"You've got to have luck on your side to spot the elusive tiger during a safari," a wildlife enthusiast once told me. I second the opinion after not having seen a single one on my first visit to Bandhavgarh National Park and later, the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR). Spotting the striped cat doesn't just need patience, but also luck. Fortunately, during a recent trip to Tadoba and Pench National Park, my stars seem to have aligned. I did not see just one, but four tigresses. Incidentally, my friend and I had planned to go to Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand, but since we were too late to book the safari, we failed to get the core-zone bookings and chose to do a three-day trip to Tadoba and Pench, instead.