A sheer thrill of driving Brand New Thar Roxx — and that’s exactly what we set out to do! Because sometimes, the ride is the real adventure in itself.
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While everyone else is picking Countries to go, we planned our vacation around “What we wanted to Drive”. A sheer thrill of driving Brand New Thar Roxx — and that’s exactly what we set out to do!
Because sometimes, the ride is the real adventure in itself.
Here is the high level itinerary I planned accommodating some small hikes to spend some time basking the beauty of Himalayan Mountain Ranges of Uttarakhand.
Date : 13th to 22nd Dec, 2024
Vehicle : Roxx Ax7L D AT 4*4
Rental company: RBTS
People : Kashi & Preeti
Total Drive : ~1700KM from Delhi to Delhi
Total hikes : ~ 32km
Jim Corbett National Park
From Delhi airport, collected the Roxx and headed towards Jim Corbett. The first view of Roxx made my day. It was brand new with temp number and seat covers are still on. Did the quick formality and left Airport after clicking some pics. Thanks to RBTS & Mr. Manpreet for providing us brand new Roxx.
First view of Roxx – Delhi Airport parking
I believe black is a great color for Roxx
Inspecting the vehicle. The seat covers are still on!
The boot space is very good and can easily accommodate the luggage for four.
Off we go
Spent some time to connect my mobile, setup the wireless android auto. The exit was quick and soon we were in highway towards Jim Corbett.
I & Preeti both were super excited to drive Roxx and highway drive till Corbett was joy. We explored ADAS, 360 cam, ventilated seats, pano roof, high speed stability and tons of other small features. First impression was positive from both of us.
One of the best steering I have experienced from Mahindra – Good feedback, precise & light.
Corbett was 2N 3D plan and checked in to ‘Corbett Nature Retreat’ by 4PM. The stay was very good in front of river bed and did evening walk there to enjoy the sunset.
Our stay. It was cosy & food was delicious.
Dinner at Diner’s villa. Jim Corbett has many good cafe’s.
Jim Corbett
Official booking website for stay & Safari : https://corbettgov.org/
Based on my research, I had shortlisted Dhikala, Jhirna & Bijrani zones. The Dhikala is a must zone and only available via canter safari since we didn’t stay within official forest guesthouse. Dhikala zone two jeep safari per day is inclusive if you book the stay there. All other zone, jeep safari can be booked via above website.
Here is the zone details of Jim Corbett.
So, I had booked day 1 – Dhikala canter safari & day 2 – Jhirna jeep safari.
The canter safari starts from Ramnagar and takes about 30 minutes to reach Dhikala entry gate. One of the most beautiful forest and everyone is so excited in the hope to see tiger. As we proceed, we started encountering fox, cheetal, sambar deer etc. The weather was too cold and surely a must do experience.
We didn’t had any zoom lens even though I had a Fuji mirrorless camera. Most of these pics are from either IPhone or Samsung.
Our canter
Dhikala zone entry
We reached the end of zone and had a quick break for tea/snacks. The water was clean and view was gorgeous. 
Morning sun rays.
While returning, the guide was explaining the hunting area called “Sambar trail” which is basically an open grassland where Tiger sighting is very high. When we reached there, there was a Gypsy waiting and gypsy guide mentioned there was a Tiger which entered the grassland and waiting for it to come out. Upon hearing this news, our canter guide made a strategy and went ahead where the Tiger may exit from grassland.
Silently waiting and hoping for Tiger to exit where we parked.
Here we go, a massive male tiger exiting as predicted by our guide! I was not expecting such a close encounter of Tiger on first safari that too on Canter!
Shot on Iphone
Happy & tired face after the day 1 safari
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