Land of Tigers

A Wildlife Group Tour to Pench, Kanha, Bandhavgarh

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  • Duration11 Days
  • Flights IncludedNo
  • Prices From £ 2125

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  Places Visited : New Delhi, Pench, Kanha, Bandhavgarh, Delhi

Join TransIndus on a trip to the wild heart of central India, covering three of the country’s most remote and successful parks for their valuable conservation work. This group tour gives you the best chance of sighting tigers and other magnificent and rare animals, including leopards, nilgai (blue bull), bison, sloth bears, civet and pangolins. A luxurious journey that stays in comfortable wildlife resorts that reflect the natural surroundings of the parks, deep in the jungle interiors. The parks’ success is in part dependent on tourism, both in increasing awareness and spreading the message of conservation as well as raising funding.

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Suggested itinerary

Day 1
Delhi

On arrival, the group will be met by TransIndus’s representative in Delhi and escorted to The Suryaa hotel, where we’ll stay for one night. Spend the remainder of the day recovering from the journey, perhaps venturing out later for a stroll around the nearby Lodi Gardens.

One of the most atmospheric locations in the Indian capital, the Lodi Gardens enclose the domed tombs of three Sultans who ruled Delhi before the arrival of the Mughal dynasty, in the 15th and 16th centuries. Their architecture was inspired by that of the Timurids from Central Asia, but incorporates distinctively Indian features, creating a wonderfully exotic spectacle, especially in the warm light of late afternoon – in short, the perfect place to find your feet.

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Suryaa Hotel, New Delhi
Day 2
Pench

After breakfast transfer to the airport, for a morning flight to Nagpur. Travelling onwards from there to Pench National Park. Stay at Pench Jungle Camp or similar for two nights. In the evening enjoy an introductory talk on the local flora and fauna, followed by supper.

Pench straddles the southern border of Madhya Pradesh and northern border of neighbouring Maharashtra – a wild, and little visited tract of central Indian countryside bisected by the Pench River. Teak rather than sal dominates the forest here, creating a different atmosphere from the reserves you’ll be visiting later on this tour. The tiger population is stable and sightings occur more or less daily– although not for everyone. You’re more likely to come across packs of wild dogs and striped hyena, and the odd gaur (bison) lumbering through the forest.

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Pench Jungle Camp
Day 3
Pench

Morning and afternoon game drives account for most of your third day on tour, with the screening of a wildlife documentary in the evening before supper. Between safaris, enjoy the luxury facilities of the camp, which include a large, oval pool screened by stately old mahua and teak trees.

With its miles of teak and bamboo forests, and open maidans of tall, bleached grass, the landscape of Pench National Park is straight off the pages of Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book. The reserve is home to 39 species of mammals, 13 types of reptile and over 170 varieties of birds, including barbets, bulbul, minivets, orioles, wagtails, munias, flycatchers, waterfowls and blue kingfishers, many of which can be seen in the camp’s own grounds, or from the comfort of your own verandah.

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Pench Jungle Camp
Day 4
Kanha

A final game drive at Pench in the morning, followed by a long journey northeast to Kanha National Park in the afternoon, a journey time of approximately five hours. We’ll spend three nights at Kanha Jungle Lodge. The drive is a scenic journey and a great way of seeing rural Indian life.

Wildlife is prolific at Kanha, with an estimated 200 tigers in residence. The long grass of the park’s maidans (grassy open spaces once occupied by tribal villages) provides perfect grazing for the sambar, chital and other deer and antelope on which the cats prey, and the odds of a sighting are high.  If a tiger is tracked by the park wardens after making a kill, guests at Kanha may ride on elephant to the place where it is hiding out, digesting its breakfast (usually in long grass) – a wonderful experience as you can usually view a cat at close quarters this way. The rest of day will consist of the regular Jeep drives through the park’s Buffer Zone.

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Kanha Jungle Lodge
Day 5
Kanha

Your first full day at Kanha features morning and evening safaris, beginning at 5am (an earlier start than usual is recommended in order to get the paperwork done and gain a head start on other vehicles entering the park) and at 2.30pm.

Your hosts at Kanha Lodge have a passion for wildlife. Tarun, the lodge Manager, has an encyclopedic knowledge of wildlife whilst his wife, Dimple, was the first person to write a book on the wildflowers of Kanha.  She often takes guests for a nature walk around the property pointing out the colourful birds and butterflies and in the evenings, shares her knowledge of the night sky.  The youngest member of the family, is a real life Mowgli. Born and raised at the lodge, this young boy is often seen exploring the jungle, learning tracking skills and identifying the flora and fauna.

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Kanha Jungle Lodge
Day 6
Kanha

Enjoy another safari in the morning. In the afternoon, the group will have the choice between a second game drive, or visiting the local village and school.

Cookery lessons and sari demonstrations are just some of the activities on offer at the lodge. Most guests enjoy a walk around the grounds where you can focus on the colourful birdlife, butterflies and insects.  If you head towards the river you may see even see elephants bathing, a wonderful sight as they splash and spurt water through their trunks.

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Kanha Jungle Lodge
Day 7
Bandhavgarh

After an early breakfast, the group will travel to Bandhavgarh National Park in time for lunch and an afternoon safari. We stay for three nights at Bandhavgarh Jungle Lodge or similar. This is the largest of the three parks we visit. It boasts a wide variety of animals including sloth bear, antelope, several varieties of monkey and an array of birdlife.

Bandhavgarh is situated in the craggy Vindhya hills, where the local sal forests and grassy maidans inside the reserve host a wide array of wildlife: spotted deer, blackbuck, wild bison (gaur), sloth bear, sambar deer, nilgai and barking deer are commonly sighted, while chances of seeing a leopard or tiger are as strong as anywhere in India. The area also supports a rich and varied bird population, from vibrant golden orioles and parakeets to hornbills and partridges.

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Bandhavgarh Jungle Lodge
Day 8
Bandhavgarh

Enjoy a day full of jungle activities including morning and afternoon drives in the park.

Boasting one of the highest tiger densities of any park in India, Bandhavgarh has an outstandingly high rate of big cat sightings. There are plenty of youngsters coming through, including a trio of cubs who survived the death of their mother in 2017 (due to a territorial dispute with another female) when their father began feeding and protecting them – unusual behaviour in tigers. According to the last census, around 50 live in the park, the majority of them in the core zone.

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Bandhavgarh Jungle Lodge
Day 9
Bandhavgarh

Your final day of park safaris begins with the usual early morning wake-up call at around 5.15am, when a tray of ‘bed tea’ will be brought to your cottage. Breakfast will be served in the park during the drive.

Hopefully you’ll have had plenty of great sightings in this park, and those preceding it on the tour, but if not, today will be your last chance, so fingers crossed! Rest assured you’ll be in safe hands, guided by expert naturalists who know the terrain and its tigers inside out, and who will be able to ensure the best odds of an encounter.

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Bandhavgarh Jungle Lodge
Day 10
Bandhavgarh - Delhi

Depart for Jabalpur airport, where we’ll catch a flight back to Delhi. Stay at Lemon Tree Premier or similar for the night.

Depart for Jabalpur Airport, a transfer time of approximately four hours, where we’ll catch a flight back to Delhi.

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Lemon Tree Premier
Day 11
Delhi

After breakfast transfer to the terminal building of nearby Delhi international airport for your return flight back home.

What's Included

✓   Accommodation (10 nights) in luxury resorts & lodges
✓   Internal transfers
✓   Game drives and nature activities in national parks
✓   Accompanied throughout by an English-speaking naturalist/guide
✓   Meal Plan: Bed and Breakfast in Delhi, National Parks on Full Board

 

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International flights from UK

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Accommodations Included

Private English-speaking guides

Private English-speaking guides

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Breakfast daily

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All road travel and transfers using private, chauffeur-driven vehicles

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2025 tour prices for Land of Tigers

DEPARTURE DATE PRICE PER PERSON SINGLE ROOM supplement AVAILABILITY
Sun 26 Oct 2025 £2265 £975 12
Sun 16 Nov 2025 £2265 £975 12
Sun 01 Feb 2026 £2265 £975 10
Sun 15 Feb 2026 £2265 £975 12
Sun 15 Mar 2026 £2265 £975 12
Sun 05 Apr 2026 £2265 £975 12
Sun 19 Apr 2026 £2125 £895 12
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