Arrive Delhi and meet your representative at airport. Transfer to hotel (check-in time 14h00). Overnight at hotel.

Accommodation

Welcomhotel Dwarka, New Delhi

Early morning transfer to the airport to board a flight at 0655hrs to arrive Raipur at 0840 hrs. On arrival, drive to Kanha National Park 210 kms / 4 hours drive.

Late lunch at resort on arrival.

Kanha is located right in the heart of India, which also gives you an opportunity to experience the rural, tribal, and agricultural parts of India.

Dinner and overnight at resort.

Accommodation

Chitwan Jungle Lodge

Wake up at 0500hrs, tea coffee with biscuits, and proceed for the morning safari to the National park.

Kanha's sal and bamboo forests, rolling grasslands and meandering streams stretch over 940 sq km in dramatic natural splendor which form the core of the Kanha Tiger Reserve created in 1974 under Project Tiger. The park is the only habitat of the rare hardground Barasingha (Cervus Duvaceli Branderi). This is the original Kipling country of which he wrote so vividly in his Jungle Book. Packed breakfast which comes from the Lodge is served at a designated spot and spread on the bonnet of the Safari vehicle. Enjoy your breakfast in the wilderness of Kanha. The sheer beauty of this park along with the rich bio-diversity make this a must visit in your India programme.

Continue your search for the elusive Tiger if you have not yet seen the same, and soak in the fresh, and energizing environment. Return from Safari around 1130hrs. Freshen up, and Lunch is served. Relax for an hour under the shade of a tree (if you so desire), or in the comforts of your bedroom.

Depart for afternoon jeep safari Kanha National Park. Return at 6pm from safari.

Dinner and overnight at the Lodge.

Accommodation

Chitwan Jungle Lodge

Wake up, and get ready for another day of adventure in the National park. The forests of the Banjar valley and Halon valley, respectively forming Kanha's western and eastern halves. By a special statute in 1955, Kanha National Park came into being. Since then, a string of stringent conservation programmes have been launched, for the overall protection of the park's fauna and flora. Kanha boasts of about 38 species of mammals. Some of the inhabitants of this park are the gaur, the largest of the world's cattle; the sambar, the largest Indian deer; and the chausingha, the only four-horned antelope in the world. Other frequent visitors include the Nilgai antelope, the sloth bear, the dhole, or Indian wild dog, and an occasional Leopard. Some 300 species of birds inhabit the park, that includes the storks, egrets, black ibis, raptors, owls, and the red-wattled lapwings.

Depart for afternoon jeep safari Kanha National Park. Return at 6pm from safari. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge

Accommodation

Chitwan Jungle Lodge

Morning breakfast and depart for Bandhavgarh, 280kms, 6 hours drive. On arrival check into the Lodge. Lunch, Dinner and overnight at the Lodge.

Accommodation

Bandhav Vilas

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the Resort.

Morning and Afternoon Jeep drive in the park.

Bandhavgarh: The national park is mainly known for the density of its tiger population. The other wild attractions in the park include Leopards, Blue Bulls, Indian Gaur (Bison) Chausingha (Four Horned Antelopes), Spotted Deers, Sambar Deer, Wild Boar, Sloth Bears Fox, Jackals, Wild Dogs, etc. There are at least 22 mammal species and about 250 bird species in the Park. The other animals found in Bandhavgarh are Ratel, Porcupine, Small Indian Civet, Palm Squirrel, Lesser Bandicoot rat, the Jungle Cat, and the shy Hyenas. The reptile population in the park includes Cobras, Kraits, Vipers, Ratsnakes, Pythons, Monitor Lizards and turtles. The two primate species - the rhesus macaque and the Hanuman langur - inhabit Bandhavgarh.

Dinner and overnight at the Resort .

Accommodation

Bandhav Vilas

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the Resort.

Morning & Afternoon Jeep drives in the park.

Bandhavgarh has been a center of human activity and settlement for over 2000 years, and there are references to it in the ancient books, the Narad-Panch Ratra and the Shiva Purana.

The oldest sign of habitation in the park are caves dug into the sandstone to the north of the fort. Several contain Brahmi inscriptions dating from the 1st century B.C. Various dynasties have ruled the fort, for example, the Maghas from the 1st century A.D., the Vakatakas from the 3rd century A.D. From that time onwards Bandhavgarh was ruled by a succession of dynasties including the Chandela Kings.

Bandhavgarh became more and more deserted until forest overran the area band it became the royal hunting reserve. At independence Bandhavgarh remained the private property of the Maharaja until he gave it to the state for the formation of the National Park in 1968. After the park was created poaching and hunting was brought under control and the number of animals rose dramatically. The Tigers in particular prospered and the 1986 extension provided much needed forest to accommodate them.

Overnight at the resort.

Accommodation

Bandhav Vilas

Morning Jeep drive in the park.

After lunch drive to Jabalpur airport 200 kms /4hrs drive to board a flight to New Delhi at 1850 hrs.

Arrive New Delhi at 2035 hrs and transfer to hotel for dinner.

Later in evening, transfer to airport to connect flight to next destination.

Accommodation

No accommodation

Connect flight back home or to next destination to continue your holidays