Panna, written
Tiger Photography in India: Field Notes from Bandhavgarh and Tadoba Read Post »
Spray marks, scrapes, claw rakes and droppings. The four signs a tiger leaves, why it leaves them, and how guides read them to find tigers at Bandhavgarh.
How Tigers Mark Territory: Signs to Look For on Safari Read Post »
Jawai is a stretch of the Aravalli hills in western Rajasthan, where a dam, a few villages and leopards We had two days here, four safaris, and a hill full of leopards that act like they own the rocks, because they do. This is the story of our Jawai leopard safari: what we saw, where
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