Gundlupet: Visitors who had gone on a safari at Bandipur Tiger Reserve were in for a treat when they saw a tiger family comprising an adult tigress and her three cubs walking majestically on the safari route on Friday evening.

The death of ‘Prince’ under mysterious circumstances, who used to appear in front of visitors and stay there for hours, had depressed many but the sighting of the tigress and her three cubs have brought back the smile on the faces of visitors.

Karnataka has the highest number of tigers in the country and Bandipur Tiger Reserve has more than 130 tigers, it is learnt.

In the beginning of the year nine tigers were spotted on a single day and in the year end, a mother and her three cubs were spotted by the visitors to the safari and Pavan, one of the visitors has captured the beauty in his camera.