På gång i Ranthambore (Sawai Madhopur), India under året

Mest folk — Winter safari season, Christmas to New Year rush

• Regel

  Safari permits and zone lottery

  1 jan – 31 decBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Winter safari season (1 nov – 28 feb), Christmas to New Year rush (22 dec – 2 jan (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Winter safari season, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

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

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Safari permits and zone lottery (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) i India, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Summer waterhole season

  1 apr – 30 junTorrsäsongRisk

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Safari permits and zone lottery (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — Summer vacation (north & east) i India

• Risk

  Pre-monsoon heat

  1 maj – 25 jun · vanligtvisExtrem värme

  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. Källa ↗

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

Mycket folk — Summer vacation (north & east) i India, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Safari permits and zone lottery (1 jan – 31 dec), Summer waterhole season (1 apr – 30 jun), Pre-monsoon heat (1 maj – 25 jun (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Stängt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Safari permits and zone lottery (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — Ganesh mela at the fort, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Ganesh mela at the fort

  15 aug – 20 sep · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

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

Mycket folk — Ganesh mela at the fort, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: 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 (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) i India, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Öppning

  All ten zones reopen

  1–20 oktTorrsäsongBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Safari permits and zone lottery (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — Winter safari season

• Säsong

  Winter safari season

  1 nov – 28 febTorrsäsongTrångt

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Safari permits and zone lottery (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mest folk — Winter safari season, Christmas to New Year rush

• Helg

  Christmas to New Year rush

  22 dec – 2 jan · vanligtvisJul & nyårTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

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