Safari Zone 5

Enter through Singhdwar and follow the common route with Zone 4 up to the Tamba Khan turn, where the track enters Kachida Valley. Here, pools of water remain through much of the dry season. Peeli Ghati is known for its magnificent banyan trees and tigers that often rest in their shade. The Kachida Forest Post overlooks a picturesque lake, while Bakola is a cool, densely vegetated valley that provides an important summer refuge for tigers. Anantpura and Peepli Dha Anicut are also worth exploring.

This zone is generally used by three tigresses, with territories centred around the area before Kachida, the Bakola area, and from Dhakda to Peepli Dha.

Summer is excellent for tiger sightings around permanent water and shaded valleys. March and April are particularly rewarding for the spectacular flowering of Palash trees, while winter offers comfortable conditions and good visibility.

Tigers often rest beneath the large banyans at Peeli Ghati and use the cool, shaded valleys of Bakola during hot weather. The overlapping territories of resident tigresses in Bakola provide opportunities to observe territorial behaviour and cubs exploring beyond their mothers' ranges.

Anantpura was the first village to be relocated in 1976, following the establishment of Ranthambhore National Park. Its relocation marked the beginning of habitat restoration within the reserve and paved the way for the recovery of wildlife.

During his visit to Ranthambhore in 2000, U.S. President Bill Clinton saw wild tigers in the Bakola area of Zone 5, accompanied by Fateh Singh Rathore.