Itinerary Details
MT Sobek: India Wildlife Wonders Adventure
Day 1 Arrive in Delhi, India
Welcome to Delhi, India's vibrant bustling capital! After clearing customs and immigration at the airport, your representative will escort you to the Hotel Andaz. Depending on your arrival time, you can explore the city at your leisure.
Accommodation: Andaz Delhi
Day 2 Fly to Bandhavgarh National Park
90-minute flight transfer & 3-hour private van transfer
After breakfast, transfer to the Delhi airport for your flight to Jabalpur. From here, you will transfer by private van to the beautiful Bandhavgarh National Park. Bandhavgarh is set amongst The Vindhya Hills in the state of Madhya Pradesh and is known for its impressive wildlife, including tigers! There are also at least 150 bird species, plus leopards, sloth bears, langur monkeys, wild boar, mongoose, and deer (chital, sambar, and barking). The park has a wide variety of vegetation including sal forest, bamboo groves, and grasslands making it an ideal destination for birdwatchers and nature lovers alike. Upon arrival, check into Bandhavgarh Jungle Lodge. Enjoy an introduction to the wildlife parks of India and learn about their role in conservation.
Accommodation: Bandhavgarh Jungle Lodge
(B, L, D)
Day 3 Explore Bandhavgarh National Park
4x4 jeep safaris
After an early morning wake-up call, and some tea or coffee, you'll head out into the misty morning, with birds calling all around you. As soon as dawn breaks, you will leave on your jungle safari, accompanied by a resident naturalist and forest park guides in 4x4 jeeps. Enjoy lunch, then an afternoon safari before returning to the lodge for evening tea and free time to relax.
Accommodation: Bandhavgarh Jungle Lodge
(B, L, D)
Day 4 Go Deeper in Bandhavgarh National Park
4x4 jeep safaris
Wake early for your second day of immersive exploration in Bandhavgarh National Park. Enjoy more wildlife sightings in the company of your expert guide and look out for a number of endangered species including Bengal tigers. After your morning and afternoon game drives, head back to the lodge for your final night in Bandhavgarh.
(B, L, D)
Day 5 Journey to Kanha National Park
6-hour private van transfer
Bid farewell to Bandhavgarh National Park and transfer to Kanha National Park. Kanha is one of the largest, most scenic national parks in India with lush sal and bamboo forests, grassy meadows, and ravines that shelter a significant population of rare species such as tigers, leopards, sloth bears, and wild dogs. Kanha meadow, with its hundreds of chital grazing on a carpet of green grass against the backdrop of the majestic sal forest, has been aptly referred to as "the Ngorongoro of India." Kanha is particularly well known for its endangered swamp deer, or hard water barasingha, which now populate the large open tracks of grass amidst the forests of teak and bamboo. After a nature walk by the river behind the lodge, you can get oriented with Kanha, enjoy a cooking class, and learn about tiger conservation.
Accommodation: Kanha Jungle Lodge
(B, L, D)
Day 6 Explore Kanha National Park
4x4 jeep safaris
After another early morning wake-up call, and tea or coffee, head out for a guided 4x4 jeep safari with the resident naturalist and forest park guides. Enjoy a picnic breakfast in the midst of the jungle, certainly unlike your typical weekday breakfast! Spend the rest of the morning at leisure or go for a nature walk, visit a nearby village or school, or attend a cooking demonstration. Activities at camp include learning how to tie a sari, Indian cooking classes and dragonfly/butterfly walks. After lunch, you'll set off on another 4x4 jeep safari.
Accommodation: Kanha Jungle Lodge
(B, L, D)
Day 7 Explore Kanha National Park
4x4 jeep safaris
Rise for an early morning 4x4 jeep safari in another corner of Kanha and enjoy a different morning activity of your choice at camp. After lunch, you'll set off on your afternoon 4x4 jeep safari before returning for an evening of leisure at the lodge.
(B, L, D)
Day 8 Fly to Kolkata
4-hour private van transfer; 1.5-hour flight transfer
4x4 jeep safari
Today you'll venture out on one last jeep safari in Kanha, have breakfast, then transfer to Raipur airport for your flight to Kolkata. Upon arrival in Kolkata, transfer to the Taj City Centre New Town, where you will spend the night.
Accommodation: Taj City Centre New Town
(B, D)
Day 9 Head to Kaziranga
1-hour 15 minute flight transfer; 5-hour private van transfer
After breakfast, transfer to Kolkata airport for your flight to Guwahati. Upon arrival in Guwahati, journey on to Kaziranga National Park. Kaziranga is home to the largest number of one-horned rhinoceros in the world, which roam about the massive park's swamps, grasslands, elephant grass, and mixed deciduous and tropical semi-evergreen forest. The wide-open vistas here make it relatively easy to see many wildlife species in a single day. Beyond rhinos, the park is home to about 35 major mammals, including wild elephants, tigers, leopards, wild boar, swamp deer, water buffalo, and more. Birdlife includes the rare greater adjutant stork, Bengal florican, and Pallas's fish eagle. Rest well tonight at your comfortable riverside lodge.
Accommodation: Diphlu River Lodge
(B, L, D)
Day 10 Explore Kaziranga
4x4 jeep safaris and 2-hour boat ride
Start the day with breakfast then embark on your morning jungle safari. Return to the lodge for lunch and enjoy and afternoon boat ride to view Gangetic river dolphins. Enjoy tea, coffee and cookies along the way before your leisurely evening back at the lodge.
Accommodation: Diphlu River Lodge
(B, L, D)
Day 11 Kaziranga Safari
4x4 jeep safaris
Rise early for your final day in Kaziranga National Park and enjoy expert-led wildlife safaris in the morning and afternoon. If you haven't seen tiger yet, today could be the day! Return to the lodge in the evening for your farewell dinner.
(B, L, D)
Day 12 Return to Delhi
3-hour flight transfer
Wake for an early morning bird walk, then return to the lodge for your last breakfast in Kaziranga. Then head to Guwahati airport, where you'll catch your flight to Delhi. Upon arrival in Delhi, transfer to your hotel.
Accommodation: Andaz Delhi
(B, L, D)
Day 13 Depart from Delhi
After breakfast, transfer to Delhi airport for your homebound flight. Or pair this trip with a private adventure in Rajasthan and a visit to the Taj Mahal.
Accommodation: Andaz Delhi
(B)
