Ranthambore Hotels

Ranthambore is a famous national park close to Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan. On the junction of the hill ranges of the Vindhyas and the Aravalis the dense jungle is a lush green region. Once the hunting preserve of the maharajah of Jaipur, Ranthambore is replete in a multitude of flora and fauna. Every year hundreds and thousands of people travel to Ranthambore to watch the exotic wild birds and animals in their natural habitat. Apart from the other wild lives, the opportunity to view the tigers, roaming about giving a damn to human presence, remains the biggest draw for the wild life enthusiasts and the photographers.The legendary Jogi Mahal greets you with its second thickest Banyan Tree as you travel to Ranthambore. An incredible 30ft girth of the tree would leave you wonderstruck. Do remember to visit the 1000yr old Ranthambore Fort as you travel to Ranthambore. History and legends lie entwined in the huge crumbling structure.The best time to travel to Ranthambore is from October to May. In the monsoon seasons the national park remains closed since this is the mating season of the wild animals.If you plan to travel to Ranthambore, you need to reach Sawai Madhopur first. From there the National Park is only 15kms away. There are many Jungle Lodges, tents and hotels in Ranthambore. Comfortable and luxurious Accommodation in sylvan locale with ample scope to watch the birds and animals would make your travel to Ranthambore. Ganesh Chaturthi (August - September of every year)
Perched on Ranthambore Fort is the temple of Lord Ganesha. Every year thousand of people gather here in honour of Lord Ganesha's birthday, in the month of August – September. There are about 42 tigers in Ranthambore National Park. A good network of gravel tracks crisscross the park and safaris are undertaken in open-sided jeeps driven by ranger. In the 13th century A.D. Govinda, the grandson of Prithviraj Chauhan took over the reign of the land. Later his successor Vagabhatta, beautified the city and built a noteworthy temple at Jhain. In the middle of the 15th century A.D. Rana Kumbha captured the fort and gifted it to his son to be occupied later by the Hada Rajputs of Bundi and Mughal Emperors Akbar and Aurangazeb. Mughal Emperor Shah Alam gifted it to Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh I of Jaipur in 1754 and since then it was maintained as the hunting preserve of the Maharaja. Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh were part of the royal hunting who stayed here.