This tour offers you most unforgettable Indian wildlife adventure experience and abundant natural beauty to see. To include, wonders of Shivpuri, Bandhavgarh, Kanha and Pench wildlife parks
Itinerary Day 1. Arrival in Delhi
You will be met by our representative at the airport and then transferred to the hotel. Overnite at the hotel
Day 2. Delhi - Agra
You will be met by our representative at the airport and then transferred to the hotel. Overnight stay at the hotel.
Day 3. Agra – Gwalior
Morning:- After breakfast, drive to Agra. It would take about 4 hours to cover the distance of 210 kms. On arrival in Agra:- check into the hotel. Afternoon:- After lunch leave for a sightseeing tour of Agra Fort and “Itmad-ud-daulah” “(Baby Taj).
Overnight stay at the hotel.
Day 4. Gwalior- Shivpuri (118 Kms. / 3 Hrs.)
Morning:- After breakfast visit the “Taj Mahal” to experience the view in the early morning sunlight. Afternoon:- drive to Gwalior On arrival in Gwalior:- check into the hotel.
Overnight stay at the hotel.
Day 5. Shivpuri- Chanderi- Orcha (112 Kms. / 3 Hrs.)
Morning:- Get ready for Safari to “Madhav National Park”. Return to the hotel for breakfast. Then, guided sightseeing of Shivpuri's summer capital of the Scindia rulers of Gwalior including Chhatris (Cenotaphs), Madhav Vilas Palace, Sakhya Sagar Boat Club, Bhadaiya Kund. Afternoon:- drive to Orchha, enroute visit Chanderi, surrounded by hills, lakes and forests. Visit several monuments of Bundela Rajputs and Malwa Sultans.
Overnight stay at the hotel.
Day 6. Orcha- Khajuraho
Morning:- After breakfast, guided sightseeing of Orchha including “Jehangir Mahal”, “Raj Mahal”, “Chaturbhuj Temple”, “Laxminarayan Temple” and “Chhatris” (Cenotaphs).Afternoon:- drive to Khajuraho.
Overnight stay at the hotel.
Day 7. Khajuraho
Morning:- After breakfast, guided tour of “Chandela” dynasty temples famous for their spectacular sculptures and erotic carvings by visiting the southern, eastern and western groups of temples. Evening:- at leisure and option of enjoying the sound and light show (son et lumiere).
Overnight stay at the hotel.
Day 8. Khajuraho- Bandhavgarh
Morning:- After breakfast, leisurely drive to “Bandhavgarh National Park” (237 Kms. /5 Hrs.). The density of the Tiger population at Bandhavgarh is the highest known in India. This is also known as the “White Tiger country”. These have been found in the old state of Rewa for many years. The last known was captured by Maharaja Martand Singh in 1951. This White Tiger - 'Mohun', is now stuffed and on display in the palace of the Maharaja of Rewa.
On arrival in Bandhavgarh:- check into the resort for overnight stay.
Day 9. Bandhavgarh
Early morning jungle safari in one of the most richly populated Tiger reserves in India. Return to resort for breakfast. Spend the day at leisure till afternoon for another jungle safari. One will find more than 22 species of mammals and 250 species of birds. Common Langurs and Rhesus Macaque represent the primate group. Carnivores include the Asiatic Jackal, Bengal Fox, Sloth Bear, Ratel, Gray Mongoose, Striped Hyena, Jungle Cat, Leopard and Tiger. The artiodactyls frequently sighted are Wild Pigs, Spotted Deer, Sambar, Chausingha, Nilgai, Chinkara and Gaur. Mammals such as Dhole, the small Indian Civet, Palm Squirrel and Lesser Bandicoot Rat are seen occasionally. Among the herbivores, Gaur is the only coarse feeder. Overnight at resort.
Day 10. Bandhavgarh - Kanha (240 Kms. /5hrs.)
Morning:- Post breakfast leisurely drive to “Kanha National Park” (240 Kms. /5hrs.), which is one of the most well known tiger reserves worldwide. It's located among the Banjar and Halon valleys in the Mandla / Balaghat districts. The central Kanha valley was declared a sanctuary way back in 1933 but got it's status as a National Park in 1955. It covers a large area of 1,945 square kilometers, out of which 940 square kilometers from the main park. “Kanha” is also famous for it's animal conservation efforts made in collaboration and cooperation with the local resident communities. One of the famous success stories of the park is the survival of the 'Barasingha' population in the park, which went down to as low as 66 animals in 1970 from the earlier 3000 and which through huge efforts have now revived to a respectable number of around 1000. On arrival in Kanha:- check in resort.
Evening:- at leisure. Overnight stay at the resort.
Day 11. Kanha
Morning:- Jungle safari. Return to resort for breakfast. Then day free to fullfill your quest on wildlife by visiting the library, the museum and by watching wildlife presentations & movies until afternoon. Overnight stay at the resort.
Day 12. Kanha - Pench
Morning:- After breakfast, drive to “Pench Tiger Reserve”, which is the real land of 'Mowgli' – also kown as "The Kipling country", mentioned in ''The Jungle Book"written by the well known author “Rudyard Kipling”, who was awarded the first noble prize for literature in 1907 for his brilliant work. There existed a real human child who was nurtured by wolves. This child was caught by Leut. John Moor under the guidance of Col. William Sleeman in 1831. Rudyard Kipling took the clue from Willium Sleeman's writing on Wolf nurturing children and a book on "Camp life of Seoni" by R.A. Sterendale. On arrival in Pench:- check into the resort. Afternoon:- engage in the adventure activities like rafting since this is the only National Park in India where water rafting is available in buffer zone in Pench River. Mowgli Pleasure boating - there are rowing boats and paddleboats for pleasure boating in Totladoh Lake.
Overnight stay at the resort.
Day 13. Pench - Pachmarhi
Morning:- Jump start with the “Jungle ride”. Post breakfast drive to “Pachmarhi”, Madhya Pradesh's most verdant jewel, a place where nature has found exquisite expression in enchanting ways. Green shades embrace the mountains, and the gentle murmur of flowing water is heard everywhere. Bridle paths lead into tranquil forest glades, groves of wild bamboo and jamun, dense sal forests and delicate bamboo thickets. On arrival in Pachmarhi:- check into the resort.
Evening:- at leisure. Overnight stay at the resort.
Day 14. Pachmarhi Rotung - Pasighat
Morning:- After breakfast, visit archaeological treasure house. The cave shelters in the “Mahadeo Hills” is an astonishing richness in rock paintings. Most of these have been placed in the period 500-800 AD, but the earliest paintings are an estimated 10,000 years old. “Priyadarshini” (Forsyth Point) and various “Prapat” (Fall) i.e “Jamuna Prapat” (Bee Fall), “Rajat Prapat” (Big Fall), “Jalawataran” (Duchess Falls) and “Handi Khoh” which is Pachmarhi's most impressive ravine has a 300 feet high precipice and dramatically steep sides. Overnight at the resort.
Day 15 . Pachmarhi - Bhopal
Morning:- After breakfast drive to Bhopal (195 kms. / 4hrs.) On arrival in Bhopal:- check into the hotel. Afternoon:- excursion to “Sanchi”, which is known for its Stupas, monasteries, temples and pillars dating from the 3rd century B.C. to the 12th century A.D. The most famous of these monuments, the Sanchi Stupa which was originally built by the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka, governor of Ujjayini, whose wife Devi was the daughter of a merchant from adjacent Vidisha. Their son Mahindra and daughter Sanghamitra were born in Ujjayini and sent to Sri Lanka, where they converted the King, the Queen and their people to Buddhism. Overnight stay at the hotel.
Day 16. Bhopali
Post breakfast excursion tour to Bhojpur founded by the legendary Parmar King of Dhar, Raja Bhoj (1010-1053), and named after him, renowned for the remains of its magnificent “Shiva temple” and “Cyclopean dam”. “Bhimbetka” surrounded by the northern fringe of the Vindhyan ranges, Bhimbetka lies 46 km South of Bhopal. In this rocky terrain of dense forest and craggy cliffs, over 600 rock shelters belonging to the Neolithic age were recently discovered. Here, in vivid panoramic detail, paintings in over 500 caves depict the life of the pre-historic cave-dwellers making the Bhimbetka group an archaeological treasure, an invaluable chronicle in the history of man. Overnight stay at the hotel.
Day 15 . Bhopal - Delhi (by express train)
Morning:- After breakfast, morning at leisure. Transfer to Bhopal railway station to board train for Delhi. On arrival in Delhi:- transfer to airport hotel for wash and change. Later assisted and transferred to International airport to board flight for onward destination.