Once echoing with royal hunts, Sariska’s forests now stir with the roars of Bengal tigers, the quiet prowl of leopards, and the song of over 200 bird species. Morning safaris trace golden valleys as the forest awakens; evenings unfold in shifting light and shadow. Guided by expert naturalists, each drive offers a front-row seat to the theatre of the wild.
Birding walks and drives explore forests, grasslands, wetlands, and lakes. Resident species include peafowl, kingfishers, and painted spurfowl, while seasonal visitors such as northern pintails, common teals, and Eurasian spoonbills arrive in winter. The day ends with a pause under trees, hills rising around, a picnic laid out, soaking in the sights and sounds discovered along the birding trail.
forests alive again, the watchful hills standing witness to the royal bengal tiger’s quiet return.
Open jeep drives from the lodge move into ancient hills dotted with boulders that have watched the forest for centuries. From these vantage points, the rugged landscape stretches below, punctuated by the occasional alarm call of a peacock. The route winds past water bodies and rocky outcrops, each turn building anticipation of spotting leopards in the folds of the rocks.