Aatankwadi: A Tiger Story
Aatankwadi – A Tiger Story Jungle: Kanha National Park Zone: Kisli Area: Karai Ghati Waqt: 8.30 A.M. Date: 1/11/2016 Jeep Number: 193 Driver: Sajid Guides: Ramkumar Yadav and Jhaduram Sighting: Aatankwadi – Male Tiger On the morning of 1 st November, 2016 we waited impatiently in our Jeep at the Khatia gate of the Kanha National Park. We felt like veterans after our first safari the day before. We were some of the luckiest people to have seen the Umarpani female on 31 st October in the Kanha Zone, Link 8. But the sighting was very brief. The female walked on to the road for two minutes and made her way back inside. The heat being too much for her (Though it was only 15 degrees Celsius!). The forest guard stood at the Khatia gate and looked at the line of jeeps waiting to get inside. Today again our jeep was the first one in the line and the excitement and anxiety were palpable. The guard stared at his wristwatch and looked at us and