14/06/2025
THE GOTHAN GANG | Mother & 5 cubs
The sole purpose of visiting this park was to get a glimpse of this Tigress with 5 cubs.
Now, 5 cubs is not something which has been witnessed frequently, even at the growing rate of tiger population in the wild, in India.
I have been chasing Tigers for over 25 years now and could not afford to miss this chance.
Back to back 4 safaris went blank, which, to say the least was testing our patience. There was no sign of the tigress and her cubs and we kept praying.
On our last safari, 30 minutes before the safari ended our prayers were answered.
We are immensely grateful to Vinod M Mohankar for his excellent driving and guiding skills.
After a decade I used my Nikon 200-400 f4 lens, without this lens it would have been difficult to document this sighting. I have no words to praise the Z8. What a creation by Nikon. Amazing!!!
Heartfelt thanks to Nikon & Soumyajit Mitra for the equipment support.
A special thanks to my dear old friend Vinit Arora for organising this trip for us and thank you Sridhar for all the advice & encouragement.
Equipment used: Nikon Z8 & Nikon 200-400 f4 vr2
