Tiger, Leopards And Lions Photographic Safari
15 Nights / 16 Days
Feel the exhilaration as you step foot in big cat territory on this Tiger Safari in India. While India has become increasingly synonymous with Tigers over the years, it is a land that is blessed with two other remarkable big cats, namely the Leopard and the Asiatic Lion.
As you take a tiger safari in India clubbed with a Leopard safari and Lion Safari in India, across the states of Rajashthan and Gujarat, you get the opportunity to traverse an array of habitats that these fantastic beasts call their home.
Ranthambore being an abode for Tigers, Bera providing a suitable rocky outback for Leopards and Gir exhibiting pockets of grasslands and open scrub forest for the world’s only thriving Asiatic Lion population. Enthralling and exciting, this tour is sure to make your heart race with sheer thrill of being in the presence of kings.
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Experience the best of Indian wildlife that includes the Royal Bengal Tigers, Asiatic Lions, Black Leopard, Indian Leopards, Snow Leopards, Red Panda, Asian Elephants, and a plethora of reptile and bird species, with experienced naturalists while you stay at the best-selected premium wildlife lodges and hotels.
Outline Itinerary
Tiger, Leopards And Lions Photographic Safari
❯ Day 01 : Arrive New Delhi (Flight).
❯ Day 02 : New Delhi – Agra (by road, 220 kms/4 hrs drive)
❯ Day 03 : Agra – Ranthambore (265 kms/5 hrs drive)
❯ Day 04 – 06 : In Ranthambore National Park
❯ Day 07 : Jaipur, Rajasthan
❯ Day 08 : Jaipur to Bera (by road, 390 kms/7 hrs drive)
❯ Day 09 – 10 : Bera Leopards Tour
❯ Day 11 : Bera – Ahmedabad (by road, 280 kms/5-6 hrs drive)
❯ Day 12 : Ahmedabad – Sasan Gir (by road, 350 kms/6-7 hrs drive)
❯ Day 13 – 14 :In Sasan Gir
❯ Day 15 : Sasan Gir – Rajkot – New Delhi (by road, 180 kms/3 hrs drive + Flight)
❯ Day 16 : New Delhi Fly back home
Trip Highlights
➤ With a healthy Tiger population, Ranthambore National Park offers the best chance to witness the big cat at close quarters on your tiger safari tour in India.
➤ Bera is by far one of the best places to track and spot leopards in India.
➤ Gir plays host to the last remaining population if Asiatic Lions, making it the only place in the country to see them.
➤ Experience a plethora of bird diversity, with over 350 species of birds across the destinations, making this tour an excellent choice even for a birding tour.
➤ Immerse yourself in unique hospitality, in the company of skillful naturalist to guide you during your excursions on this tiger safari in India.
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Detailed Itinerary for Tiger, Leopards And Lions Photographic Safari Tour
Day 01 : Arrive New Delhi (Flight)
On arrival at the New Delhi airport, you will be received by our representative who will transfer you to your hotel and assist you with the check in procedure. He will also handover and explain all travel related documents.
Accommodation: Roseate House Aerocity or similar
Day 2 : New Delhi - Agra (by road, 220 kms/4 hrs drive)
After breakfast drive to Agra (220 kms/4 hrs) On arrival check into hotel.
Later proceed to visit the red sandstone AGRA FORT which stands like a crescent on the banks of Yamuna River, enclosed by forbidding 20-meter high walls, with a 12- meter moat between them. Three successive Mughal emperors – Akbar, Jehangir and Shah Jehan – helped create this massive structure which contains Indo Islamic architecture. [The Taj is closed on Friday].
Overnight stay at the hotel in Agra.
Accommodation: Taj View Agra or similar
Day 3 : Agra – Ranthambore (265 kms/5 hrs drive)
At sunrise, visit the famous white marble mausoleum, The Taj Mahal, which was built in the middle of the 17th century by the Moghul emperor Shah Jehan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal.
Completed in 1652, skilled craftsmen from Persia, Turkey, France and Italy and some 20,000 labourers worked extensively for 17 years to build this edifice. After breakfast, at 1000 hrs, drive to Ranthambhore (265 kms/5 hrs). On arrival, check into lodge. Lunch at the lodge. Afternoon jeep safari to the National Park in an open vehicle.
Ranthambore Tiger Reserve in the Indian state of Rajasthan comprises distinct forested areas with a varied conservation history which are separated geographically, with narrow corridors linking them to the core forest area. These are mainly, the Ranthambore National Park, Keladevi Sanctuary and Sawai Mansingh Sanctuary, that for the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve.
Dinner and overnight at the Lodge.
Accommodation: Oberoi Vanyavilas or similar
Day 4 : In Ranthambore National Park
Morning & afternoon Ranthambore tiger safari to the park. All meals at the lodge and overnight stay at Ranthambore.
Ranthambore is also rich in bird diversity with over 300 species that can be seen here. In fact, for a keen bird watcher, Ranthambore and the surrounding area is a birding paradise. Some interesting resident species of birds are the Great Cormorant, Painted Spurfowl, Sarus Crane, Bronzed Winged Jacana, Sandpipers, Kingfishers, Nightjars, Painted Sandgrouse, the Indian Eagle Owl and many more winter migrants which arrive from their nesting ground north of the Himalayas.
Accommodation: Oberoi Vanyavilas or similar
Day 5 - 6 : In Ranthambore National Park
Morning & afternoon Ranthambore tiger safari to the park. All meals at the lodge and overnight stay at Ranthambore.
Ranthambore encompasses an area of 400 sq. km encompassing rocky hill crests which descend to open valleys between the Aravalli and Vindhya ranges, dotted with water pools and fruit trees, this park gets its name from the thousand-year-old fortress, which lies nestled on hill above the forest. Well known for the diurnal activity of tigers, Ranthambore is special and an unusual area where the natural present meets the historical past. Sambar, cheetal, chinkara, nilgai and langur are predominant in these parts. The elusive leopard and tigers are found in this reserve with tourists standing a very good chance of seeing tigers at close quarters during the safaris.
Dotted across the landscape are the crumbling ruins of past glory, be it chatris or cupolas like palaces or old guard posts, all of these reinforce the magical and ethereal quality of this great wilderness.
Accommodation: Oberoi Vanyavilas or similar
Day 7 : Jaipur, Rajasthan
This morning, drive 11 km to the outskirts of the city stop at Jal Mahal to visit Amber Fort, the ancient capital of the State until 1728. Visit the Temple of Kali, the Hall of Victory or Jai Mahal.
Later, visit the Observatory, the Palace of Winds and the City Palace and Museum. The museum has an interesting textile section, which contains dresses and costumes of the former Maharajas and Maharanis of Jaipur. Later drive back to New Delhi (260 km/ 5 hrs). On arrival, check in to hotel Overnight stay at the hotel in New Delhi.
Accommodation: Oberoi Rajvilas or similar
Day 8 : Jaipur to Bera (by road, 390 kms/7 hrs drive)
On this Morning, after breakfast, drive to Bera (390 kms /7 hrs) through country side. On arrival, check into Castel Bera or camp Bera, Rajasthan is located adjacent to the Jawai Dam. It is well-known for its magnificent sightings of Leopards. The experience is unique as it’s not a forest; instead you will sight leopards near around this sandy village.
Bera is home to a number of mammals and birds, it attracts wildlife enthusiasts from all over to spot the elusive Leopard, the mighty Bluebull, the Mugger Crocodile, the ever so mischievous Hyena, the graceful Pelican, the Greylag Goose, Demoiselle Crane, and the Bar-headed Goose, to name a few. Indulge in a Late evening safari as you navigate trails which share space with leopards. Dinner and overnight safari in Hotel.
Accommodation: Jawai Leopard Safari Lodge or similar
Day 9 - 10 : Bera Leopards Tour
After breakfast, experience the golden mornings of Rajasthan with spectacular wildlife sightings. Morning & Afternoon bera leopard Safari also one can see the village life in Rajasthan. All Meals at the lodge.
Not only Leopards! Bera is a well-known habitat for Crocodiles. These 15 feet giants are notorious to bask close to mudflats, as if they’re asleep. They could be as active as in hunting process even if they are doing nothing. They won’t move, hence sometime create a camouflage with the marshy banks of the reservoir. They sun bath for entire day and whenever hungry they simply dive in the lake full of fishes, which makes sightings a bit challenging when they are in action, however they will always be visible on a sunny day, glistening on shore.
Accommodation: Jawai Leopard Safari Lodge or similar
Day 11 : Bera - Ahmedabad (by road, 280 kms/5-6 hrs drive)
Morning jeep leopard safari to Bera and later drive to Ahmedabad 280 kms, 5-6 hrs. drive. On arrival check into lodge. Overnight stay at the hotel in Ahmedabad.
Accommodation: Comfort Inn Ahmedabad or similar
Day 12 : Ahmedabad – Sasan Gir (by road, 350 kms/6-7 hrs drive)
After breakfast drive to Sasan Gir National park (350 kms,6-7 hrs). On arrival, check into the lodge. Post lunch, depart for an afternoon jeep lion safari in the national park. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Accommodation: The Fern Gir Forest Resort or similar
Day 13 : In Sasan Gir
Morning and Afternoon gir lion safari to the National Park. All meals and overnight stay at the lodge.
Gir National Park is the only home in India for the Asiatic Lion, with a population of over 600. The Gir National Park lies in the Gujarat peninsula in South-Western India. The terrain is rugged with low hills and the vegetation is mixed deciduous, with stands of Teak, Acacia, Jamun, Tendu and Dhak trees, interspersed with large patches of grasslands. The trees on the hills are sparse and stunted. Within the sanctuary there are numerous human settlements of cattle herders called Maldharis with an estimated 20,000 head of livestock (which, incidentally, forms a significant part of the Lion’s diet). There are also places of Hindu worship and pilgrimage and sulphur springs at Tulsi Shyam and Kankai Mata. The edges of the park have a good population of Indian Gazelle, which are protected by the religious sentiments of the local people. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Accommodation: The Fern Gir Forest Resort or similar
Day 14 : In Sasan Gir
Morning and Afternoon jeep lion safari in the Gir National Park. Lunch and dinner at the lodge.
The largest compact tract of dry deciduous forest in the country, protected as Gir National Park and Sanctuary, covers an area of 1412 sq km in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat. Gir National Park has evolved to host a very stable ecosystem with tremendous regenerating, self-supporting and self- sustaining capacity due to its richness of biodiversity: 606 different plant species, 39 species of mammals, 37 species of reptiles and over 300 species of birds and more than 2000 species of insects.
A breeding ground for migratory birds, the avifauna of Gir includes a variety of raptors and many other significant species, including Lesser Florican, Osprey, Indian Pitta, Red-headed Vulture, etc. It also supports a variety of reptiles, including the Indian python and the Indian star tortoise, and possibly one of the highest populations of Marsh crocodile in the country. Gir also has one of the densest concentrations of leopards in India. Gir is also a great place to see Leopards, more than 400 inhabit this park.
Dinner and overnight at the Lodge.
Accommodation: The Fern Gir Forest Resort or similar
Day 15 : Sasan Gir – Rajkot – New Delhi (by road, 180 kms/3 hrs drive + Flight)
Morning jeep safari in the national park. After lunch, drive to Rajkot airport (180 kms/3 hrs) to Rajkot to board flight to New Delhi at 1930 hrs. Arrive in New Delhi at 2110 hrs. Meet our representative at airport and transfer hotel. Overnight stay at the hotel in New Delhi.
Accommodation: The Roseate House or similar
Day 16 : New Delhi Fly back home
Tour Inclusions
- Accommodation in New Delhi, Agra, Jaipur and Ahmedabad on bed and breakfast basis.
- Accommodation in Ranthambhore, Bera and Sasan Gir on room, all meals and safari basis.
- Your entrance and guide charges in Ranthambhore, Bera and Sasan Gir.
- 06 Exclusive jeep tiger safaris will be provided in Ranthambore.
- 06 Exclusive jeep leopard safaris will be provided in Bera.
- 06 Exclusive jeep lion safaris will be provided in Sasan Gir.
- Guide and Car charges for exclusive sightseeing in Agra and Jaipur.
- Monument entrance fee in Agra .
- Assistance at airport and hotels.
- All land transfers in air-conditioned Toyota Innova car.
- All currently applicable taxes.
Tour Exclusions
- Still / video camera fee in the monuments and national parks.
- Expenses of personal nature like smokes, liquor, laundry and telephone calls.
- International airfare and domestic.
- Travel insurance.
- Anything not mentioned in the inclusions.
- Please note that any changes in entrance fees or government taxes will be payable extra and the same will be advised to you if applicable.
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