Ultimate India

Overview:

Bandhavgarh

Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Vindhya Hills, Bandhavgarh’s landscape is one of India’s most visually striking tiger reserves. A mosaic of dense sal forests, bamboo thickets, open grasslands, rocky escarpments, and ancient ruins creates an atmosphere that feels both wild and timeless. This varied terrain supports an extraordinary diversity of wildlife and offers outstanding photographic opportunities. Bandhavgarh is celebrated for having one of India’s highest tiger densities, giving visitors excellent chances to encounter the Bengal tiger in a truly natural setting. Beyond tigers, the reserve is home to leopards, sloth bears, gaur, sambar deer, chital, langurs, and over 250 bird species.

Pench

The place that inspired Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book, Pench National Park offers a beautiful blend of rolling hills, open meadows, teak forests, and winding river corridors that create one of Central India’s most scenic safari landscapes.  The reserve is known for healthy populations of Bengal tigers, while also offering frequent sightings of leopards, wild dogs (dhole), sloth bears, gaur, jackals, and abundant deer species including chital and sambar. Its network of grasslands and forest edges creates ideal habitat for predators and prey alike, making every game drive dynamic and unpredictable. Birdlife is equally rewarding, with over 300 species recorded throughout the park. Whether tracking a tiger through golden teak woodland or watching a pack of wild dogs move across the open landscape, Pench delivers a rich and diverse wildlife experience.

Tadoba 

Tadoba offers one of India’s most rugged and rewarding tiger landscapes, where dry deciduous forests, bamboo groves, open meadows, rocky terrain, and shimmering lakes create a dramatic setting for wildlife encounters. The reserve’s relatively open habitat often allows for exceptional visibility, making it one of the premier destinations in India for observing and photographing Bengal tigers. Tadoba’s rich ecosystem supports an impressive diversity of wildlife, including leopards, sloth bears, dholes (Indian wild dogs), gaur, nilgai, sambar deer, chital, marsh crocodiles, and  large variety of birds, including crested serpent eagles, paradise flycatchers, motted wood owl, fishing owl and Indian pitta, making it a one India's top destinations for wildlife lovers and photographers.

Itinerary & Price

Price - $8000 based on double occupancy 

Single Supplement $1500

April 9th, Day 1 - Meet at Nagpur Airport ( an easy flight from Mumbai/Dehli), Drive to Tadoba, check in, relax, go on afternoon safari.  Lodging at Mana's Resort 

April 10th, Day 2 - Morning and Afternoon Safari -North Side Tadoba

April 11th, Day 3 - Morning safari and drive to south side Afternoon Safari - Lodging at Tadoba Jungle Camp

April 12th, Day 4 - Morning and Afternoon Safari - Tadoba

April 13th, Day 5 - Morning and Afternoon Safari - Tadoba

April 14th, Day 6 - Morning Safari in Tadoba drive to Pench and relax - Lodging at Pench Jungle Camp

April 15th, Day 7 - Morning and Afternoon Safari - Pench, checkout and drive to Bandhavgarh

April 16th, Day 8 - Morning safari at Pench, checkout and drive to Bandhavgarh

April 17th, Day 9 - Morning and Afternoon Safari - Bandhavgarh

April 18th, Day 10 - Morning and Afternoon Safari - Bandhavgarh

April 19th, Day 11 - Morning and Afternoon Safari -Bandhavgarh

April 20th, Day 12 - Morning Safari  in Bandhavgarh and depart for Jabalpur airpot for flight to Mumbai/Delhi back to USA or continue with Leopard extension

Safaris:

Bandhavgarh - 7

Pench - 3

Tadoba - 10

Before the tigers, come to Kaziranga National Park, world-renowned for its incredible wildlife, especially its population of the greater one-horned rhinoceros—home to over two-thirds of the world’s population of this species. Alongside these iconic rhinos, the park also shelters large herds of, Asiatic elephants, wild water buffalo, and swamp deer. In addition to this, one of the most diverse birding areas in India. This makes Kaziranga one of India’s most significant wildlife destinations.

After the tigers, joing us in Jawai, one of the most unusual leopard landscapes in the world because the leopards don’t live in dense jungle—they live in a rugged, open landscape of ancient granite hills, rocky outcrops, scrubland, seasonal riverbeds, and small villages in western Rajasthan near the Jawai River.