This tour is designed to experience wilderness of central India or Madhya Pradesh at its best. We explore four main Tiger reserves / National Parks of Madhya Pradesh. Panna tiger reserve, Bhandhavgharh tiger reserve, Kanha tiger reserve and Pench tiger reserve in 14 days of main tour with options of pre-extension to Jaipur to explore the culture and historical monuments and post extension to Tadoba andari tiger reserve for further encounter with the biggest wild cat in the world.
This tour is mainly a wildlife tour and bit of culture as well. The tour involves domestic flights, Overland travel and bit of walking.
Tour Focus
Mammals
The Tour is designed to maximise the chance of spotting Majestic Royal Bengal tigers taking advantage of both morning and evening game drives,other common to rare predators which can be seen on the game drive are Leopard, Dhole or Indian Wild Dog,Striped Hyena, Indian Fox, Jungle cat, Rusty Spotted cat (Smallest of the feline). Other mammals which can be easily spotted are Langurs , Rhesus Macaque, Jackals , Sloth Bear, Spotted Deer, Sambhar, Chausingha, Chinkara, Gaur (Biggest wild cattle in the world) and many more.
Birds
Malabar Pied Horn bills ,Grey Horn Bills, Asian Paradise Fly catcher, Black Napped Monarch,Brown cheeked Fulvetta’s, Puff throatted babblers, Golden Oriole, Black hooded Oriole, White-Rumped Shama, Indian Scimitar Babbler, Crested Hawk Eagle, Crested Serpent Eagle, White Eyed Buzzard, Oriental White Eye, River Tern, Painted sandgrouse, Red Jungle Foul and Indian Peafowl to name a few.
Our representative or tour leader will meet you at Delhi Airport and will be escorted to the hotel. Post lunch explore the historical monuments in Delhi
We will catch the early flight to Jabalpur, we will have lunch at Jabalpur before driving to panna. It take four and a half hours to reach Panna.
Day will start very early in the morning with cup of tea or coffee with cookies, we will be doing our first game drive in Panna tiger reserve. We carry picnic breakfast to have it in the park. Post lunch and afternoon siesta we will leave for afternoon game drive.
After the morning game drive, we will drive to Bandhavgharh which is about 5 hours.we will reach Bandhavgharh early in the evening just in time for some evening tea or coffee and snacks. We will do the checklist followed by dinner.
We will enjoy the morning and afternoon Game Drives in Bandhavgharh, we will wake up quite early in the morning.After a refreshing cup of tea or coffee/ cookies and go for morning game drive with picnic breakfast. Morning safari last for about five hours and we come for lunch and afternoon siesta and again set out for afternoon Game Drive.
After morning Game Drive. We will drive to Kanha national park which is one of the finest tiger reserve in the country drive time will be around five hours, we will be going through various small villages and countryside. We will reach our destination in the evening, enjoy the evening tea and coffee with good chance of catching resident Indian giant flying squirrel in action. We will do the species checklist followed by dinner
We will be doing five memorable Game Drives in kanha national park to maximise our chance of spotting the tiger with other amazing mammals and birds. Evenings we can relax and have a drink sitting near bonfire. After the briefing for the next day plan we will do the checklist followed by dinner.
On day 11 we will do our last safari in Kanha national park and post lunch we will drive towards Pench national park. It will be a 5 hours’ drive to Pench.
Another opportunity to explore the land of the jungle book, the Pench tiger reserve. Pench will be a different experience like all the other parks. We have 5 drives in total and further more chance of spotting Tigers, fauna and flora.
After the fifth and last safari in Pench, we will farewell each other and we will drop you at the Nagpur airport,
For people who have opted for post extension, will drive towards Tadoba national park.
After departing Pench leaving the main group we will head to tadoba Andhari tiger reserve for 3 nights. We will be staying in Sarvsara lodge or similar property for 3 nights. After reaching tadoba we will relax and rejuvenate by using spa and swimming pool. Our safari will start from the next day, we will be doing 4 safaris in tadoba national park. In the evening we will meet to do the checklist and talk about experiences followed by dinner.
Today you will be privileged to get up late as this will be the last day of the tour and after breakfast. We will head to Nagpur Airport.
