I saw my first wild tiger at Bandipur, I was ontop of the safari RTV, sitting about 15 feet off the ground when I saw something walking across the path. I was about to ask our guide what that was when he shouted "Tiger, stop the vehicle, quiet...".
The tiger was about 50 feet away and hadn't noticed us. He sauntered across the path seemingly lost in his own thoughts and then, he noticed us. He stopped and turned his head, giving us one of the dirtiest looks I have ever got, for the longest time. Then he vanished into the lantana, just like that.
I had prayed that I would see a tiger, but never thought I would, on my first safari into a jungle :). Its strange in some ways as the next day, we saw nothing - almost no wildlife. I guess I can complain about not getting a good photograph of the tiger though :).
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