The Ultimate Tiger-Safari
Join us on the ultimate tiger-safari in “The Jungle Books” original setting, and follow in the footsteps of the world famous author Rudyard Kipling. Visit four of the world’s best tiger reserves that are also home to many other exciting animals in an incredibly beautiful setting.
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
- Visit four of India’s best national parks
- Bandhavgarh National Park - India’s best place to see Bengal tiger, and many other Indian animals
- Kanha National Park - magnificent park with a good population of big game
- Pench National Park - Kipling’s home district and the source of inspiration for “The Jungle Book”
- Tadoba National Park - In addition to tigers, you can see crocodiles, turtles and snakes
No other country can come close to offering such a high chance of seeing the majestic - but shy - tiger as India. There are perhaps six or seven of India’s National Parks that aspire to be the best place of all. On this tour you will visit a total of four of them, of which perhaps Bandhavgarh in the north may be the best. After three safari drives in the parks’s beautiful forested terrain in open jeeps, the tour will take you further and visit the other fantastic tiger reserves of Kanha, Pench and Tadoba.
Exciting animal life seen from an open jeep.
On three jeep-safaris you will enjoy the vast expanses and beautiful forests of Kanha, which is one of India’s biggest national parks. In addition to tigers, of which the park has a good population - and naturally will stand high on the program- it is possible to see many other large, exciting animals such as deer, wild oxen and wild boar There are also many monkeys and an impressive number of birds.
Inspiration for The Jungle Book: Pench
The third of the fantastic “tiger parks” you will visit is Pench, a park famous for being author Rudyard Kipling’s home and the inspiration for “The Jungle Book”. It has also been immortalised by the BBC’s fantastic TV documentary, which involved elephants with camera’s mounted on their trunks following a female tiger and her three cubs, as they grew to reach maturity. There will be two safari drives in Pench National Park.
Experience Tadoba National Park
Your tour of central India, is search of the majestic striped cat, ends with three safari drives in an open jeep in Tadoba National Park. This park, which has recently had its infrastructure improved and can now offer a wider choice of good accommodation, has a fine population of animals. It is home to many large predators and, in addition to the tiger, is home to leopard, sloth bear and wild dogs.
Itinerary
DAY 1: DEPARTURE FROM EUROPE
Fly with Emirates, an airline that offers a real touch of luxury, to Dubai. Arrive around midnight.
Two good meals will be served en route
DAY 2: DUBAI VIA MUMBAI AND JABALPUR TO BANDHAVGARH NATIONAL PARK
During the night you will fly on with Emirates to India’s financial capital Mumbai (formerly Bombay), arriving in the morning after eating breakfast on the aircraft. Here you will change planes and take a domestic flight to Jabalpur, arriving around midday. Here your driver will be waiting for you with a comfortable vehicle. During the afternoon you will drive to Bandhavgarh, arriving at your accommodation around sunset.
Overnight at The Tiger Den, including full board
DAY 3: BANDHAVGARH NATIONAL PARK
After a good night’s sleep you will gather your strength for the coming week’s intensive “hunt” for tigers and all the other large, handsome animals that live in the impressive nature of central India . There will be a jeep safari in Bandhavgarh in both the morning and the afternoon, during which you can marvel at the beautiful scenery and the rich animal life. There will be a really good chance of seeing the tour’s first tiger. In the pause between your two safaris there will be time to relax, eat lunch and take a refreshing dip in the swimming pool.
Overnight at The Tiger Den, including full board
DAY 4: BANDHAVGARH TO KANHA NATIONAL PARK
After another morning safari drive in Bandhavgarh and lunch at the lodge, you will drive south to Kanha National Park, which is the biggest in central India. You will arrive around sunset after a roughly 5 hour drive.
Overnight at Celebration Van Vilas, including full board.
DAY 5: KANHA NATIONAL PARK
There will be a jeep safari in Kanha in the morning and again in the afternoon. Kanha is a magnificent park with a rich and varied fauna that include many large and exciting animals in addition to the tiger. During the middle of the day you can relax in the attractive, luxuriant surroundings of the lodge, and perhaps have a swim in the pool.
Overnight at Celebration Van Vilas, including full board.
DAY 6: KANA TO PENCH NATIONAL PARK
You will have a morning safari drive in Kanha before driving further south to Pench National Park. You will eat lunch in the fine lodge before driving out on a jeep safari in this beautiful park, which was Kipling’s home district and the source of inspiration for The Jungle Book.
Overnight at Tuli Tiger Corridor, including full board.
DAY 7: PENCH TO TADOBA NATIONAL PARK
After a morning safari in beautiful Pench you will drive to the region’s biggest city, Nagpur, where you will eat lunch in a good restaurant before driving on to the most southerly destination on this safari, Tadoba National Park. You will arrive around sunset.
Overnight at Svasara Jungle Lodge, including full board.
DAY 8: THE TADOBA NATIONAL PARK
There will be jeep safaris in Tadoba, the fourth and final national park on this tour, in both the morning and the afternoon. Like the other parks you have already visited, the park has wonderful scenery and a rich and varied fauna, “crowned” by the Bengal tiger. You will spend the lunchtime break at your attractive lodge on the borders of the national park.
Overnight at Svasara Jungle Lodge, including full board.
DAY 9: TADOBA NATIONAL PARK, NAGPUR AND BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY HOME.
After a final jeep safari, during which you can say goodbye to the beautiful nature and wildlife of central India, you will eat lunch at the lodge. You will then drive back to Nagpur, where you will have a farewell dinner in a charming restaurant, before flying to Mumbai, where you will arrive around midnight.
DAY 10: MUMBAI, DUBAI THEN HOME
During the night you will fly to Dubai, where you will catch your flight back to Europe.
A solid breakfast will be served on the flight.
Accommodation on the tour
Rovos Rail
Der er 3 typer passagersuites ombord på toget: The Pullman Suites – denne suite er 7 m2 og indrettet med et behageligt sofaarrangement i løbet af dagen, som om aften let omdannes til enten en dobbeltseng eller to enkeltsenge. Der er en-suite badeværelse med bruser og suiten har fantastisk komfort. Deluxe suites – i denne 10 kvadratmeter suite er dejlig rummelig og der vil være enten dobbeltseng eller to enkeltsenge, der er lounge, minibar, med dit personlige valg af drikkevarer, og en-suite badeværelse med bruser. Royal Suites- skal du have fuld luksus er denne 16 kvadratmeter suite, som svarer til en halv kupé, meget rummelig og elegant. I royal suites er der privat loungeområde, og badeværelserne i denne suite har badekar i victoriansk stil samt bruser.
Read moreAttractions on the tour
Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls is not only Zimbabwe’s biggest attraction, but also one of the whole most visited natural wonders. It is the biggest waterfall in Africa, and the second biggest in the world, and is simply so impressive that its dimensions are difficult to really comprehend: It is just over 1.7 km wide, it falls 108 meters at its highest point.
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Hwange National Park
Hwange National Park, which is the same size as Northern Ireland, is the largest reserve in Zimbabwe, easily accessible and also the finest. The park borders Botswana to the south west and is only 200km south east from Victoria Falls, along a good tarmac road. It is also possible to fly in by light aircraft. The park is home to all of the Big Five: around 30,000 elephants live here, which is the second biggest population in Africa after Chobe in Botswana. Buffalo can be seen nearly everywhere in the park and move around in huge herds. Lions are commonly seen and the shy, largely nocturnal, leopard is also common in the park.
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The Price Includes
- Return flights N.Europe - India
- Airport taxes
- Land transport as described in the itinerary
- Accommodation as described in the itinerary
- Safari drives and activities as described in the itinerary
- Local, English speaking guide in the national parks
- Full board during the whole tour
- Contribution to the travel guarantee fund
The Price Does NOT Include
- Drinks
- Gratuities
- Visa for India
- Vaccinations
- EU-Liability Insurance: EUR 10,- pr. person
- Everything else not mentioned under “The Price Includes”
