The villa has 18 rooms with a decently small swimming pool. We must comment that their staff are extremely helpful and attentive. They served very tasty food with plenty of serving. They even bought us to the hotel's roof top to enjoy the starry night. They also show us their guava plantation although the season was over.

It is the nearest accommodation to Ranthambore natural reserve which is just 5 minute drive away. Not many people get to see the tiger. We were lucky to watch a tiger ambush a herd of deers. But it was a failed attempt. There were plenty of wild life to watch in the natural reserve. We saw two types of deers, tiger, leopard, wild boar, eagle, peacock, owl, crocodile, monkeys and countless types of birds.

Ranthambore fort is worth a trip to the top which takes about 20-30 min to reach the top.

I have just returned from a trip to India and stayed at the Tiger Villa - I loved it! The staff were all very helpful and friendly. It was clean and they were happy to do anything for us. The food was excellent - so tasty and they just kept bringing out more and more! I would definitely stay there again. The pool was lovely too after a day on safari - great to just relax and have a swim!

We were staying in this hotel in the end of January 2009.
Hotel is very nice. We had a very good time there. There were no other guests in hotel besides us (because of the crisis?). So, there were only 4 person in whole hotel :)
Staff in hotel is VERY friendly. First time food was rather spicy (for us) and we asked to make food next time not so spicy. So next time everything was okay - it was tasty and not spicy :) It's very pleasant when staff suit sour requirements such way. Breakfsast and dinner consists of 4-5 dishes with no limit :)

There is a decent outdoor swimming pool. It's not very big, but it's enough to revive a little :)
Rooms are spacious and comfortable.
Hotel is situated not far away from park (5-6 minutes by car).

Minuses: no mini-bar, no wi-fi. But it's not necessary I think :)

P.S. National Park is very good. We were there twice but didn't see tigers unfortunately :(

We have just returned after a two nights stay at the Tiger Villa Hotel. I understand that the hotel had some teething problems that have gone now.

It is a decent hotel with 18 rooms divided into two categories, deluxe and luxury. Luxury rooms are on first floor and have balconies attached to them. Generally all the rooms are spacious, except one single bedded room.

We booked nine rooms for the group through Rick Hospitality. Our stay in the hotel was comfortable. Hotel's staff is great and very friendly!! We did not have any problem even though we had many kids of different age in the group.

This hotel serves fixed buffet meals comprising of 4-5 dishes. Food quality is ok. The meal was made to suit our requirements.

The hotel is close to the tiger reserve and located on the main Ranthambore road.

There is a decent outdoor swimming pool. There are no activities besides tiger viewing for which you should make an advance booking (specially if you plan to visit the park in a peak season).

The booking can be done through hotel or through Rajasthan Government web-site www.rajasthanwildlife.in. It is good to book open Gypsy (can accommodate 6 persons) if you get one. Else go for a canter (20 persons). There is no charge for kids below 5 years of age. Do not forgot to carry the id proofs with you.

On our visit to the park we were able to see tiger twice during the safari We could also see the tiger hunting a deer. It was fascinating!! All of us had a great time that we would remember throughout our life.

For your information, the tiger reserve is divided into four zones and the vehicles (jeep, canter) are allotted different zones for morning and afternoon safaris. For the next day we were suggested to take safari for another part of the tiger reseve, particularly for leapord viewing. However, due to peak season we could not get any vehicle.

There is a famous Ganeshji Tample inside the vicinity of the tiger reserve and within Ranghambore Fort, which is worth visiting. You need to climb up for around 20-25 minutes to reach the tample. it has fabolus views of the tiger reserve.

Reaching Ranthambore - For our onward journey we went to Shahapura (NH-8) from Delhi. Then we took NH-11A to Dausa. Please avoid this road as the same is not complete yet (i.e. end of December 2008) Instead go to Jaipur and then reach Sawai Madhopur via Dausa, Lalsot. Ranthambore tiger reserve is 10 kms. from Sawai Madhopur.

Regards.

Gajendra Maheshwari, Ernst & Young, Gurgaon (India)