Bardiya, April 15 -- Ranjan Sapkota of Samakhusi in Kathmandu visited Bardiya National Park for the first time in March. While there, Sapkota, accompanied by his six friends, went on a wildlife jungle safari tour, where the group spotted a tiger.

"I was thrilled. It was a Royal Bengal tiger," said Sapkota.

Sapkota and his friends couldn't believe their luck for they had a relatively easy sighting, that too on just the second day of their tour. "There was no limit to our happiness when we saw the tiger. We were excited," he said.

Sapkota and his friends weren't the only lucky ones to spot a tiger at the park in recent days. Jayant Bhatta of Kailali saw a Royal Bengal tiger with her cub at Baghaura grassland in the western section of the...