Sawai Madhopur: Nahargarh Ranthambhore

Earning our stripes at Nahargarh.  We visited the Ranthambore National Park in summer, when it's not tourist season and very hot, I think we hit it spot on as far as our accommodation was concerned! What a treat, we were pampered and spoilt and waited upon fit for a Maharajah. A most spectacular Hunting lodge, tastefully decorated in an understated way, yet displaying all the pomp of yesteryear!

We couldn't have been more comfortable in our suite, large and spacious, with a well-appointed shower room, a cool retreat after our game views. The staff are well-trained, gracious, helpful, and eager to please! From scrumptious breakfasts to tea and cookies in the courtyard before afternoon game drives and fabulous buffet suppers in the elegant dining room, every meal was a feast! I'd return without hesitation! This was certainly a highlight of our Indian adventure! Namaste!

Our accommodations were fantastic, we stayed in a Rajas Hunting Lodge, with all the trappings of a life of overindulgence, waiters hovered around us, we were offered afternoon teas and cookies, “Oh, madam, you MUST have coffee (no way) and “koo-keys”! The cookies were scrumptious, I must confess, crisp, light, melt-in-the-mouth pistachio morsels. We enjoyed full board, so we ate, ate, ate.

On the last night, we were the only guests, so dinner was served in a huge dining room with servers in attendance. We felt quite odd and out of place!   When we booked in, we noticed guests from Iceland in the guestbook.

Hence, we were quite inquisitive to see who they’d be, and what a delightful pair of Icelanders they were, Ari Josepsson and his travelling companion, Ari is a blogger of note and quite famous in Reykjavik for his controversial political opinions, his English is very limited but we’re doing famously on FB too, he said, all I should do is use the translator on Windows to solve my language problems, right!