Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Nationaal park Ranthambore, India

Topdrukte — Winter safari season, Christmas to New Year rush

• Regel

  Safari permits and zone lottery

  1 jan – 31 decBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Winter safari season (1 nov – 28 feb), Christmas to New Year rush (22 dec – 2 jan (meestal))

Druk — Winter safari season, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Safari permits and zone lottery (1 jan – 31 dec), Winter safari season (1 nov – 28 feb)

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Safari permits and zone lottery (1 jan – 31 dec)

Druk — Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) in India, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Summer waterhole season

  1 apr – 30 junDroog seizoenRisico

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Safari permits and zone lottery (1 jan – 31 dec)

Druk — Summer vacation (north & east) in India

• Risico

  Pre-monsoon heat

  1 mei – 25 jun · meestalExtreme hitte

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Safari permits and zone lottery (1 jan – 31 dec), Summer waterhole season (1 apr – 30 jun)

Druk — Summer vacation (north & east) in India, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Safari permits and zone lottery (1 jan – 31 dec), Summer waterhole season (1 apr – 30 jun), Pre-monsoon heat (1 mei – 25 jun (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Sluiting

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Safari permits and zone lottery (1 jan – 31 dec)

Druk — Ganesh mela at the fort, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Ganesh mela at the fort

  15 aug – 20 sep · meestalReligieus feestDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Safari permits and zone lottery (1 jan – 31 dec), Core zones closed for the monsoon (1 jul – 30 sep)

Druk — Ganesh mela at the fort, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Safari permits and zone lottery (1 jan – 31 dec), Core zones closed for the monsoon (1 jul – 30 sep), Ganesh mela at the fort (15 aug – 20 sep (meestal))

Druk — Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) in India, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Opening

  All ten zones reopen

  1–20 oktDroog seizoenBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Safari permits and zone lottery (1 jan – 31 dec)

Druk — Winter safari season

• Seizoen

  Winter safari season

  1 nov – 28 febDroog seizoenDruk

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Safari permits and zone lottery (1 jan – 31 dec)

Topdrukte — Winter safari season, Christmas to New Year rush

• Feestdag

  Christmas to New Year rush

  22 dec – 2 jan · meestalKerst & nieuwjaarDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Safari permits and zone lottery (1 jan – 31 dec), Winter safari season (1 nov – 28 feb)