tiger reserves in India

According to the 2014 stats, Karnataka had a total of 406 tigers across its five tiger reserves while Uttarakhand had 340.

Gangadharan Menon spent four beautiful, exciting and memorable days exploring the Tadoba Tiger Reserve. Spotting nilgais, bisons, wild dogs and then of course, the striped beauty of the big cats for whom they were there. It turned out to be the richest wildlife spectacle that he has ever witnessed in the country. This is his diary from the journey.