Originally Posted by
TrophyCollector
At Ranthambore however, we were unlucky. Spending two nights at the Oberoi Vanyavilas we didn't see any tigers. It was terribly cold in January. The best animal we saw was some kind of lynx.
IMHO, anyone who wants to see a specific animal (this applies to Africa and India) needs to allow more than two nights to get it accomplished. We spent 5 nights at Aman-i-Khas anticipating this very problem. Ultimately, it was the quality of our guide, his knowledge of where the tigers were that day, and his finagling to get us on good pre-assigned tracks that proved invaluable. We basically saw a tiger every other drive but we never could have planned for this.
By the way, do I think 4 nights at Aman-i-Khas and a week at one of the splashy Maldivian private islands would be a great honeymoon? Absolutely!