Since childhood, I had great fascination for Indian wild life and wanted to experience the varied wildlife species there. As a wildlife nature lover, I always admired any Indian Wild Life program on Discovery and National Geographic channels, up dating my knowledge about Indian wild life, in particular Indian tigers. With time, my passion grew and the burning desire to visit Indian wild rose to an extent that nothing could stop me to see this majestic beast in their natural habitat. I along with my friends was all set for a long voyage to India. We took a flight and landed to our far-awaited destination: Indra Gandhi International Airport. It did not took us much time to decide how to go about, what to see as we had already gone through websites on internet giving information about the great Indian wild life.

Sunderban wildlife was our firstmost choice, so we boarded a flight to Kolkata. Sunderbans are 166km. away, dominating the delta of Ganga and Brahmaputra and is the home of the legendary Royal Bengal Tiger. From there we tool a tourist bus to the forest. As we were approaching Sunderbans I could feel the whole terrain containing marshy mangrove forest, and Sundari trees once found in abundance.

We were told by the authorities that the main area of the wild can only be accessed by reverie water ways, so we hired a boat, as we sailed through tranquil waters penetrating in the forest of Sunderbans its mystic beauty got unfolded. We came across salt-water crocodiles, chitals (spotted deer) wild boar and many other species, water birds, peacock, falcons and shy jungle cats. Incredible varieties of reptiles are also found which includes King Cobra, Python and water monitor.

As we sailed little further our emotions reached to a peak, encountering the exquisite creation of nature to such a close quarters, you guess right, there the majestic king the 'Royal Bengal Tiger' standing up with all its pride. It was a fabulous treat to eyes, seeing these majestic mammals with their cubs enjoying a dip in saline water. There are almost 400 tigers in Sunderbans out of which a family of 10, we could cherish. With my handy-cam I could store the moments of these magnificent swimmers, as I have heard, they are endowed with good swimming power.

Our guide who himself was a specialist and expert of tiger, told us certain facts about the Royal Bengal Tiger. This graceful male tiger could be upto 10ft. long whereas female 8-9fts. They live in varied open jungles on the diet of wild boar, antelopes, and deer etc.

The area comes under the 'Project Tiger' due to the rapid fall in the Royal Bengal Tiger population. We were informed that these exquisite mammals have become highly endangered species. It was really sad to know that they are facing the danger of extinction from the face of motherland due to habitat destruction and poaching. The government of India has launched the 'Project Tiger, under it tigers are conserved, protected and rehabilitate.

I could only say, a visit to Sunderban a wild life paradise was a lifetime experience I took along with me and always cherish the memories of The Royal Indian Tiger in my leisure time.

Lifetime experience that remains etched in the memories of every visitor.

Visiting this wild life paradise and seeing Royal Indian Tigers is lifetime memory, which I will always cherish.