Big cats of India
Duration : 20
Days 19 Nights
Destination : Mumbai
-Gir national park - Mumbai
- Jaipur - Ranthambore
National Park - Delhi
- Leh
Day 01 Arrive Mumbai
Arrive Mumbai met and transferred to your hotel
Over night stay at the hotel
Day 02 Mumbai
- Diu - Gir National Park
Departure transfer to the airport to connect
flight to Diu (9W 3403 1045 hrs / 1145 hrs)
Arrive Diu at 1145 hrs met upon arrival and transferred to Gir National
Park
Arrive Gir National Park and check in at your resort
Day 03 - 04 Gir National
Park
Morning and afternoon game drives to the national
park for tiger tracking and animal watching
Day 05 Gir National
Park - Mumbai
Departure transfer to the Bhavnagar airport to
connect flight to Mumbai (DN 325 1645 hrs / 1745 hrs)
Arrive Mumbai and transferred to your airport hotel for one night stay
Day 06 Mumbai
- Jaipur - Ranthambhor
National Park
After breakfast drive to Ranthambhor National
park (180 kms / 04 hours)
Arrive Ranthambhor National Park and check in at your resort
Today after lunch we will have our first game drive to the national park.
We might be able to meet stripe gentleman.
Day 07– 08 Ranthambore
Tiger Reserve
Ranthambore National Park is one of the prime
examples of Project Tiger’s conservation efforts in Rajasthan. The
forests around the Ranthambore Fort were once, the private hunting grounds
of the Maharajas of Jaipur. The desire to preserve the game in these forests
for sport was responsible for their conservation, and subsequent rescue
by Project Tiger.
The Park sprawls over an
estimated area of 400 sq kms. Steep crags embrace a network of lakes
and rivers, and a top one of these hills, is the impressive
Ranthambore Fort, built in the 10th century. The terrain fluctuates
between impregnable forests and open bush land. The forest is the
typically dry deciduous type, with dhok, being the most prominent
tree. The entry point to the Park goes straight to the foot of the
fort and the forest rest house, Jogi Mahal. The latter boasts of the
second-largest banyan tree in India. The Padam Talab, the Raj Bagh
Talab and the Malik Talab are some of the lakes in the area that
attract the tiger population. They have been spotted at the edges of
these lakes, and Jogi Mahal itself. Old crumbling walls, ruined
pavilions, wells, and other ancient structures stand witness to the
region's glorious past. The entire forest is peppered with the
battlements and spillovers of the Ranthambore Fort - tigers are said
to frequent these ruins, too. The tigers can be spotted quite often
even during the day, busy in their normal pursuits - especially
stalking or hunting and taking care of their young. With the strict
measures that have been taken for their conservation, they seem quite
accustomed to human activity and are not disturbed by it.
For a relatively small area, the park has a rich diversity of
fauna and flora - species list includes 300 trees, 50 aquatic plants,
272 birds, 12 reptiles (including the marsh crocodile) &
amphibians and 30 mammals.
Day
09 Ranthambhor National Park - Delhi
After a final
morning's game drive today, we will return to Delhi by train (Golden
Temple Mail departing Sawai Madhopur at 1300 hrs. Arriving Delhi at
1855 hrs.
After arriving at Delhi we will be transferred to our
airport hotel for a night.
Day 10 Delhi
Leh
Departure
transfer to the airport to connect flight to Leh (9W 609 0540 hrs /
0655 hrs)
Arrive Leh at 0655 hrs met upon arrival and
transferred to the your hotel
Rest of the day to get acclimatized
Over night stay at Leh at your hotel
Day 11 Leh
Day at leisure or acclimatized
Leh is the capital of Ladakh – a vast highland desert lying
between the Karakoram and the Himalayan ranges. Leh is inhabited
predominantly by the Buddhists and accordingly is the centre of
Buddhist culture. At an altitude of 3500 meters and a population of
approximately 14000, Leh today is an important military base and a
tourist attraction.
Leh became an important trading post and
established relations with North India and Central Asia. After 1947,
it became a strategic military center as it is situated along India’s
borders with both Pakistan and China.
Leh is located in a fertile valley with the river Indus racing 10 kms
off it.
The nerve center of Ladakh converges at Leh, ever since
Soyang Namgyal made it the capital city in the 16th century. And what
a throbbing nerve center, with a bustling maze of shopping pathways
and all major GOMPAS in and around this part of the Indus valley. Leh
opened to the world in the late 70s. Despite the fact that down the
years, tourism has lead to a profusion of hotels, bakeries,
restaurants which veil it’s original agrarian character, Leh
wears it’s heavily touristy look without cramping its style. Even
as one strolls down the market areas, stopping to listen to the music
of the prayer wheels, the singing bowls, or experiencing the sheer
rush of entering a whole mesh of curio keepers and antique haunts to
choose from, walking to the wonderful vantage point, the Shanti Stupa
or catching a polo match, an archery competition in the main maidan
(grounds), there’s still more to discover in this verdant valley
capital. It is a walker’s town, as most of the attractions
mentioned are in town itself
The main town is dominated by Sengge
Namgyal’s nine-storey palace, a building in the grand tradition
of Tibetan architecture. Above it, on Namgyal Semo the peak
overlooking the town, are the ruins of the earliest royal residence at
Leh a fort built by king Tashi Namgyal in the 16th century. In the
bazaar the main sites to visit are the jo khang a modern ecumenical
Buddhist temple, and an imposing mosque dating from the late 17th
century situated opposite each other.
Day 12 Trek To Spituk
Trek to
Spituk for Snow Leopard
Over night in tents
Day
13 Trek To Zingchen
Trek to Zingchen
for Snow Leopard
Over night in tents
Day 14-15 Zingchen
Search
for Snow Leopard
Over night in tents
Day 16 Trek Back To Spituk
Trek
back to Spituk
Over night in tents
Day 17 Trek To Leh
Trek
and drive to Leh town
Over night stay at your hotel
Day 18 Leh - Delhi
Departure
transfer to the airport to connect flight to Delhi
Arrive
Delhi met upon arrival and transferred to your hotel
Stay at
Delhi hotel for 02 nights
Day at leisure
Day 19 Delhi
Day at leisure
Day 20 Delhi
- Onward Destination
Early morning departure transfer to the airport to connect flight to
onward destination
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