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Early morning safaris among jungle-clad temples, your senses on high alert, tuned to signs of a predator’s prowling.
Afternoons spent drifting on serene lakes alongside lazing crocodiles, and nights watching owlets and seeking pangolin. Central India is a naturalists’ dream.
From the bountiful deer, langur and peacocks to the elusive tigers, leopards and sloth bears, combining these fascinatingly varied parks ensures sensationally diverse wildlife safaris. Inspired? Tell us what you most want to see or do, and we’ll design a bespoke itinerary built around your own highlights.
You’ll be met at the airport and driven straight to your hotel before heading out on a tour of Colaba, a district known for its rich colonial heritage, vibrant street life and strikingly iconic architecture including the Gateway of India.
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- Heritage tour of Colaba, Gateway of India, Taj Mahal Palace Hotel
Flying to Jabalpur, you’ll then be driven four hours to your lodge at Bandhavgarh. Your route will wind through small farming villages towards the forests of the park, offering glimpsed rural snapshots of dhoti-clad men herding goats and driving bullock carts.
Today you have morning and evening safari drives deep within Bandhavgarh National Park in a private jeep. An expert naturalist guide will accompany you, explaining why this is one of India’s top tiger reserves and introducing you to the rich biodiversity.
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- Morning and evening safari drives
Two safari drives today criss-crossing the park watching deer, antelope and bison, you’ll be immersed in the forest, keeping your eyes peeled for predators including tigers, leopards, Indian wolves and jackals, who may nonchalantly appear, strolling past the plethora of jungle-clad temples.
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- Morning and evening safari drives
Your drive today takes you southwest to Kanha National Park, one of the largest parks in India with a tiger population to match. You’ll arrive with time to check in and relax surrounded by the 20 acres of vibrant woodland at the tented camp.
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Shergarh Tented Camp
Your two safari drives will introduce you to this photographers’ favourite park where golden meadows and pockets of wetland punctuate dense sal forests. Look out for the park’s distinct sightings including barasingha deer, the Indian giant squirrel and the sloth bear.
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Shergarh Tented Camp
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Morning and evening safari drives
Today could be your day for spotting one of the park’s many Bengal tigers. Elusive and majestic, the tigers here are most often seen on safaris at either end of the day near to the waterholes or forest trails.
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Shergarh Tented Camp
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- Morning and evening safari drives
You’ll drive further southwest today to your Pench treehouse, passing through richly forested tiger territory. You’re likely to see the mud-plastered houses of the rural communities, cattle grazing the roadside and bustling chai stalls, as you head for the distant Satpura hills.
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Pench Tree Lodge
Widely believed to be the inspiration behind Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, Pench is home to over 40 species of mammals and 280 species of bird. Your two safari drives will envelop you in the cacophony of sounds from the dense jungle canopy
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Pench Tree Lodge
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- Morning and evening safari drives
Heading northwest to Bori today you’ll pass through central Madyha Pradesh and watch as the dry teak forests of Pench change into the lush valleys and rugged hills of Satpura. You’ll have plenty of time to check in and relax into the wilderness
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Bori Safari Lodge
With a cooler air and greater raw jungle than in many other reserves, you’ll experience the off-the-beaten-track atmosphere of this park. It offers a calmer pace for your two safari drives and is one of the best places to spot the sloth bear.
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Bori Safari Lodge
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- Morning and evening safari drives
You’ll drive to your safari lodge at Satpura National Park today in time to enjoy the rare privilege of a night patrol to glimpse the elusive nocturnal wildlife. You might see spotted owlets, jungle nightjars, Indian civets, wild boar or even a pangolin.
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Reni Pani Jungle Lodge
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- Night safari drive
This morning you’ll return to the park for a daylight safari drive where you can revel in the intimate, peaceful wildlife experience on offer here. You’ll change perspective with an afternoon boat safari, drifting the jungled backwaters of the Tawa Dam Reservoir.
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Reni Pani Jungle Lodge
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- Morning jeep safari drive, afternoon boat safari
You’ll drive to your hotel in Bhopal today, visiting the Bhimbetka Caves along the way. The prehistoric rock paintings here are among the oldest in the world, dating back 30,000 years and depicting scenes of wildlife and daily tribal life.
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Jehan Numa Retreat
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- Bhimbetka Caves
This morning you’re visiting one of the best-preserved Buddhist archaeological sites in the world at Sanchi, with its 3rd century Great Stupa. Later, you’re on a heritage tour around the old havelis, hidden mosques, century-old wells and local bakeries of Old Bhopal.
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Jehan Numa Retreat
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- Sanchi UNESCO World Heritage Site, heritage tour of Old Bhopal
Your driver will take you to Bhopal airport where you’ll board your domestic flight to Mumbai, in time to connect with your onward flight home. Time to share the tales of wildlife sightings and jungle adventures with family and friends.
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