Naturalist, wildlife photographer, storyteller and conservation host — rooted in Jawai, travelling wherever the wild calls.
I am Pushpendra Singh Ranawat, born and raised in the hills of Jawai, Rajasthan.
My family history is deeply connected to this landscape and its leopards. Our ancestors belonged to a time when leopard–livestock conflict was a daily reality for pastoral communities. When a leopard killed livestock, families could lose an important part of their livelihood.
Our ancestors responded by hunting leopards.
But I never inherited the idea that wildlife should simply be removed.
I inherited an understanding of the conflict.
And I chose a different answer.
For more than 15 years, I have spent my life studying the leopards of Jawai — learning their territories, behaviour, individual personalities and relationship with the Rabari pastoral communities who live beside them.
Today, my work is about making sure that this coexistence survives.
“If the leopard creates value for the community, the community has a stronger reason to protect the leopard.”
Small, personal, photography-first field expeditions guided personally by Pushpendra Singh Ranawat.
Return to the landscape where my own journey began. Spend several days following the granite hills of Jawai, tracking individual leopards and discovering pastoral harmony.
For one month, I will make Tadoba my field base. Documenting individual tigers, behaviour, seasons and the stories that unfold over repeated drives.
High altitude. Extreme landscapes. Long hours of scanning and the possibility of seeing one of the world's most elusive cats across 3 March batches.
Wildlife is not always about big cats. Sometimes it is about wings. Exploring extraordinary wetland bird diversity, seasonal movement and water stories.
Reflections from naturalists, photographers, and travellers who have explored India's wild landscapes alongside Pushpendra.
Pushpendra does not chase leopards; he reads the granite kopjes like an open manuscript. His relationship with the local Rabari pastoralists and his intimate knowledge of individual cats gave us encounters that were peaceful, dignified, and photographically extraordinary.
Tracking the ghost cat at 4,300 meters in Kibber was a dream we had harboured for a decade. Pushpendra’s team of Spitian spotters was legendary. From high-grade Swarovski spotting scopes to warm homestay hospitality and extreme altitude safety, everything was executed with consummate professionalism.
Most commercial tiger safaris are frantic races between Gypsies. Pushpendra’s expedition was the polar opposite. We anticipated movement based on alarm calls, stayed patient at dry riverbeds, and were rewarded with intimate sightings of a tigress with her cubs in golden evening light.
Tell me where you want to go, when you want to travel and what you hope to experience.
Whether it is your first wildlife journey, a dedicated photography expedition or a return to a landscape you already know, I personally plan the experience around the wildlife, the season and the people travelling with me.