article_snippet.sent: For £3,500, tourists are being invited to book a trip to Russia and sleep in the natural habitat of the Siberian tiger, one of the world's most endangered animals.
article_snippet.sent: offers tourists the chance to spot, and sleep near, one of the world's most endangered animals- the Siberian tiger .
article_snippet.sent: The trip to Durminskoye Reserve in Khabarovsk lasts seven days in total with guests spending time in the wild environs inhabited by the last remaining Siberian tigers, and setting camera traps with the experts in the hope of catching an insight into the lives of these endangered predators.
article_snippet.sent: these endangered predators will walk in the footsteps of the world’s biggest cats and spend time with Alexander Batalov, a frontline Russian conservationist who has spent the last 20 years of his life trying to protect the rare Siberian tiger.
article_snippet.sent: The daily activity is to explore Durminskoye Reserve in the hope of picking up tracks of the Siberian tigers that reside in this area.
article_snippet.sent: This shot was captured at night as a Siberian Tiger walked down a narrow road in the Durminskoye Reserve, where guests can stay .
article_snippet.sent: The images and footage from these actively assist Alexander and Alexander team as these actively assist Alexander and his team work to save the tigers of the region from extinction.
article_snippet.sent: Alexander Batalov, a frontline Russian conservationist, has spent the last 20 years of Alexander life trying to protect the rare Siberian tiger .
article_snippet.sent: Spending time with Alexander Batalov in the home of the some of the last remaining Siberian tigers in Russia’s Far East, setting camera traps, tracking tiger footprints and collecting vital conservation data is a superb opportunity.
article_snippet.sent: It is estimated the current wild population of Siberian tigers under 400, making the species officially endangered.
article_snippet.sent: Siberian tigers were once found throughout the Russian Far East, northern China, and the Korean peninsula but by the 1940s, hunting had driven the species, also known as the rare Siberian tiger, to the brink of extinction with no more than 40 individuals remaining in the wild.
article_snippet.sent: While the population has now stabilised somewhat, sightings in the wild are extremely rare as Siberian tigers have the largest home range of any tiger subspecies and a limited density of prey means sightings in the wild have to search over large areas to find food.
article_snippet.sent: Guests will stay in a wooden cabin on the Natural World Safari trip to see the rare Siberian tiger . '
article_snippet.sent: Guests will be staying directly in the heart of Siberian tigers habitat, but with the cats being extremely elusive, the rare Siberian tiger obviously isn’t guaranteed that Guests will even come face to face with a tiger at all,' Bolsover said. '
article_snippet.sent: While they are out setting camera traps and observing scent trails, footprints, scratch marks on trees, they will be exactly where Siberian tigers tread. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Guests are guided by conservationist Alexander Batalov, who works tirelessly to protect Siberian tigers .