Jaipur

Ranthambore Tiger Safari Day trip from Jaipur - All Inclusive

Jaipur, India

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From $153.45

Price varies by group size

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up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)

12 hours
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Overview

India's best-known tiger sanctuary, Ranthambore National Park is also the best place to take a tiger safari, and while you may not see one of the elusive creatures during your visit, the chances are good. This experience from Jaipur offers you the chance to either head to Ranthambore for the just for the day or opt for a package deal which includes hotel accommodation, evening and morning safaris, and all your transportation.

Private, round-trip transportation from Jaipur is included
An English-speaking driver will accompany you
Both 1-day and overnight options are available
Packages with and without safaris and hotel rooms are available

What's Included

Pick-up and drop-off from anywhere-hotel/airport/railway station in Jaipur.
Transportation - Sightseeing in a private air conditioner Car.
English Speaking Driver
Entrance Tickets ( if purchase from options )
Jungle Safari in Canter/Gypsy - As availability of Vehicle ( If purchase from options )
Hotel Accommodation ( If purchase from options )
Experience Nature/Jungle Guide ( if purchase from option )
Fuel, Parking, Driver Fees or any Taxes.
Lunch

Any Personal Expenses

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

We will be happy to pick you from the place you stay in Jaipur Hotel / Airport /Station / Bus Stand.

What To Expect

Ranthambore Fort

1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included

Ranthambore Tiger Reserve

4 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Infant seats available

Not recommended for travelers with back problems
Most travelers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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Featured review

Mr_M

Our driver, Wasim, was super friendly and helpful. The drive to Ranthambore is about 3.5 hours each way. You get picked up around 7.30 am, meaning you get to Ranthambore just before 11.00 am. The driver took us to Ranthambore Fort, where we stopped for one hour. Then we had lunch at a nearby hotel. The safari itself started at 2.00 pm and finished just after 6.00 pm. It's in an open top bus, but that wasn't an issue. You are unlikely to see any less than if you have a jeep to yourself. If anything you might see more as you're sitting higher up than you would if in a car. We did see a tiger right at the end (albeit a sleeping tiger). The guide said that when we went (March) there's a 40 percent chance of seeing a tiger. In the summer it's 90%, apparently. We also saw a sloth bear (albeit from afar). That's a rarer sighting than a tiger. You're guaranteed to see lots of monkeys and deer. You might also see owls and mongooses. Be prepared to get back to Jaipur around 10.00 pm! Overall, a great experience.

Reviews

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Not worth it

Alan_H, Mar 2024

We booked the day trip from Jaipur and we're pretty disappointed. The drive from Jaipur is long (as we expected), but the safari was disappointingly short and involved a 1.5 hour drive from the pickup location to a very distant park entrance (we got zone 9 by chance). This drive was in a large open air bus and mostly involved going through dusty farmland in the hot sun. By the time we got to the park entrance, we only had time for about a 45-minute loop in the park. Saw some deer and birds and what looked like fake tiger tracks. Then we did the 1.5 hour drive back to the pickup location and then the 4 hour drive back to Jaipur. In total, was about 14 hours in the car for 45 mins of underwhelming nature. The cherry on top was that after we were already on our way to the safari, we got a call telling us that our group of 4 had been split up on two tours and that one of us had to go alone. It was frustrating to hear this so late when we had no recourse, but at least it was a assured that I (a man) would be the one in a different bus than my wife and our friends. When we got to the bus loading area, we were told that my friend (a woman who was uncomfortable going alone) was actually the one isolated on a different bus. There was plenty of space for all of us to fit on one bus, but we were told passport control at the gate would not let us in. After 30 minutes of arguing, all the buses but one had left, and my three friends went without me. Our driver from Jaipur then was nice enough to drive me to catch up with the buses and then at long last they just let me get on. When we got to the gate of the park, the government officials barely looked at our group and just waved us through. So it was a ton of stress in which they bullied my friend to move to a different bus than could have all been avoided. Our driver from Jaipur was good, but the booking company did not do a good job at all to ensure we were together or got a good zone in the park. I understand they might not have control of this, but the lack of upfront communication about this was truly disappointing. It's probably the worst excursion I've ever done while traveling, and although we got unlucky with our zone and booking, I don't think it's woryh all the driving for a very small chance of seeing cool wildlife.

Response from Host, Mar 2024

Dear Alan, We are sorry for the experiance. Booking the safari tickets is not in our hands as this system operate by forest officers goverment in the National Park. You have booked the tour just a couple days before and did not submitted us the passport details. We have sent you the message mutiple time to send the passport details to book safari in time with a good Zone. At the end when we get the safari booked. The zone's was full and it allowed only 3 people in your group in one Zone and 1 seat reservation made in different zone. This make your group become seprated. We are not happy by this but we don't have control over the Goverment Officials in seats allotment at the last moment.

Too much

Richard_S, Mar 2024

It's just to much to do in one day from Jaipur, you'll spend most of the day travelling and have little time to enjoy the sights. If you want to go to the park spend a day or two there and do the morning visit to the park. The driver was great and lunch was good but I can't recommend you do this day trip.

Response from Host, Mar 2024

Hi Richard, Past travellers recommended this activity. This is a same day activity tour which our travellers loves to join it and have wonderful time in past. This activity also have option for overnight stay which allows travellers to visit the park next morning as well. It's not good that you posted poor rating without reading all informations.

Great experience!

Mr_M, Mar 2024

Response from Host, Mar 2024

Thank you for the review.

Well organized trip - we saw tigers!

Emilia_B, Feb 2024

The tour arrangements were very well organized. We received confirmation via Whatsapp. Our driver was on time with a clean and safe car. We visited the fort first, a must see - there were peacocks, donkeys, loads of monkeys, and lots of flies (we survived), then we were taken to a tourist shop/woman's charity (frankly, I wish this was at least listed on the itinerary) and then to a nice lunch at a local hotel. We were the only guests, but the food was great! Also there were clean toilets. Then the safari picked us up. We were in a truck with several others. The drivers of those things deserve extra praise. After driving around for almost two hours and seeing interesting wildlife, we finally heard that tigers were nearby, and then magically one came quite close. We tracked it for a while, it went for a swim, and we were mesmerized. Definitely worth it. Koodos to our driver as well, we were a bit late starting back, but he was so patient and generous.

Response from Host, Feb 2024

Thank you Emilia for the review.

A day in Ranthambore

Sofia_P, Oct 2023

We met our driver at our hotel in the morning. Then we drove south. We stopped for breakfast first in a place for tourists but we told the driver that we wanted to stop in a local place so he took us to a place along the road. Then the driver brought us to the fort. The fort is very beautifull, inside the nature, you can really appreciate a place that you don't usually see. Then we were taken to an hotel for lunch. At 15.30 we were picked up to go to the park, unfortunately we were on a huge car with 15 other people that were very loud. It would have been better to be on a jeep to see better the animals. In the park we did just a small area and kept going around on the same roads. Our guide didn't talk much english. We saw some antilops, some deers and just before the end luckily we saw a tiger. Tigers are very very beautiful and we were happy to see one. Then we went back to the hotel where we met our driver that took us back to Jaipur. In the complex it was a very beautiful and different day, we enjoied it.

Response from Host, Oct 2023

Thank you Sofia for the review.

Worst Safari guide ever

Nikki_B, Jun 2023

We had a super nice driver from Jaipur to Ranthambore and back. He knew a lot to tell about every surroundings and made sure we had a pleasant and safe journey. The bad part of our trip was the safari. First of all, we had a safari in a huge open bus. For the price we paid we at least expected a smaller jeep. The trip we booked included a English speaking safari guide. This guide barely spoke/explained and was more interested in his phone than doing a safari. Also, our bus followed the smaller jeeps, let them explore some areas, where our bus just stopped and waited for the jeeps to report back to our bus if there was something to see. We did some safari tours and this was really our worst experience.

Response from Host, Jun 2023

Dear Nikki, Thank you for the review. I would take this review and we will took strict action on the Safari guide.

WASTE OF TIME

RAJENDRA_P, Mar 2023

The driver we had kept looking at his Mobil and we nearly had a terrible accident Also he answered about 20 phone calls during our journey while driving 😡

Response from Host, Mar 2023

Dear Rajendra, We are sorry for the inconvenience caused by the driver during drive. We have took strict action on him and from next he is not driving for our customers.

Important also due to Ranthambhore Fort visit

Andrei_S, Jul 2022

Had this trip on 8-July. The communication was efficient - I was told on driver’s name and his phone in advance (thru email) and was picked up from hotel at 7:30 AM. Ride to the park is ~3.5 hours where you go explore Ranthambhore Fort first (which is a must visit and other companies don’t usually include it in itinerary. Take note that it’s restricted area and to the Fort you need to go on a special local car which is additional 400 rupiah. Entrance to the Fort is free though). Then driver brings you for lunch (at ~1 PM) in a local Indian cafe and by 3 PM to safari place. Safari was around 3.5 hours, on a way back diver was waiting on the road to pick me up and bring back to the hotel. So I came back to the hotel at around 10:30 PM. Thank you a lot, it was smooth and I managed to explore Rajasthan more through a window of a car also.

Response from Host, Jul 2022

Thank you Andrew for the review. It's a great day with you in the tour.