Hva som skjer i Ranthambore (Sawai Madhopur), India gjennom året

Toppsesong — Winter safari season, Christmas to New Year rush

• Regel

  Safari permits and zone lottery

  1. jan – 31. desBestill tidlig

  Every drive is a permit, sold online by the forest department, and the zone is allotted rather than chosen — you cannot buy your way into the good ones. Book the moment the window opens. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Winter safari season (1. nov – 28. feb), Christmas to New Year rush (22. des – 2. jan (vanligvis))

Travelt — Winter safari season, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Safari permits and zone lottery (1. jan – 31. des), Winter safari season (1. nov – 28. feb)

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

Fortsatt på gang: Safari permits and zone lottery (1. jan – 31. des)

Travelt — Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) i India, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Summer waterhole season

  1. apr – 30. junTørrsesongRisiko

  The cover thins, the smaller pools dry, and everything in the park comes to the same few lakes — far and away the best odds on a tiger. It is also the hardest three months to sit through in an open jeep.

Fortsatt på gang: Safari permits and zone lottery (1. jan – 31. des)

Travelt — Summer vacation (north & east) i India

• Fare

  Pre-monsoon heat

  1. mai – 25. jun · vanligvisEkstrem varme

  Afternoon drives in May and June are genuinely punishing in an open canter, and the park runs them anyway because that is when the animals show. Take more water than you think and cover your head. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Safari permits and zone lottery (1. jan – 31. des), Summer waterhole season (1. apr – 30. jun)

Travelt — Summer vacation (north & east) i India, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Fortsatt på gang: Safari permits and zone lottery (1. jan – 31. des), Summer waterhole season (1. apr – 30. jun), Pre-monsoon heat (1. mai – 25. jun (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

• Stengt

  Core zones closed for the monsoon

  1. jul – 30. sep

  Zones 1 to 5, the core of the park, shut on 1 July for the breeding season and the rain. Buffer zones 6 to 10 keep running, so a trip in these months is possible but a long way from the same thing. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Safari permits and zone lottery (1. jan – 31. des)

Travelt — Ganesh mela at the fort, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Ganesh mela at the fort

  15. aug – 20. sep · vanligvisReligiøs høytidMye folk

  The Trinetra Ganesh temple inside the hill fort draws a fair of several hundred thousand over a few days at Ganesh Chaturthi. The fort road is walkable in the monsoon even while the core zones are shut. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Safari permits and zone lottery (1. jan – 31. des), Core zones closed for the monsoon (1. jul – 30. sep)

Travelt — Ganesh mela at the fort, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Safari permits and zone lottery (1. jan – 31. des), Core zones closed for the monsoon (1. jul – 30. sep), Ganesh mela at the fort (15. aug – 20. sep (vanligvis))

Travelt — Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) i India, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Åpning

  All ten zones reopen

  1.–20. oktTørrsesongBestill tidlig

  The core reopens on 1 October into grass shoulder-high from the rain, which is beautiful and terrible for sightings. Permits for the first fortnight go the day they are released. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Safari permits and zone lottery (1. jan – 31. des)

Travelt — Winter safari season

• Sesong

  Winter safari season

  1. nov – 28. febTørrsesongMye folk

  The comfortable months and therefore the full ones: lodges booked out, permits gone weeks ahead. Morning drives leave in the dark and the open jeep at six is colder than anyone packs for.

Fortsatt på gang: Safari permits and zone lottery (1. jan – 31. des)

Toppsesong — Winter safari season, Christmas to New Year rush

• Helligdag

  Christmas to New Year rush

  22. des – 2. jan · vanligvisJul og nyttårMye folkBestill tidlig

  The week from Christmas to New Year is India's busiest holiday stretch: schools and many offices break, domestic travellers pour into hill stations, heritage towns and resorts, and hotels charge peak rates, often with a New Year's Eve dinner surcharge. Book early. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Safari permits and zone lottery (1. jan – 31. des), Winter safari season (1. nov – 28. feb)