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Sloth bear cub

Tigers & sloth bears: unusual wildlife experiences in central India

13 days from £5,675pp
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Tour highlights

  • Experience the only park in India where you can do a walking safari.

  • Spot sloth bears with an experienced naturalist.

  • Visit Tadoba National Park, a park that offers the best tiger viewing opportunities.

  • Explore Bori Wildlife Sanctuary, a less explored, far from the usual tourist hotspots, emerging tiger landscape.

Price includes:

  • Scheduled international flights
  • Private driver throughout your trip
  • Activities and excursions as detailed
  • All accommodation
  • 24-hour support while you travel
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Itinerary idea in detail

Includes international flights from a choice of UK airports, including London, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

  • Today you begin your journey by boarding your international outbound flight to Mumbai.

  • Take an onward domestic flight to Nagpur. As the flight arrives very early, a room for immediate check-in has been arranged for you at Nagpur so that you can recover from the long journey. After breakfast, you will travel by road to Tadoba National Park. This afternoon you will get your first opportunity to go on safari.

    • A male tiger spotted on a morning safari at Tadoba National Park
      A male tiger spotted on a morning safari at Tadoba National Park
    • The Gateway of India and boats as seen from the harbour in Mumbai
      The Gateway of India and boats as seen from the harbour in Mumbai
    • The elusive Bengal tiger
      The elusive Bengal tiger

  • Enjoy your first morning and afternoon game drives in Tadoba National Park. With the skills of your naturalist, you have a good chance of seeing one of the park's sloth bears.

    • An adult male Bengal tiger resting in a water body
      An adult male Bengal tiger resting in a water body
    • Butterfly
      Butterfly
    • Wild dog in Tadoba National Park
      Wild dog in Tadoba National Park

  • Today, take another morning and afternoon game drive. Hopefully, if you were lucky enough to spot a sloth bear, you might spot an Indian civet or even an elusive tiger.

    • Tiger seen at Tadoba NP
      Tiger seen at Tadoba NP

  • After enjoying breakfast at Tadoba, you will transfer to Pench National Park and check in to your lodge. Relax and enjoy the beautiful surroundings at your lodge. Enjoy dinner at the camp before heading out on a night safari.

    • A sub adult male spotted at Pench
      A sub adult male spotted at Pench
    • Indian Robin, Pench National Park, India
      Indian Robin, Pench National Park, India
    • Pench National Park, India
      Pench National Park, India

  • Today you will enjoy morning and afternoon game drives in search of the elusive tiger. There are also leopards and jungle cats in the area but these are rare.

    • Pench National Park
      Pench National Park
    • White-throated kingfisher, Pench National Park
      White-throated kingfisher, Pench National Park
    • Tiger Corridor, Pench
      Tiger Corridor, Pench

  • From Pench, you will travel northwest to arrive at a lesser-known Bori Wildlife Sanctuary. On arrival, you will be welcomed at the lodge. This afternoon you will go on a safari to explore one of central India's most exciting wildlife landscapes.

    • Langur monkeys, Pench National Park
      Langur monkeys, Pench National Park
    • Pench National Park
      Pench National Park
    • Langur monkey, Pench National Park
      Langur monkey, Pench National Park

  • Today take another morning and afternoon safari. Your jeep allows you to cover plenty of ground in the jungle to give you a variety of wildlife spotting opportunities, further enhanced by your trained naturalist.

  • The journey from Bori to Satpura becomes even more enjoyable by using a boat transfer as you can spot several bird species and see crocodiles along the Denwa River. On arrival, check in to your lodge. Explore the Satpura National Park on an afternoon safari. It's a great place to see the sloth bear and a good number of sightings have been recorded in recent years. The scenery is beautiful, with the densely forested hills reflecting on the Tawa Reservoir.

    • Sambar spotted on a morning safari at Satpura
      Sambar spotted on a morning safari at Satpura
    • Satpura National Park, India
      Satpura National Park, India
    • View from one of the Jhin Jhin hills at Satpura
      View from one of the Jhin Jhin hills at Satpura

  • Being virtually free of visitors, you have the privilege of exploring the Satpura National Park in a way unknown in any other tiger reserve. Enjoy morning and afternoon safaris at Satpura, which supports an array of mammals that include the tiger, leopard, sambar, chital, nilgai, four-horned antelope, chinkara, bison, wild boar and wild dog among others.

    • Blackbuck seen on an afternoon safari at Satpura
      Blackbuck seen on an afternoon safari at Satpura
    • A Sambar sighting at the Satpura National Park
      A Sambar sighting at the Satpura National Park
    • A bison seeing during a jeep safari at Satpura National Park
      A bison seeing during a jeep safari at Satpura National Park

  • Early this morning, enjoy exploring the park on foot. Satpura is the only national park where you can take walking safaris. Later in the morning, you will be transferred from your hotel to the airport in Bhopal. Here you will board your domestic flight to Delhi. On arrival, you will check in to your hotel which is near the airport.

    • Humayun's Tomb, Delhi
      Humayun's Tomb, Delhi
    • Satpura National Park, India
      Satpura National Park, India
    • Satpura National Park
      Satpura National Park

  • You will be transferred to the international airport for your onward journey.

    • Jama Masjid, Old Delhi
      Jama Masjid, Old Delhi
    • Delhi skyline as seen from Jama Masjid, India
      Delhi skyline as seen from Jama Masjid, India
    • Sikh Gentlemen, Delhi
      Sikh Gentlemen, Delhi

  • Arrive home today to complete your journey.

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When to go

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Place Daily max temperature (°C) Monthly rainfall (mm)
Mumbai
 
Tadoba National Park
 
Pench Tiger Reserve
 
Satpura National Park
 
Delhi
 

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