That is why guides do not take tourists into the narrow jungle waterways. Your only chance of seeing a tiger here is to be eaten by one, according to the Lonely Planet guide book. Yet India's national parks have much more to offer than just the slim chance of spying a tiger. Sasan Gir National Park in Gujarat is home to the last Asiatic lions. There are estimated to be around 250 of them.
Visitors also have a good chance of spotting crocodiles in the lake here.
The Indian rhinoceros, threatened with extinction, inhabits Kaziranga National Park in Assam. And many migrating birds winter in Keoladeo Ghana Park, south of Delhi. Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary in Kerala in southwestern India is famous not only for its elephant herds. A hunting castle here that once belonged to a maharaja has been converted into a hotel in the middle of the jungle. Even the boat trip to reach this hotel is an experience because elephants appear in many of the bays.