Kanha: Formerly a national park and now a tiger reserve as well, the wilderness of Kanha is among the hot spots of wildlife lovers with all the elements of Nature on the display. Like Pench National Park, Kanha is also associated with The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, as the fundamental elements of both the parks are similar. Kanha-Pench corridor is in fact one of the most important area facilitating tiger dispersal and thus contributing in natural behavior of these exotic felids for gaining new territory or extending the present one.
Bandhavgarh: The Tiger Reserve with highest density of the national animal of India is none other than Bandhavgarh National Park. Situated in the Umaria District of the state of Madhya Pradesh, the wilderness is also known for the spotting of white tigers, the very first of which was hunted by the Maharaja of Rewa in 1951. Serving as a game sanctuary for the rulers of the princely states of the areas around the jungle, the park now has sustained conservation efforts to keep the population of the stripped cats in healthy state.
Pench: The national Park is known for its spectacular beauty and wilderness, but more than that, it is known for being the inspirational ground for the Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book with its main character Mowgli. The districts which this national park covers are Seoni and Chindwada in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
ITINERARY
Day 1 Arrive Delhi
On arrival at the airport meet with our representative, and then transfer to the hotel. Overnight stay at hotel.
Day 2 Delhi - Jabalpur - Bandhavgarh, 200 kms
Transfer to the airport time to board flight for Jabalpur , On arrival met at the airport and drive to Bandhavgarh, On arrival check in at wildlife resort, after lunch we will take you for the afternoon safari into the park, O/N stay at wildlife resort.
Bandhavgarh National Park: Bandhavgarh National Park is spread at vindhya hills in Madhya Pradesh. Bandhavgarh National Park consists of a core area of 105 sq km and a buffer area of approximately 400 sq km of topography varies between steep ridges, undulating, forest and open meadows. Bandhavgarh National Park is known for the Royal Bengal Tigers. The density of the Tiger population at Bandhavgarh is the highest known in India.
Bandhavgarh National Park was the former hunting preserve of the Maharaja of Rewa and at present is a famous natural hub for White Tigers. White Tigers, now a major attraction around the world's zoos, were first discovered in Rewa, not far from here. The terrain is broken, with rocky hill ranges, running roughly east west, interspersed with grassy swamps and forested valleys. Bandhavgarh National Park is one of the finest national park in the India and has the distinction of harboring the highest concentration of tigers per unit area of forest. The Bandhavgarh National Park is spread over on area of 448 sq km with a cross area of 105 sq km. At the center of the park is the bandhavgarh hill, rising 811 meters above sea level and surrounding it are a sloping valleys, These valleys end in small, swampy meadows locally known as "bohera.
Bandhavgarh was declared a national park in 1968. Since then many steps have been taken to retain Bandhavgarh National Park as an unspoilt national habitat for a variety of wildlife peculiar to the area. These includes gaur (Indian bison), sloth bear, leopard, porcupine, wild boar, sambhar and spotted deer, among others and of course, the tiger.
Day 3 Bandhavgarh National Park
Morning and evening Jeep safari to the national park. Overnight stay at resort.
Day 4 Bandhavgarh National Park
Morning and evening Jeep safari to the national park for wildlife viewing. Overnight stay at resort.
Day 5 Bandhavgarh - Kanha National Park, 250 km
Morning after breakfast at the resort drive to Kanha Natioanal Park. On arrival check in at Kipling camp. Overnight at Wildlife Resort.
Kanha National Park : Kanha's sal and bamboo forests, rolling grasslands and meandering streams stretch over 940 sq km in dramatic natural splendor. This is original Kipling country, of which he wrote so vividly in his Jungle Book. The same abundance of wildlife species exists today in Kanha National Park, which forms 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). In the 1930s, the Kanha area was divided into two sanctuaries: Hallon and Banjar, of 250 sq km and 300 sq km each. Though one of these was subsequently disbanded, the area remained a protected one until 1947. Depletion of the tiger population in the years that followed led to the area being made an absolute sanctuary in 1952. By a special statute in 1955, Kanha National Park came into being. Since then, a series of stringent conservation programmes for the protection of the park's flora and fauna has given Kanha its deserved reputation for being one of the finest and best administered National Parks in Asia, an irresistible attraction for all wildlife lovers and a true haven for its animal and avian population.
Day 6 Kanha National Park
Morning and evening jeep safari to the national park. Overnight at Wildlife Resort.
Day 7 Kanha National Park
Morning and evening jeep safari to the national park. Overnight at Wildlife Resort.
Day 8 Kanha National Park - Pench National park, 200 km
Morning jeep safari to the national park, later after breakfast at the resort, drive to Pench National park, On arrival check in at hotel, evening free to explore the local area, O/N stay at wildlife resort.
Day 9 Pench National Park
Morning and evening jeep safari to the national park. Overnight at Wildlife Resort.
Day 10 Pench National Park
Morning and evening jeep safari to the national park. Overnight at Wildlife Resort.
Day 11 Pench National Park
Morning and evening jeep safari to the national park. Overnight at Wildlife Resort.
Day 12 Pench National Park - Nagpur, 80 km - Delhi
Morning after breakfast transfer to Nagpur Airport , time to catch flight for Delhi. On arrival met at the airport and transfer to the hotel, O/N stay at hotel.
Day 13 Delhi - Departure
Morning after breakfast full day city sightseeing tour Old Delhi & New Delhi.
Old Delhi - the 350-year-old walled city was built by Emperor Shah Jehan in 1648 as his capital. Opposite the fort are the black and white onion dome and minarets of the Jama Masjid, the most elegant mosque in India. Raj Ghat is worth a visit where Mahatma Gandhi was cremated in 1948.
New Delhi - the new capital designed by Sir Edward Lutyens. An interesting drive in the one passing through the impressive Rajpath from the World War I memorial arch, the India Gate towards the Presidential Palace. Visit Humayun's Tomb built in 1565 AD, Safdarjung's Tomb, the Qutub Minar, 72 meters high and the most curious antique, the uncorroded Iron Pillar, which dates back to the 4th century AD.
Tour and Services Ends.
Day 1 Arrive Delhi
Day 2 Delhi - Jabalpur - Bandhavgarh, 200 kms
Day 13 Delhi - Departure
