Tiger, Lion and leopard Safari
15 Nights / 16 Days
Outline Itinerary - Tiger, Lions and Leopards Tour
- Day 01 : Arrive New Delhi (By flight)
- Day 02 : New Delhi - Agra (By road, 220 kms/4 hrs drive)
- Day 03 : Agra – Ranthambhore (265 kms/5 hrs drive)
- Day 04 - 05 : In Ranthambhore
- Day 06 : Ranthambhore - Jaipur (By road, 180 kms/3 hrs drive)
- Day 07 : Ranthambhore - Jaipur (180 kms/3 hrs drive)
- Day 08 : Jaipur - Bera (390 kms/7 hrs drive)
- Day 09 - 10 : Bera
- Day 11 : Bera - Ahmedabad (By road, 280 kms/5-6 hrs drive)
- Day 12 : Ahmedabad – Sasan Gir (350 kms/6-7 hrs drive)
- Day 13 - 14 : In Sasan Gir
- Day 15 : Sasan Gir – Rajkot – New Delhi (180 kms/3 hrs drive + flight)
- Day 16 : New Delhi Fly back home
What you will experience on this tour
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.
Tour Overview - Tiger, Lions and Leopards Tour
The Indian Subcontinent is known for its unparalleled biodiversity. A tour here not only grants you the opportunity to witness the Royal Bengal Tiger but also its distant cousins, namely the Leopard and the Asiatic Lion. As you journey across the states of Rajasthan 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 these remarkable Big Cats.
Tour Highlights - Tiger, Lions and Leopards Tour
- With a healthy Tiger population, Ranthambore offers the best chance to witness the big cat at close quarters.
- 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.
- Immerse yourself in unique hospitality, in the company of skillful naturalist to guide you during your excursions.
Detailed Itinerary - Tiger, Lions and Leopards Tour
Day 1: Arrival in New Delhi
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.
Day 2: New Delhi - Agra (By road, 220 kms/4 hrs drive)
After breakfast drive to Agra. 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.
Day 3: Agra – Ranthambhore National Park (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 laborers worked extensively for 17 years to build this edifice. After breakfast, drive to Ranthambore. On arrival, check into lodge. Lunch at the lodge. Afternoon jeep tiger 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 Ranthambhore National Park, Keladevi Sanctuary and Sawai Mansingh Sanctuary, that for the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve.
Dinner and overnight at the Lodge.
Day 4 - 5: In Ranthambore National Park
Morning & afternoon jeep safari to the park. All meals at the lodge and overnight stay at Ranthambhore.
Ranthambhore is also rich in bird diversity with over 300 species that can be seen here. In fact, for a keen bird watcher, Ranthambhore 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.
Day 6: Ranthambhore - Jaipur (180 kms/3 hrs drive)
Morning game drive to the national park. After breakfast drive to Jaipur. On arrival check in at the Hotel. Rest of the day is free of leisure activity.
Jaipur – the capital of Rajasthan is color washed pink – the color associated with hospitality in Rajput culture. This Pink City of fairy tale palaces, rugged fortresses perched on barren hills and broad avenues, is picturesque. The first planned city of its time, Jaipur is encircled by a formidable wall. Overnight in Jaipur.
Day 7: In Jaipur
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.
Day 8: Jaipur to Bera (390 kms/7 hrs drive)
On this Morning, after breakfast, drive to Bera (390 kms /7 hrs) through country side. On arrival, check into the resort. Bera 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, Robin Accentor, 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.
Day 9 - 10: Bera
After breakfast experience the golden mornings of Rajasthan with wildlife sightings. After morning & afternoon leopard safari also one can see the village life in Rajasthan. All Meals at the hotel.
Not only Leopards! Another magnificent wildlife habitat Bera is famous for is Crocodiles. What actors are they; 15 feet giants can fool anyone with their sleepy lying illusions. 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 rusty muddy ground near the reservoir and we have to focus as we see them from a distance. They sun bath for entire day and whenever hungry they simply dive in the lake full of fishes, which makes sightings go difficult when they are in action, however they will always be visible in a sunny day lying on the shore.
Day 11: Bera - Ahmedabad (By road, 280 kms/5-6 hrs drive)
Morning jeep safari to Bera and later drive to Ahmedabad. On arrival check into lodge. Overnight stay at the hotel in Ahmedabad.
Day 12: Ahmedabad – Sasan Gir (350 kms/6-7 hrs drive)
After breakfast drive to Sasan Gir National Park. On arrival, check into the lodge. Post lunch, depart for an afternoon jeep safari in the national park. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Day 13 - 14: In Sasan Gir
Morning and Afternoon jeep lion safari to the National Park. All meals and overnight stay at the lodge.
Gir 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 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.
Day 15: Sasan Gir – Rajkot – New Delhi (180 kms/3 hrs drive + flight)
Morning jeep safari in the national park. After lunch, drive to Rajkot Airport to board a flight to New Delhi. Arrive in New Delhi and meet our representative. He will assist you with transfer to your hotel and a smooth check in at the hotel in New Delhi. Overnight stay at the hotel in New Delhi
Day 16: New Delhi Fly back home
Morning free for leisure activities. Later, transfer to the New Delhi International Airport to board a flight back home or to an onward destination.
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