Mumbai

Look out from your plane – you see one of the biggest slums in the world.  Lookout on your right; you see one of the biggest houses in the world. Mumbai is the city of contrast, a city known for Bollywood, finance, and the beach.

You stay at the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel. Close to the hotel is the Gateway of India built to commemorate the visit of King George V in 1911 and the excellent Prince of Wales Museum. From here stroll through the historic Colaba district to admire the impressive Gothic Victorian over the city.

End the day at the colorful Dhobi ghats where traditional laundryman collects, wash, and return the city’s linen.

Mumbai to Nagpur By Air

Nagpur to Tadoba – We cover approximately – 100kms

We leave Mumbai with tons of memories and fly to Nagpur. On arrival, you will be met and transferred to the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve for a three-night stay at the Svasara Lodge.

We are at the largest national park in Maharastra, the reserve covers a vast area and is a mix of dense sal and mango forest interspersed with stretches of the bamboo thicket. Set in the Moharli Hills, there are also many wetland areas and Tadoba Lake lies at the heart of the reserve.

Tadoba

Your pursuits of meeting the Tiger and the other cats are getting real. Over the next two days explore the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve on morning and evening jeep safaris. Less visited than many of its more famous neighbors, Tadoba is nonetheless bursting with life and home to several endangered species including tiger, panther, leopard, and jackal as well as chital, antelope, nilgai, and sloth bear.

The wetland areas encourage a large crocodile population and over 195 species of bird and 74 species of butterfly have also been recorded.

Tadoba

Your pursuits of meeting the Tiger and the other cats are getting real. Over the next two days explore the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve on morning and evening jeep safaris. Less visited than many of its more famous neighbors, Tadoba is nonetheless bursting with life and home to several endangered species including tiger, panther, leopard, and jackal as well as chital, antelope, nilgai, and sloth bear.

The wetland areas encourage a large crocodile population and over 195 species of bird and 74 species of butterfly have also been recorded.

Tadoba to Pench We cover approximately - 190kms

Hope you got lucky and saw the Tiger. Today we leave the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve and travel by road to Pench Tiger Reserve across the border in the state of Madhya Pradesh.

We stay for three nights at Tiger Corridor or upgrade to the Taj Baghvan. Both hotels are located in the buffer zone of the national park. Pench inhabits a beautiful habitat of the teak forest, meandering rivers, and open grassland in an area of undulating terrain at the foot of the Satpura Range.

Pench

At Pench, there is an extraordinary variety of vegetation and wildlife and over the next two days, we explore the reserve with a knowledgeable naturalist.

Aside from the tiger, the park is also home to the leopard, jackal, and the Indian wild dog. Chital, sambar, and nilgai are commonly seen, as are gaur and the forest-dwelling sloth bear. A delight for a bird watcher there is over 250 different species to gaze at.

Pench

At Pench, there is an extraordinary variety of vegetation and wildlife and over the next two days, we explore the reserve with a knowledgeable naturalist.

Aside from the tiger, the park is also home to the leopard, jackal, and the Indian wild dog. Chital, sambar, and nilgai are commonly seen, as are gaur and the forest-dwelling sloth bear. A delight for a bird watcher there is over 250 different species to gaze at.

Pench to Kanha 200kms

Bamboos, vast rolling grassland, fresh air, intense trees and never-ending tales of the cats, lay the foundation of Kanha reserve. We drive to Kanha National Park and stay for three nights at Shergarh or upgrade to the Taj Banjaar Tola.

Kanha

Now that we are here – We are sure that you will appreciate the beauty of Kanha national park. Set within a section of the Satpura Range, over the next two days explores the park on the exciting morning and evening safaris.

Wow – Kanha is home to tiger, bison, leopard, jackal, wild boar, sambar, Indian swamp deer, and blackbuck as well as a rich variety of birdlife where over 230 different species have now been recorded.

Kanha

Now that we are here – We are sure that you will appreciate the beauty of Kanha national park. Set within a section of the Satpura Range, over the next two days explores the park on the exciting morning and evening safaris.

Wow – Kanha is home to tiger, bison, leopard, jackal, wild boar, sambar, Indian swamp deer, and blackbuck as well as a rich variety of birdlife where over 230 different species have now been recorded.

Kanha to Bandhavgarh 280kms

After a lovely breakfast, we leave Kanha and continue by road to Bandhavgarh National Park set in the Umaria district of MP. We stay here for three adventurous nights at the Kings Lodge or upgrade to the Samode Safari Lodge or the Taj Mahua Kothi.

Meadows and grasslands, numerous small streams of water, Bandhavgarh is a beautiful reserve predominately full of Sal and mixed forest.

Bandhavgarh

Over the next two days explore the reserve in the company of an expert naturalist. Bandhavgarh has one of the highest densities of tiger, leopard, sloth bear, sambar, chital, barking deer, gaur, and nilgai in India.

The park is also home to rich and varied birdlife with hornbill, crested serpent eagle, partridge, variable hawk-eagle and parakeet among the many different species it is possible to see.

Bandhavgarh

Over the next two days explore the reserve in the company of an expert naturalist. Bandhavgarh has one of the highest densities of tiger, leopard, sloth bear, sambar, chital, barking deer, gaur, and nilgai in India.

The park is also home to rich and varied birdlife with hornbill, crested serpent eagle, partridge, variable hawk-eagle and parakeet among the many different species it is possible to see.

Bandhavgarh to Khajuraho 270kms

We take an early morning jeep safari and then drive from Bandhavgarh to Khajuraho for a two-night stay at the cozy Chandela Hotel.

Khajuraho is breathtaking and its temples are amongst the most popular in India. Over the course of the 11^th and 12^th centuries, the Chandela dynasty created the most sublime examples of erotic sculpture in India, if not the world, and tomorrow there will be an opportunity to explore the temple complexes.

Khajuraho to Delhi By Air Via Varanasi

An exceptionally well maintained UNESCO World Heritage Site, spend the morning exploring the different temples and marveling at their astonishing beauty. Later transfer to Khajuraho Airport for the onward flight to Delhi, which stops once en-route in Varanasi.

On arrival in Delhi stay for two nights at the most popular Claridges Hotel.

Delhi

After breakfast we begin a morning tour of Old Delhi with the guide to explore the area’s dense network of bustling alleyways, homes, bazaars, and mosques visiting the famous Chandni Chowk market. Nothing like you have ever seen before – beautifully chaotic.

We visit the Jama Masjid, the Red Fort, and Rajghat. In the afternoon continue to New Delhi, which was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and is today home to Rashtrapati Bhawan, the official residence of the Indian President, Rajpath, and the imposing India Gate.

Depart Delhi

Transfer back to Delhi Airport to catch the British Airways flight non-stop to the UK.