Birds and Tiger Watching

Day 1

Arrive Delhi Check in Hotel Park or similar. Remainder of the day free to enables you to sample some of Delhi's avian and historical sights, or to just relax after your flight. Our Tour escort will accompany you for birding. Typical city birds sighting include Pariah Kite, Laughing and Spotted Doves, Parakeet, Swifts, Little Green Bee eater, Black Drongos, and a variety of shrikes, mynas, bulbuls and babblers. The pretty little Five-striped Palm Squirrel may be seen everywhere.

Day 2

A full day of sight seeing in Delhi the capital city of India. New Delhi is a magnificent historic old city. It sprawls over a vast tract of the Jamuna plain, its population – 13.8 million Delhi was the center of power of the various Muslim dynasties that ruled the subcontinent from the 12th century onwards. Modern Delhi is really two cities – Old Delhi (Kutub Minar, President House, National Museum & India Gate. * B & B plan (Overnight at the hotel

Day 3

Drive to Bharatpur Lodge in Rajasthan. Check in Laxmi Vilas palace or similar. Evening Park round.

Day 4

Go for Bharatpur Birding Tour to see birds. Morning evening park round.

Day 5

Drive by road to Agra. Check in at Jaypee palace Hotel. Full day sight seeing.

Day 6

Take a direct train to Umariya for Bandhavgarh National Park in MP. Overnight train.

Day 7

Reach Umariya early morning & drive to Bandhavgarh Hotel Accommodation near the National Park (34 km) in AC car/coach. Evening game drive Bandhavgarh. Once part of erstwhile Rewa state, Bandhavgarh National Park is set amidst the Vindhya ranges with a series of ridges running through it. In 1968 BNP was declared a National Park. The Bandhavgarh National Park is the place where the famous white tigers of Rewa were discovered. Bandhavgarh is densely populated with other animal species too. The sambar, barking deer and nilgai are also common sights in the open areas of the park. (Overnight Jungle lodge)

Day 8

Morning evening game drive.

Day 9

Morning evening game drive Bandhavgarh. About half the park is covered with fine stands of sal, while mixed forests are found in the higher reaches of the hills. Stretches of bamboo and grasslands extend to the north. An ancient fort up on a precipice, 800 meters high, dominates the Park. (Over night at the Resort)

Day 10

Leave Bandhavgarh Hotel early morning for Kanha National Park. Reach Kanha Hotel by lunch time, check in to the Krishna Jungle Resort & get ready for the evening game drive. World renowned for its population of tigers, Kanha National Park provides excellent opportunities for observing these magnificent animals in the wild on jeep drives and elephant back, while this lushly forested country is immediately familiar to readers of Rudyard Kipling. (Over night at the Resort)

Day 11

Morning evening game drive in Kanha game reserve. Spend the full day viewing game and spotting TIGERS inside the Jungle, located in the Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh, the Kanha National Park is a Tiger Reserve that extends over 1945 sq. km. of undulating country. Elevations range from 450 to 900 meters. A horseshoe shaped valley bounded by the spurs of the Mekal ridge gives Kanha an interesting topography. The Surpan River meanders through Kanha's central maidans – grasslands (Over night at the resort)

Day 12

Morning evening game drive in Kanha game reserve.  The animals at Kanha are best observed from elephant back and the open country makes the chance of sightings reasonably good. Deer are seen along the maidans and gaur at Bamhindadar or in the Bishanpura Sondhar - Ghorella at Mukki range. This area is also ideal for spotting the dhole or wild dog. Langurs, wild boar, water fowl and birds are also commonly seen. (Over night at the resort)

Day 13

We must leave Kanha behind and make an early morning start for Jabalpur en route visit Nerbudda Club to see the Original Snooker Tables. Lunch at Hotel Krishna Jabalpur. Board Super Fast train at 3 P.M. (Packed Dinner will be served on train with mineral water) 

Day 14

Reach Delhi by 11 a.m. Go straight to a good restaurant for lunch, after lunch drive to International Airport to catch a flight back to your destination.