India safari: In search of the Bengal tiger

By Alison Stewart
July 19 2015 - 12:15am
Mahua Kothi game drive.
Mahua Kothi game drive.
Taj Mahal Palace luxury grande room.
Taj Mahal Palace luxury grande room.

It's jungle opera, front row seats. First, there's the overture – a massive paw track and the imprint of a resting tiger's tail. Then the fresh claw marks on tree bark and a deer's strident alarm call. Finally, it's curtain up – 200 kilograms of Bengal tiger barely a metre away, teeth bared, hunting. Not us, if you please.

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