Kanha National Park; Kanha Tiger Reserve India Part 4 of India and Sri Lanka Trip

[@masterprattu]

That tiger was truly magnificient. Wonderful video!

[@JamesRattray]

Wow, thank you VERY much. I had no idea what Super Thanks was so have just watched a video. Thank you very much!

[@Bhavesh-Bhimani]

This is exactly how you should make a safari video. Something 'most' of our Indian KZbinrs can learn from. No unnecessarily annoying background music. No running commentary. No tacky effects. Just a nicely edited safari video highlighting the special moments in detail. I felt as if I was there in the jeep with him, watching Chota Munna and the other inhabitants of the jungle. Great job, James. Your video was such a refreshing change from the clutter that I endure just to watch some safari moments on KZbin.

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you Bhawesh. What lovely feedback. I continually question how I produce videos. What is the best balance between just showing what we see and experience and when to add captions and more lately a voice over? Your comments are important to me as I continue to try and work out how best to tell the stories of our experiences. I totally love India, you have so much that we in the west don't have. Your multi cultures, your incredible wildlife and how you preserve it, is an example to the rest of the world.

[@paan35007]

@@JamesRattray You are one of the few Westerners who appreciates india for what enormity it has to give ...Most of the Westerners i know -know India as the country with caste problems, dirty and dark skinned people...if I say hey wait there are other incredible things in india ...no they want to see streets filled with cows crossing the road ,they want to see children eating from garbage cans..If i say hey india has lifted 300 million out of poverty they are like hey can you do the snake charming and make the snake dance ? I tried telling some there are amazing forests in india and india has conserved it despite huge population..Most of them were like why don't you give that place to people and clear slums ? 😂. Oh dear Westerners ...

[@JamesRattray]

@@paan35007 Triambakam, we love India it offers so much more than any western country. The diversity of its cultures, its landscape, its history, its peoples and of course its wildlife, which is an example to the rest of the world. The superb job all those working so hard to protect your wildlife have achieved. My one wish is that India does not become like the rest of the world, my fear is everyone, all over the world is rushing towards a world culture, everyone wearing the same clothes, speaking the same language, English and loosing their own heritage. When the British went to India, India was far ahead in culture than what was going on here in Britain. The early British, went to India purely to trade, they returned having learnt to wash amongst other things. Yes wash. It sounds ridiculous in today's world. But there are accounts of locals looking at those returning from India, thinking they had gone e-feminite, as they washed. Many things, words, customs that we have in Britain today, originate in India. India changed us in Britain and influenced who we are today, in so many ways. Triambakam hold your head up high, you have a fabulous country and peoples, just because other people are ignorant, don't let that pull you down. As I said we absolutely love visiting your lovely country. We have just booked a trip for March 2023, we can't wait to be back.

[@sanjaymu74]

Fully agree

[@joydeeproy1580]

No bollywood music, irritating laughs and selfies.

[@chitrakootenglisheducation3851]

I have visited kanha national park it was incredible.

[@JamesRattray]

Yes, Kanha is very special National Park. We have been to a few parks in India, they all have a special feel to them. What India is doing for its wildlife, our fellow creatures we share this planet with, is incredible. It is setting an example to the rest of the world on how to look after the rich wildlife.

[@ЖасуланКошмуханов]

Which is park is the best in India?

[@ramanamurthy7352]

No irritating background music or commentary, good. Just an hour of raw footage. Thanks.

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you. I totally agree with your comment about music. I have edited our trips down to try and share our experiences in the superb Indian parks, Pench, Kanha and Bandhavgarh.

[@parvathamashokkeerthi3195]

full exiting journey super next vidio coming

[@Nowheretobefoundanywhere]

Rawness of videography is top notch. The best way to show actual forest is keeping the sanctity of jungle background noise as it is. Keep making videos. Respect and love for your work.

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you so much. I too love watching the old videos I have taken, as I am transformed back to India, with all the wonderful sounds, people, scenery. You have a very special country.

[@Nowheretobefoundanywhere]

@@JamesRattray Thank you so much for wonderful series of wildlife. My leisure time spent while watching all your videos and one by one I am watching every safari. The most best things I liked is how you see the gap and critically analyse it. And see everything in optimistic way.

[@JamesRattray]

@@Nowheretobefoundanywhere You don't realise how much pleasure your words give me. I want to share my experiences, not to achieve millions of views (I know this video has done just that), but it is never my aim. My aim is to tell a simple story as I discover India's wild life and in the more recent series, my journey as I gain a greater understand of India's wonderful parks and the people who live around them. I barely scratch the surface, I know. It would need someone like you, who can speak the local languages to get the real stories out. There are other people doing this, I know. At least my story is as an English speaking tourist who gets huge pleasure from every time I visit India. Such a wonderful country. Thank you for your comments.

[@xijinpig8982]

With this great masterpiece, the only way you could take a step up is with snow leopards in the Himalayan National Parks. Ive heard Hemis, Great Himalayan, Govind Pashu Vihar and Nanda Devi National Parks are amazing places to spot a snow leopard. Especially in Ladakh and Northern Himachal.

[@JamesRattray]

What a thought, what a suggestion. Thank you. We can't wait to get back to India, I will look at these and weigh up the options for our next trip. Once again, thank you.

[@sanmarino647]

What a sighting of a Massive huge Male Tiger. Its belly was almost touching the ground, seems like it just had a good fill. 😂😂😂😂 Happy to see Tiger population 🐅 flourishing in our country. Pristine National parks and plenty of prey species besides legal protection are few reasons the Tigers are thriving here. I am also delighted to tell you all that the tiger numbers have gone up even more than 550 in the Russian Far East - Amur region. Some of the male tigers found in Indian National parks grow up as big as the Siberian Tigers. The Tiger corridors in Karnataka or Ranthambore in Rajasthan to M.P or the Terai Region from Corbett to Shukla phanta in Nepal or the beautiful forests of Madhya Pradesh , Maharashtra, the dense hilly forests of Kerala and Tamil nadu or Kaziranga in Assam to sunderbans in West Bengal. I wonder which habitat the tiger has not adapted to? I think in every type of forests in India 🇮🇳 the tigers have survived and its brilliant for revival of jungles in India 🇮🇳. Happy to see more tourists flocking our National parks and enjoying the wild life sightings.

[@funloving1]

I have been watching your Jungle Safari video series... They are marvelous 😊 At 44:30 the birds sound are a treat to ears, very melodious and peaceful. I saw another of your video of jungle orchestra - Jim Corbett National park, got to know of you using an app for tracking birds.. Merlin app 😊 it was new and a delight to know that such a app exists. 😊 Very Happy and thankful to you for sharing the majestic atmosphere of a true jungle ❤. I am from city enjoying your videos. I wish good health to you all.👍 Very few youtubers catch the real essence of jungle life. You bring such colourful rederation of the morning fog and evening peace through your lenses in to our lives. I am thankful you never over saturate colors in the videos while editing. Do visit India again and bring such videos of the jungle. I loved all your Jim Corbett National park videos. 😊😊😊

[@JamesRattray]

What a lovely comment. Thank you. I never change colour (too complicated for me, also I am very colour blind, so best for me to stay away from colours. I never know what tempo is best with videos I edit. I am self taught and I am aware I am very amateurish in my approach. I just try to show things as they are. Once again, your comments have given me a bounce in my step (walk). I do very much hope to be back in India, that wonderful country that is teaching the world how to look after our fellow creatures we shar ethis planet with.

[@linahajra3345]

The best jungle safari. Thanks for sharing 😊😊👍👍

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you Lina, I really appreciate that. My videoing has evolved over the years and my strategy is to try and capture the story. Not just the an event. Thank you for taking the time to let me know what you thought.

[@linahajra3345]

@@JamesRattray I am originally from India live in Ireland. I love travelling and like to see travel videos. I seen many videos but i liked your video very much because you have taken the videos so nicely and definitely i have to appreciate your patience. I felt the jungle that is the main thing. Hope u liked our country. Thanks to talking to you.

[@JamesRattray]

@@linahajra3345 I love India it offers so much. I first went in 1997 and have been back in 2006, 2009, 2017, 2018 and 2019. When we are allowed to travel India is at the very top of my wish list. The parks, the people, the diversity of your cultures and landscape are absolutely fabulous. Nice speaking to you Lina.

[@srikantkisan6969]

@@JamesRattray Ireland president Olli bhartker original indian ❤️❤️

[@JamesRattray]

@@srikantkisan6969 yes I am aware of this. We have many people here in our society who have Indian blood. Back in the 17th and 18th century, it was common for European/British men to have Indian wives. It was also not uncommon for Brits to become Muslims and Hindus. It was common for them to send their children at an early age to the UK to brought up and educated here with their extended families. Also at that time it was not uncommon for European/British women to marry Indian men. What changed all this was the East India Company Governor General Cornwallis. He is the man who lost America for the British. He was terrified the same would happen with India. So in the late 18th century, he put in measures (in his eyes) to prevent this. He banned anyone working for the East India Company who wore native Indian dress and costumes, who took up any of the Indian religions, who had Indian wives. For me living in the 20th and 21st century, looking back in time, this was truly terrible. There were lots of consequences that we as Indian and particularly British societies have suffer ever since. Too many to go in to here. I often wonder, if Cornwallis had not done this how differently our histories and society might have been. We have to remember, when the Europeans came to India in the 16th Century (Portuguese) and 17th century (the Portuguese, English, Dutch, French, ....) it was purely for trade. The spices were worth a great deal of money in Europe and prior to sea travel they had to go over land and were very very expensive as a consequence. The Moguls were all powerful at this time, remembering they ruled some of the areas we call India today. It was Aurangzeb 1658 to 1707 and his policies that led to the decline of the Mogul rule and the over meddling of the Europeans, French and British. Prior to this Indian culture and in my opinion, civilization was superior to that of Europe. I remember reading, that British people who had lived in India came back to Britain and washed. Yes washed, bathed. This was something Brits did not do. Local Brits saw these people as effeminate, (being girlish). It just shows how alien washing was to the Brits in the 17th and 18th centuries. On a personal level I am a great fan of India, you have some many things that set you apart from other countries and societies. Thank you for sharing this information with me.

[@alokede8423]

It was nice to watch a bigmale tiger on d road just unbeliavelible

[@RSRJ15]

Thanks James!!! How you captured Chota Munna was just terrific! I almost felt I watching him in real. Such beautiful and mercerizing shots of the tiger!!

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you RSJ15 I really appreciate you sharing your thoughts with me. We were so so lucky. It was a very special siting. India has wonderful wildlife parks and sets an example to the rest of the world on how it manages it forests and protects its wildlife. We absolutely love going to India, a great country and peoples.

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you I appreciate the feed back.

[@momeuis895]

Terimakasih Anda sudah memberikan sebuah tontonan yang luar biasa ❤❤

[@JamesRattray]

Sama-sama. Terima kasih

[@momeuis895]

@@JamesRattray Ok

[@greasemonk3734]

26:53 ‘sighting chances’. Great video!

[@srikanthanamarlapudi4948]

To be honest, I felt like I was literally experiencing the Safari in real. Thanks James, one of the best video I've watched in a while.

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you. I really appreciate your feedback. As a self taught video person, I try and capture life as I see it and experience. I just recently edited my shots of our first trip to Kanha you might enjoy this one too kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZCohauDj86mbKM Thank you for commenting, it is very much appreciated.

[@foodienation6630]

@@JamesRattray you are amazing James🦋

[@mdtaruk1601]

@@JamesRattray can Y

[@srikantkisan6969]

@@foodienation6630 thanks for ❤️

[@tehibuyore2870]

L . Km

[@aksharbrahm4618]

HI James, It's a Lovely video with details and explanation. I completely agree that your guide and driver should have involved you somehow in the conversation. May be it happened because of the language barrier i guess.

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you Akshar. We were in India this last March visiting Saptpura, Pench, Tadoba, Kaziranga and Corbett. We had brilliant guides, which I tried to bring out in the videos. What India is doing for its wildlife is an example to the rest of the world. Sadly we wont be going this winter, but fingers crossed we can get to India next winter. We miss Inia a lot. Thank you for commenting.

[@oindrilamukherjee1315]

It's absolutely our luck to see the tiger .But also it's very very enjoyble ,adventarous ,interesting ride ,the zeep safari

[@ritapai116]

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[@prabhakarbanerjee]

Wow. So many national park videos. You are true animal lover. Loved your videos - unedited and natural.

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you Prabhakar, we love your wildlife parks and we also love visiting India. The videos are a record of our experiences. I try to capture the whole story, not just the fantastic tigers and leopards. We hope to be back as soon as Corona is a distant memory.

[@nikhilpandey2618]

Great work I enjoyed this video 👍

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you Nikhil, I appreciate the feedback.

[@nanditadas6207]

🎉 Well done 🎉. Yes, there are Rules in Indian Forests, I think in other Countries there are also Rules for Visitors of their Forests. And 1 must maintain those Rules. Thank you. 🙏🙏

[@JamesRattray]

Just back from 3 weeks in India, visited 5 parks, now working on the new videos. India is a wonderful country and what it is doing to protect its wildlife is inspirational.

[@backfromthejawsofdanger]

So lucky everyone to see the Majestic Tiger for such a long period. It is indeed a photographers delight.

[@just4mygrl413]

Beautiful tiger! Amazing and majestic!!

[@bananaanan]

Great lucky team... It was not a video clip. It is a Documentary film....very excellently filmed, with sub titles.... Really appreciated....and expecting more Jungle Safari videos. All the Best.... Thanks

[@JamesRattray]

Anand thank you. If you look in the text below the video you will find links to all our Safaris in India and Sri Lanka in 2019. I try to give the sense of the whole experience, not just a short clip of an animal. What is normal today is history in 50 years.

[@bananaanan]

@@JamesRattray Sir highly appreciated...I vl refere your videos....Pls do visit to Nagarhole Jungle Safari...Kabini Back Water....where you vl find Black Leopord.....Tq........anand

[@JamesRattray]

@@bananaanan We visited Nagerhole in February 2017. We had a very good sighting of a leopard crossing the main road. During our boat trip, we saw a baby elephant stuck in the mud beside the water and the mother elephant trying to help is get to its feet on the slippery mud. We left the scene with what we understood to be park personnel going to try to help. We loved our trip. Here is a link to a video I put together of a camouflaged tiger at Nagerhole kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZisqp-uprukgpY

[@guhachayan1]

Beautiful captures and love the natural sound. Not mentioning the super sighting of Chota Munna tiger. A few months back it's father Munna died at Khana National park at the age of 18 years.

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you Chayan. We can't wait to be allowed back to your fantastic country. We miss all the natural sounds and wildlife. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and thoughts.

[@scvlogs5625]

All the 49 mins worth of video was fun to watch

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you SC. We are booked to be back in India in March. We can't wait to capture more shots of your wonderful country and wildlife.

[@scvlogs5625]

@@JamesRattray By the end of this month, even I'm travelling to Tadoba Tiger reserve which is Maharashtra, one of the state of India. After two months probably in March/April, I will travel to Bandhavgarh Tiger reserve which is in the same state where Kanha Tiger Reserve is located. Always thrilled to travel to these Wildlife Adventures

[@JamesRattray]

@@scvlogs5625 We are visiting Tadoba in March, also Pench. I envy you too.

[@scottkennedy4085]

Been fascinated with tigers all my life and my dream is to see one in the wild,read so many books etc ,love reading books and watching documentaries bye valmic thapar,hopefully spelled that correct, also been in love with rathambore since read about it when was small boy,hopefully get to visit this amazing place one day,love from Scotland x

[@JamesRattray]

Hi Scott, thank you for your comments. We travel from Scotland. India is a fabulous country, we have visited six times and can never get enough. Fantastic people, very special wildlife is given protection so it can survive in its original natural state, thanks to all those who devote their lives to this wonderful cause in India. A visit is highly recommended.

[@scottkennedy4085]

@@JamesRattray amazing mate ,its my dream to travel to india and see Indian jungle and tigers in there natural habitat, hopefully one day a will experience it ,thanks so much for getting back to me,your experiences sound amazing

[@proudharyanvi6925]

Always Welcome in India brother.🙏..

[@JamesRattray]

@@proudharyanvi6925 thank you

[@gigythomas7672]

Hi Scott I was lucky to spot 2 tigers in Kanha on the same day. On 28th Feb 2021 You are welcome to this country 🙏

[@hoochoy]

The singing Shama bird at the end was to me the best thing I ever heard in the wild, I travel once to Asia saw them in cages .

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you for sharing that with us. They had such a lovely song we had to look for them. So sad seeing them in cages.

[@JB-vy8kh]

Yes, just like everybody else, I too felt this was a beautifully shot video with accompanying "quiet comments" which were perfect to explain the moment. Thank you and good luck for future such adventures. 🤠

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you JB. I appreciate you taking the time to let me know what you liked. Off to India in March, can't wait!

[@Hindimuhavrerachna]

wow..liked it..when i was 12 years old i went to kanha...that time my father was posted in Mandla as a forest officer..missing those days..thanks for sharing..

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you for sharing that with us. It is because of people like your father that we are able to enjoy the wonderful wildlife in India today. Please pass on our thanks to him and everyone else who do so much to preserve the forests and wildlife in India.

[@Hindimuhavrerachna]

Unforunately...he got heart- attack..now he is no more..in this world.....🙏

[@JamesRattray]

@@Hindimuhavrerachna I am so sorry. But what a wonderful part he played in helping to look after India's and the world's wildlife. I am sure you are all very proud of him. As I said it is only because of the many dedicated people like your father, that we can enjoy the wonderful forests and wildlife that India has. I personally believe anyone who works to looks after our nature should be given a title of respect by all of us. May be something like 'Guardian of nature' or something like this. Thank you for sharing with us, best wishes from the UK>

[@Hindimuhavrerachna]

He was Deputy conservator of Forest D.F.O..In M.P.That time posted there...

[@JamesRattray]

@@Hindimuhavrerachna he certainly would have made a difference in what he did to look after India's forests and nature. You are right to be very proud of him. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@amitabhsharma8100]

Excellent excellent excellent documentary of kanha mukki zone. I enjoyed the complete trip from your lovely vdo. Thanks a ton for sharing it.

[@JamesRattray]

Amitabh thank you very much, your comments which mean an awful lot. I try and capture not just the fantastic tigers but the whole scene, that leads to the sightings. In the text below this video you will find the links to the others videos from this trip, alas a distant memory in February 2019. We had a wonderful time.

[@bananaanan]

Good Aashirwad...to team

[@JamesRattray]

@@bananaanan thank you for your blessings.

[@tiruvengadamsrinivasan6777]

👌Srilancan forest journey. Good chance. Remembrance. Thank you

[@winnguyen443]

Thank for the excellent video. This Canadian would love to see India some day.

[@JamesRattray]

Billy thank you for your comment. We absolutely love India. We first went in 1997, change has been very rapid. Lovely lovely people, great places to stay. We put up our suggestions on this web site, covering all kinds of things that might help you www.explore-india.net/planning-your-trip/ please check other sources of information too in your planning

[@winnguyen443]

@@JamesRattray thank you so much!

[@vajakara145]

@@winnguyen443 ત્ર્ત્રત્રત્ર

[@akaashsingh7521]

In magdhi there are 5 tigers whereas in tala there are 3... I would suggest you to stay at Sinha sahab's hotel ( i do not remember the hotels name exactly) you can ask the locals....everyone knows about sinha sahab... Now why i am sugessting sinha sahab's resort only? Coz there is a pond right next to the resort and tigers roam around the resort throughout the day in the dry season because tigers need water every 2 hours... You will literally watch tigers peep at you from the windows of your room.... Please do not carry small children if you do please do not let them out of sight.... You will literally see tigers drinking from your balcony and for me it was a once in a lifetime experience

[@worldfacts944]

That' looks like a majestic tiger in a fairytale jungle.. nature at it's best.

[@JAYDEVZ]

great video james! lots of love from iraq!

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you Jaydevz, we love India and its wonderful wildlife, hope this helped you see what we love. Best wishes from the UK to Iraq.

[@shubhambasor7174]

Thank you to showing kanha national park beautiful video of tiger by you

[@sulekhadas4938]

Good catching shots and vivid predictions

[@Yalla_Habibi_Cat1]

Hey James ! Great footage . Nice to see you in India. Well you could have explored Asiatic Lions and Rare black panthers as well in states of Gujarat and Karnataka respectively of India. Also white tigers in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh state. There is great variety of wildlife spread across India . One visit is not enough to see them all. Anyway nice to see you. Regards from India.

[@JamesRattray]

Hi Queen of Hearts. Thank you for your welcome. I know what a very special country India is. This is our seventh trip, we can't get enough of India. How India looks after its wildlife is an example to the rest of the world. My brother share a post of how there had been no rhinos killed in Kaziranga during the whole of 2022 for instance. Great credit has to go to everyone who looks after India's wildlife and all the communities who live around your fantastic parks. Thank you for commenting.

[@gatorduran3288]

I LOVE TIGER STORIES!

[@JamesRattray]

Just back from 3 weeks in India. I now work on more tiger and wildlife stories, including one story of a tigress successfully capturing its dinner, a cheetal. I hope the first video will be ready in about 2 weeks. Lots and lots of editing to be done.

[@denisbrezik8656]

God and his art work those lines tiger cloth colors I draw i paint I’m not professional just relaxing this looks like a painting walking .

[@natureloverenjoyyourlife5288]

Big like 🌻👍wow jungal safari beautiful sharing friend

[@critical_analysis]

Thanks so much James for this wonderful footage. There is nothing more majestic than a Tiger, really love them and seeing them in videos like these is very rare as well. You have done an excellent job and thanks again for sharing the precious footage. God bless you.

[@JamesRattray]

I am really pleased to have been able to capture our experience and share it with you. India is a fantastic country that is doing so much to look after its wildlife. We love visiting and hope to be back once travel restrictions are lifted.

[@milindkangutkar3108]

@@JamesRattray What is your experience of other Tiger reserves

[@JamesRattray]

@@milindkangutkar3108 Thanks for your question. In 2006 we went on a weeks elephant safari staying in the old forest rest houses around Corbett Park, with one day in the Park. 2009 we went to Assam and visited Kaziranga, Manas, Orange, Namerie 2016 we visited Kanha, Bandhavgar, Tadoba 2017 we visited Corbett, Nagerhole, Bandipur, Periyar 2019 we visited Pench, Kanha, Bandipur then two parks in Sri Lanka - Walipattu and Wasgamur You can see videos of all our visits for 2019, I still have to edit Periyar for 2017 and Taboba for 2016 . Prior to that I did not have good enough video equipment and my video journey is self taught and a journey in itself. I am no specialist, I just try to record life as I experience it. India is a country I hold dear to my heart, its peoples, their cultures and the wildlife.

[@milindkangutkar3108]

@@JamesRattray Sir, I liked your transparency. I am a good at still photography. To plunge in videography. Thanks 👍

[@JamesRattray]

@@milindkangutkar3108 I started with still photography. There are an awful lot of real quality still photographers out there. Video gives you more movement and sound. But it takes time to edit. A simple video of a park visit probably takes me one hour for every 3 to 5 mins of video.

[@akaahghosh6561]

Amezing

[@Khushi23-y8u]

Wow it was great to see king of the jungle....😃👏👏👏you are so lucky. 😀

[@JamesRattray]

We were indeed VERY luck to see such a magnificent siting and what a lovely tiger to have following us. I was so pleased to capture it on camera so we all could enjoy what we saw. Thank you for commenting.

[@bryan73ccc]

Everyone knows that CHUCK NORRIS is king of the jungle duh!

[@nacerayoubi5350]

beautiful nature green

[@Biswajit2019-n3y]

Awesome national park 🏞

[@kshitijsingh609]

Please create more videos related indian wildlife

[@JamesRattray]

We were in India in March 2023, we visited 5 wonderful Parks, starting at Satpura. I made videos of the whole trip here is the link to the first video. India is a wonderful country that is doing so much for its wildlife kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6KYgZiIqsiEpKcsi=aFX1fm0ex73d70G4

[@drtalkboxsa9412]

In African Safaris a lion can just walk up to an open safari vehicle and even rest on its shade. The drivers don’t drive away..... But with a Tiger I guess it’s a different story, seems like this big cat can leap into the car and cause havoc. The drivers show great respect for this cat

[@JamesRattray]

That is an interesting observation. The difference I believe is how the parks are managed. In India, the Indian Forestry who manage the parks have a very strict policy of the animals comes first. So the parks have rules including the distance vehicles are allowed to be near an animal. The drivers are keeping ahead and out of the way of the wild animal trying to keep the requisite distance from it. You can see the non tourist jeep that appears in the back ground. That is the park director, who patrols the park. The drivers and guides can loose their jobs or be suspended if they do not observe the strict rules. Another difference between Indian Parks and African Parks, is that vehicles can not leave the roads to get a better view of an animal. If they do, they are banned. Another point of difference in how the parks are managed is the Indian Parks have core areas where tourist vehicles are not permitted. So coming to your point about could tigers rest under vehicles if they were allowed. The answer is I do not know. I was brought up in Kenya going to Kenya Parks. I have a huge amount of respect for how India manages its parks. It amazes me that Indian Parks do not get more coverage here in the UK. All those who manage them and dedicate their lives to protection of India's wildlife to a brilliant job. Thank you for your interesting observation.

[@drtalkboxsa9412]

@@JamesRattray how I wish I was in one of those cars. I know I was gonna have goosebumps. The Tiger is such a majestic cat which commands fear and respect

[@JamesRattray]

@@drtalkboxsa9412 We were very lucky to see him, he was absolutely;y magnificent. Have you read Jim Corbett's books? If you look them up, he wrote a number of books on India and its wildlife. He is known for his man eating books, they are not frightening, he respected the tigers as he tried to outwit them. I am sure you would love the books.

[@TheBaywork]

Fabulous

[@himan5hu]

Thank you for exploring KANHA National park so beautifully and in complete video I felt as I'm there😅🤗

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you. I grew up in Kenya. Seeing your name 'Patel' reminds me of our local store in the village we lived. My mother tells me how Mr Patel really helped all the local farmers out during the great depression in the 1930s. When he died, everyone went to his funeral as respect for a great person. I had to share that story about your name sake. We love your Indian National Parks there are an example to the rest of the world. We also absolutely love India. I am continually adding videos of our trips. As I am now retired, I am able to look back and edit all the footage I have taken during our visits. It is interesting how much one learns just by going back to video clips. Here is our tribute to Kanha kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6DOfIqDrtuYbrM Thank you for commenting.

[@amutham3915]

10:58 looks like chota munna was giving poses to camera man😂🥰

[@JamesRattray]

He was certainly very comfortable with us so near him. What a lovely tiger.

[@IglabHsenag]

Amazing sightings of the tiger, bear and other animals. Thanks for sharing. Disappointed at the lack of safari discipline in maintaining the right distance away from these majestic predatory animals, and keeping conversation at a whisper level during such encounters.

[@exploringenglandandwales9845]

Good points about the safari discipline. Thank you for commenting.

[@edwigcarol4888]

Absolutely for that reason i will never ever do a safari. Out of true respect for animals. They are not humans's toys..

[@ameyaathawale5521]

@@edwigcarol4888 you probably help the animals more by visiting and funding their conservation projects. I doubt animals are too fussed by a jeep

[@terenceross1893]

We were in khana in November, unfortunately for all the other jeeps that had stopped when a tiger was seen on the road, one jeep with two Bruts carrying camera phones ignored all the calls to stop and drove at speed towards the tiger who then went back into the trees.. Our guide knew where he might emerge and we relocated getting a decent viewing albeit at a greater distance.

[@johnking5122]

He doesn't mind they are in his territory. Amazing

[@JamesRattray]

Thanks for your comments John. When you say "He doesn't mind they are in his territory." I assume you are referring to the humans/jeeps in the tiger's territory. In the natural course of things tigers and humans would live side by side. Humans are not on the tigers menu, unless they are severely injured meaning they can't eat their natural food, deer, pigs, monkeys etc. Our guide and driver told us if we did not stay far enough ahead of the tiger on the road, he would just walk in to the jungle and be unseen. If you want to know more about tigers, I recommend reading Man-Eaters of Kumaon by Jim Corbett. He wrote a series of fascinating books about his life and the people of India and man eaters. I see you can buy it for £7 - highly recommended.

[@peeyushkumar1478]

Mesmerising...felt as if there...nice, clear coverage...thank you..😊🌹

[@JamesRattray]

It was very special. Thank you India for looking after these wonderful animals and forests.

[@DavyNelson]

Brilliant stuff James. The tiger as cool as he likes is amazing. Lying in the road, is showing off his intimidation to everyone...absolutely excellent footage

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you Davy. We were very lucky to get such a super siting to ourselves. 3 tourist jeeps and the park official vehicle.

[@RajKamal-vf3vy]

10:58 He was like , ok here you go click some good pictures !

[@danieldevadatta4686]

Quiet while viewing...

[@jnanendrakumarmohanty5533]

You presented the scenes so beautifully and faithfully. Thank you so much.

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you. It was a real honour being there. We are so so lucky being able to enjoy India's wonderful wildlife parks and tiger sanctuaries. Thank you India.

[@dipakdebnath2109]

@@JamesRattray choota munna is no more . ( 7/3/2021 )

[@RameshBhai-mx8tm]

@@JamesRattray DCCC CX and then can you are you you are you are you are h

[@desaivibha5025]

Very nice video. Feel like I am there in jeep....

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you Desai, I tried to make it to capture the essence of the par. Look below in the text for links to the other parts we visited in your wonderful country, we have come to love.

[@RenKishibe]

Such a majestic beast . Extremely magnificent

[@Thehighwaylove01]

So well captured..thanks..loved it

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you, we were really lucky and glad to share our experience with you. Links to the other videos of our trip below. Our Kanha trip in 2017 wee had a couple of excellent sightings too kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZCohauDj86mbKM

[@thyagarajup6889]

Superb video. Thank you for sharing.

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you, I really appreciate that feedback.

[@vikasgurjar7404]

Thank you for visiting India 🙏🙏🙏

[@JamesRattray]

We love India, it is so vibrant, with so many different people and communities, also your fabulous wildlife. We have just booked our trip to visit again in March 2023. Thank you India.

[@avanshikasharma2484]

Awesome, gorgeous, adorable!! 😍😍

[@JamesRattray]

Absolutely!

[@pacbear6254]

nice video....thanks for sharing!

[@JamesRattray]

Thank, also thank you for leaving your comment. Much appreciated.

[@denisbrezik8656]

A tiger so rare the lions are everywhere on the tube tigers a pleasant surprise.

[@JamesRattray]

Denis, India has some of the best wildlife parks in the world. It has one park with over 2,600 rhinos. We visited last month and saw 22 rhinos from one spot. Think of Africa with all it poaching and corruption, as say this advisedly as we have family in southern Africa who share press coverage highlighting corrupt syndicates now exploring the wildlife there. We have just returned from our 7th trip to India. I am currently producing videos of our trip to 5 Indian Tiger Reserves, here is a link to the first drive in which we saw a sloth bear with its two teenager children kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6KYgZiIqsiEpKc

[@mjsmehfil3773]

Wonderful dedication for your work... Congrats and please post more and more videos... God bless you abundantly.. Sunny Kochi,Kerala.

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you

[@TheBongConnection1410]

Very peaceful to watch. Indeed guides should educate customers on what's really going on, but I guess the language barrier. Anyway, the staff seems friendly. I'm from Siliguri and I often visit parks on the northeast India side. You must too, great place.

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you. When you say North East area of India, where are you refering to Assam? We went to Manas, Numeri, Orange and Kaziranga in 2009. It was all very new. Love to have your suggestions. I have just added a video of our trip to Bandipur Park kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJzRpGVvgK-Lh6s

[@raghusimhan4845]

Thankyou, it was as good as it can get for someone especially during such pandemic period. A nerve wracking experience when Chotta Moona was fast approaching towards your vehicle.

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you Raghu, we were very lucky to such a wonderful tiger. We love visiting India and you are an example to the world how you look after your wild life. It is an honour to visit your country.

[@hs7590]

9:17 epic name😂🔥

[@Sunraysunshine]

This is quite a good video felt like I was part of a tiger sanctuary. The tiger part was amazing. 👍

[@JamesRattray]

We were very lucky. It is the best tiger sighting we have ever had. That close too.

[@STEVEHOLE1]

I was a driver in this park and i am English, i use to explain what was going on, unfortunately as you have found out, many of these people speak little proper English, but it is the most beautiful park in India 🇮🇳 Chota Munna you seen, the father Munna killed a person and is now in a zoo

[@JamesRattray]

I am very sorry to hear that about Chota Munna. He is a magnificent tiger. Thank you for sharing that with me.

[@STEVEHOLE1]

Sorry it was not chota Munna, it was his father, a Tiger called Munna, check out my youtube stevehole1 to see his Father in Kanha

[@JamesRattray]

@@STEVEHOLE1 thank you for clarifying that. Glad to hear Chota Munna is having a free life.

[@liveawildlife]

@@JamesRattray Chota Munna is missing since October 2019 and yet to be sighted in Kanha. His year long absence is strong proof that he is no more sadly.

[@JamesRattray]

@@liveawildlife Thank you for that information Jaydeep. Hopefully he disappeared because a rivel male tiger took over his territory. When we were there, we heard another tiger roaring. Our guide told us that it was another male tiger, no doubt looking for Chota Munna, he said. Our guide told us for Chota Munna to take control of the territory he eventually killed the other dominant male for his territory. That is real nature. Once again, thank you for the information, we love India and loads of fantastic memories and hope to return again for more experiences.

[@XMLMaestro]

Nicely shot with patience, thank you. As with guides and drivers -- most of the time, they themselves are wondering what is happening or what to expect -- that is how wilderness is. So, it is hard to explain what is going on. It is a hit or miss. I was there a few years ago. We sighted a tiger but it was with the help of an elephant. The problem with Kanha, it is thick bush on all sides. So, it is very difficult to sight animals. I had better luck with Tadoba park which is bit in the south which is known to have better tiger sightings. Also, was in Ranthambore. I was in Sri Lanka as well -- visited three parks: Udawalawe, Yala and Wilpattu. Udawalawe had lot of elephants. Yala is known for leopards -- we saw one. We did not have much luck in Wilpattu though i felt it is a beautiful park and also known for leopards. I heard it suffered a lot during a civil war which ended in 2009.

[@JamesRattray]

We enjoyed both Sri Lankan Parks but they could do with some of the concepts developed so successfully in the Indian parks. Here are our videos of our trip:- Wasgamuwa Park, Sadly there was clear evidence of poaching, which you will see in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5icqol6a9KEj9k At Wilapatu kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqvHl4KuZpyBobM

[@sushantsingh3828]

🤘🤘👍👍👍

[@susheelarajagopalan9355]

Lovely video. Thanks for sharing

[@beingawild]

Sir I have seen your amazing video...which gear did u used to take this video?

[@JamesRattray]

I use a Panasonic Lumix camera with with a camera Gimbal Stabilizer, this removes all the movements in the jeep and makes the shot smooth. It is brilliant and well worth investing in if you want to take videos without all the vehicle movements. Hope that answers your question, thanks for asking.

[@aranimukhopadhyay682]

When Chhota Munna decides to put up a show! dream sighting indeed!

[@JamesRattray]

We were very lucky. No guarantees in nature, which is just how it should be.

[@aranimukhopadhyay682]

@@JamesRattray absolutely.. luck is everything in the wild! Next time you go into the jungle, try Pench in the summer. And for natural landscape beauty, visit corbett once if you haven't already. 👍🏼

[@JamesRattray]

@@aranimukhopadhyay682 we loved Pench - Video 2 Pench National Park India - India and Sri Lanka part 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJacmGl5gMailck​ Video 3 Pench to Kanha National Tiger Park India - Part 3 of India and Sri Lanka Trip kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYTck3SHodWZh8U​ Also Corbett kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqrOo5uwhaiHa5o In India you have some of the best wildlife sanctuaries/parks in the world. A great credit to your nation and all the people who work so hard to look after this world asset, including the villagers and people who live around the parks. We absolutely love India, a fabulous country and peoples. Thank you for your comments.

[@Amrita79usa]

awesome video. great luck

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you Amrita, yes we were very lucky. For me, part of the fun of visiting wildlife in places such as India's wonderful wildlife parks, is that you never know what you will see. One has to be patient, listen and look for signs and if there is luck you find a special animal story. On this trip (video links below) we saw two tigers and a very good sighting of a leopard in Pench. In Kanha we say with absolutely superb sighting of this fabulous male tiger, plus (in another video) a mother tiger trying to through her daughters out of her home as they are grown up. A bit of fighting. In Bandhavgar we saw tigers on their own, with half grown cubs and also very small cubs. The Sri Lanka Parks are wonderful, but need to pinch one or two ideas form what works in the Indian parks to come up to the same level. Thank you for your comment. We can't wait to return to India, you have a truly lovely country.

[@NiveditaM]

You can also visit Shimlipal Tiger Reserved Forest in Odisha,Mayurbhanj district.it's a hill area with full of jungles.

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you for the suggestion. Please tell me more about the park. What wildlife are you likely to see?

[@19MSAM]

I could imagine your situation not getting what's going on between guides... I hope you had given the suggestion at the entry desk, they will surely gonna consider it, People coming from out of India there experience should be the best.

[@JamesRattray]

Mausam, thank you. We have just returned from our 7th trip to your wonderful country. It is changing so so fast. The quality of the experience and the tiger parks are improving every trip. Our first Indian park experience was at Corbett in 2006, our latest was March 2023, last week. I am going to put my first of many videos from our trip live today. These will videos will try and tell the story of India's wonderful wildlife parks and all those who make them world beaters that they are today. If you have time please look at them, I would love your comments as some one who lives in India. My comments of course are as an outsider, who has had the privilege of being India's guest many times.

[@Wadidir]

Wow nice vedeo

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you. I really appreciate you letting me know.

[@doglovers814]

Hi James, these guides are actually the local people living in the nearby villages so, most of them actually don't know much english, so next time maybe you should ask for a translator or a guide who knows english from your resort

[@JamesRattray]

Our guide naturalist spoke English, but needed to be aware we didn't understand what was going on. We have been to many parks in India, India does its wildlife so much better than many other places in the world. Much much better than here in Britain and I do go on forums and tell people we in Britain should be looking at how we can improve by looking at what India is doing. Sorry this was a bit of frustration spilling out, as our English speaking guide forgot who his guests were and who was paying him to translate. Down to us too, we should have kept asking him what was going on.

[@doglovers814]

@JamesRattray oh ya, indeed, thanks to the strict forest laws, we are able to preserve the beautiful wildlife in the country. I hope people everywhere across the globe understand the importance of wildlife and help to preserve it.

[@witelite7779]

The tiger says "Here I am where are you going I thought you were looking for me" lolll "wait stop"!

[@selvalorestudios]

Beautiful footage. I could look at him for hours.

[@JamesRattray]

We were so lucky to see him. I am really thrilled to have caught the footage so I can also watch it over and over again. Thank you for leaving your comments.

[@amr4336]

Managed to see a female tiger hunting deers (she failed to catch them) yesterday. Seeing a Tigress hunting in her natural habit was fascinating.

[@amr4336]

This was actually unexpected as I nor the guide were expecting to see a tiger as we thought that our best chance to spot a tiger was already over when we spotted fresh footprints of a tiger as well as alarms of Monkeys in the jungle in the first half of the safari .

[@JamesRattray]

@@amr4336 What I love about jungle Safaris, is that you never know what is going to happen. It is always about keeping your eyes and ears on alert. My brother spotted a tiger siting by the road, that all the other jeeps had driven past. We too saw a tigress hunting in Pench and were able to follow it for some distance and its path was parallel with the road. Here is the link kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGbFnomdlJakg6s Thank you for sharing your expereince, I wish I had been there with you.

[@amr4336]

@@JamesRattray Saw the video, it was amazing , haven’t visited Pench yet but I am planning to visit both Pench and Tadoba, another great park soon, as both are only a 2 hour road trip away from where I live .

[@JamesRattray]

@@amr4336 How lucky you are to be so close. I am very envious of you. We went to Pench in 2017, a lovely park. The worst thing about Pench was the drivers. We called it the 'Todoba Race Track', the drivers would also not do what our guide asked them to do. We have not been back. Interestingly I was speaking to an Indian Photographer who had had similar experiences also saying he avoids Tadoba. So when you go please let the drivers know they have a reputation on the internet for bad driving and not doing what their guests request. 2017 is a long time ago, I very much hope things have changed, as it is a lovely park. I will get round to editing footage from our visits in 2017. I have now just retired and can't wait to put these experiences in to documentaries for myself, but I will also put on my You Tube channel so other people can experience your wonderful wild life. Thank you India and all the people who look after the wildlife and live around it. I have added these videos to an play list kzbin.info/aero/PL02geH0k-Yw2G38r6faTgN-YDCQm8Q1Z1 Thank you for sharing your comments with me, I am truly envious of you being so close to these parks.

[@sumiya4187]

These types of videos never get bore I can watch this for hours

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you Sumi ya, I tried to make these videos to portray real life. Listening and trying to find clues for different animals. There are no guaranteed sightings, these are wild animals and part of the fun of going to Indian Wildlife or Tiger parks is you never know, if and when you will see a tiger, and when you do what it will be doing. There are more links in the text below the video, to the other videos I produced on our trip. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me, they are really appreciated.

[@ritaroychudhury5127]

Thank you very much James for sharing such a wonderful experience. Only three hours journey from my place (Jabalpur) I am planning to visit kanha national park for the third time as inspired by your video 🙏🙏

[@rajasreebanerjee1727]

v good animal sightings

[@oindrilamukherjee1315]

We visited bandhabgarh before 4 yrs .Interested also to visit kanha.

[@lisajones5667]

Fantastic footage. Loved it.

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you Lisa, I love trying to capture real life stories. I am not sure if you have ever been to India, a truly lovely country which is brilliantly looking after its wildlife. Very special.

[@lisajones5667]

@@JamesRattray Were you able to see Elephants and Leopards there? Did you capture those in any of your other videos?

[@JamesRattray]

@@lisajones5667 if you look at the Pench video (link in the text below) we saw an excellent leopard siting. The Leopard walked right up to us. I have another video to edit where we saw an excellent couple of leopard siftings. I will post those in due course.

[@beingwild1298]

Very nice clip

[@craig9563]

Great stuff James. Thanks. We went to India in Feb 2019 and saw the same species you did at Tadoba (tiger, sloth bear, gaur - also dhole) . I want togo back one day to another park. Kanha looks good. What time of year were you there? October as implied by the post? Which was your favorite park?

[@JamesRattray]

Hi Craig, Goodness me, Feb 2019 was when were also there. Our first trip to India was 1997, 2006, 2009, 2016, 2017, 2019. We absolutely love India its people, its parks, its whole way of life. What time of year? We always go January and February. We are advised November to February is the best time to visit. Which is our favourite Park? Very difficult question. We have been to Corbett National Park, three times, Kanha and Bandhavga twice. Pench we visited in 2019 was also very good. The breadth of wildlife at Tadoba was excellent, the reason we did not return was because of the drivers, they drove too fast and did what they wanted, not what you the visitor wanted. They have had a major problem with attitude, that was 2016. They may have changed. We put our knowledge up on www.explore-india.net/ it does need updating with our recent parks visited, but it should give you some of our thinking. Thank you for commenting and fingers crossed we can all get back in to India soon.

[@craig9563]

@@JamesRattray Thanks so much. we had 5 or so days at Tadoba and loved it. Yes, I guess the drivers were doing as they wanted, but they did seemed good at finding the tigers. (We satyed at Svasari Lodge). I think I will go to Bandhavghar next time. And I agree with you - we had 5 weeks in India in 2019 (our first time) and loved it immensely. I'm into birds and saw lots in Rajasthan and also across at chambal river and Keoladeo. and yes, can;t wait to get travelling again. Fortress Australia finally being unlocked by years end !

[@AritraMukhopadhyayAvi]

Always welcome to India !!

[@alkaiyer3402]

Very nice

[@orikmibang9520]

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[@begogaming2366]

Nice video 👌

[@ADITYAYADAV-nm5rm]

I have been to this amazing forest, and I remember the voice of your gypsy's driver, his name is Naren Malik. Same driver was alloted to us.

[@JamesRattray]

Thank you Aditya. Yes we agree a truly amazing forest. We have been twice and hope to go again. It is always very special.

[@NewDelhiNatureSociety]

Great stuff

[@cosmosaic8117]

What are the jeeps behind the Tiger supposed to do if the Tiger turns around and starts running towards them?

[@JamesRattray]

The tiger has absolutely no interest in the jeeps behind him, not in the jeeps infront of him. He says the road as one of his jungle paths, which some jeeps are also using. Humans are not on tigers' menu. Only old or disabled tigers eat humans. By this I mean if they have lost their main teeth, or have been injured by a porcupine, with quills in its feet. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us.

[@cosmosaic8117]

Thanks for the insight. The Siberian Tiger who got revenge on his hunter in Russia comes to mind. One other question...how much does this cost in USD? This is a bucket list idea for me.

[@JamesRattray]

@@cosmosaic8117 what we did was find an Indian based Travel organiser, who specialises in parks. We organise our trips about 6 months ahead. So I am not answering your question directly as I am sure there are different prices for each way you choose to travel. We always work out what we want to do. Places we want to visit, how long in each and from there we look for local knowledge and help. Hope that helps.

[@cosmosaic8117]

@@JamesRattray Thanks

[@1998parthjain]

This is truly an amazing video

[@emmanuelafrane6074]

Beautiful to see the animals in their habitat

[@anjalitambediwan8888]

Awesome

[@pradnyanetanrao7835]

What will be the best time to visit Kanha? Btw Loved your videos!

[@JamesRattray]

Regarding when best to visit Kanha, I am sorry, I am the wrong person to ask. We have been twice and both times have been at the end of January and early February. The main reason is, India is cooler for us soft Brits who are not used to the heat. Thank you for your compliment about the videos. I try to share what we experience, as we see it. I try and tell as much of the story as possible, as it happens. Best wishes from the UK

[@Rajanshahcomedian955]

Nice👏

[@vaibhavmishra6006]

You're so lucky! The sightings were majestic.

[@JamesRattray]

We were very lucky. We loved every minute of being in India and the wonderful Indian Nature Parks. Thank you India.