Cpt Col's big cat diary:day 1

We left the Colonel's Retreat at 6.15 am in plenty of time to catch our flight from Dehli to Jabalpur - until we got a puncture en route. However, the tyre was changed pretty quickly and we made the flight ok in the end.
Deepak met us at the airport and invited us for tea at his home with his wife and daughter, before our 4 hr drive to The Jungle Mantra resort in Bandergargh Tiger Park.
We arrived at the resort just in time to head straight out on our first safari drive hunting the eponymous tiger.
Before long our excitement grew when we spotted tiger poo and some recent footprints.








Hope the tiger didn't get run over!!
We did spot a few types of deer, wild boar and a jackal




We'll be off again at 5.30 tomorrow morning after that pesky tiger!

Location:Brandegargh Tiger Reserve