Gir National Park
Duration : 19 Days 18 Nights
Destination : Mumbai
- Girnationa park - Mumbai
- Jaipur
- Ranthambore National Park - Delhi
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)
rrive 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
- Nagpur
Departure
transfer to the Diu airport to connect flight to Mumbai (9W 3403 1215
hrs / 1500 hrs)
Arrive Mumbai and connect flight to Nagpur (IC
629 1930 hrs / 2045 hrs)
Arrive Nagpur and transfer to your hotel
Over night stay at your hotel at Nagpur
Day
06 Nagpur - Kanha National Park
After
breakfast drive to Kanha (240 kms/ 6 hours)
Arrive Kanha and
check in at your resort
Afternoon game drive to the national park
for Tiger Tracking and animal watch
Stay at your resort for four
nights
Day
07-DAY 09 Kanha National Park
Morning
and afternoon game drives to the national park for tiger tracking and
animal watching.
Kanha is one of India's largest and most
remote national parks, covering 1945 sq km of forest and lightly
wooded grasslands. An extensive network of rivers and streams supports
it. The setting of Kipling’s “Jungle Book”, Kanha
National Park has an excellent variety of wildlife including Leopards,
Chital, Sambar, three striped palm squirrel, common langur, jackal,
wild pig, chital or spotted Deer, Barasingha or swamp Deer, (The
park is the only habitat of the rare hardground Barasingha), Blackbug.
Indian Hare, Dhole or Indian wild dog, barking deer, Indian Bison or
Gaur, Indian Fox, sloth bear, striped hyena, Jungle Cat, Panther,
Mouse Deer, Chousingha or four horned antelope, Nilgai or blue bull,
Ratel, Indian Porcupine, wolf, Chinkara, Indian Pangolin, the smooth
Indian otter, small Indian Civet and, most famously, the tiger. It's
possible to make elephant-back excursions into the park in the early
morning and evening to see tigers. Although wildlife can be seen
throughout the season, sightings increase during the hotter months of
March and April, because the animals move out of the tree cover in
search of water. The park is closed from July to October.
Day
10 Kanha National Park - Pench National Park
Morning game
drives to the national park for tiger tracking and animal watching
Drive to Pench National Park (215 kms / 05 hours)
Arrive Pench
National Park and check in at your resort
Stay at Pench for 02
nights
Day
11 Pench National Park
Morning and
afternoon game drives to the national park.
Pench National
Park is a part of the Project Tiger network of special reserves. Pench
is one of the most accessible tiger reserves in the country, just 90
kilometres (1 hour and 30 minutes) north of Nagpur. The Reserve is
located in the southern reaches of the Satpura hill range in the Seoni
and Chhindwara districts in the Madhya Pradesh State of India. The
terrain is undulating, with most of the area covered by small hills,
steeply sloping on the sides. The description of its natural beauty,
richness in flora and fauna has appeared in numerous wildlife books
dating back to the 17th century. Books written in the 19th and early
20th century by famous naturalists like Captain J. Forsyth and Rudyard
Kipling’s Jungle Book explicitly present the detailed panorama of
nature’s abundance in this tract. As the prey concentration is
high along the Pench river tigers usually inhabit this belt. Leopards,
though, generally operate in the peripheral areas but are occasionally
seen in the deep forests also. Jungle cats are commonly seen. Leopard
cats, small Indian civets and palm civets are common but seen rarely.
Day
12 Pench National Park - Nagpur - Kolkata - Guwahati
Departure
transfer to the Nagpur airport to connect flight to Kolkata (CD 7271
0730 hrs / 0900 hrs) Operates only on Monday, Wednesday & Friday
Arrive Kolkata and connect flight to Guwahati (9W 615 1105 hrs /
1215 hrs)
Arrive Guwahati and drive to Kaziranga National
Park (04 hours)
Arrive Kaziranga National Park and check in at
your resort
Stay at Kaziranga for 04 nights at your resort
Day
13-15 Kaziranga National Park
Morning
and afternoon game drives to the national park for birding and animal
watch
Kaziranga National Park, situated in the
northeastern state of Assam, is one of the most picturesque wildlife
parks in India. The natural habitat of the one-horned rhino, Kaziranga
lies on the southern banks of the Brahmaputra River, northeast of
Assam's capital Guwahati. The predominant vegetation is a mixture of
tall grasslands and riverine forests interspersed with open forests,
interconnecting streams and numerous small lakes or 'bheels'. There
are many marshes, interconnecting streams and ox-bow lakes, known
locally as 'bheels' or 'bils'. To the south of the park lie the Mikir
Hills, which rise to over 1,000 metres elevation. The park may be
explored by riding elephant or 4-wheel drive motor vehicles. There are
several watchtowers. There are many places that can be visited while
you are staying at Kaziranga. The nearby Panbari Reserve Forest is the
best place to see the Hoolock Gibbon. The Kakochang waterfall is 13
kms from Bokakhat. Not far from the park are the ruins of the ancient
Numaligarh. These ruins are of great archaeological importance. The
tea gardens of Hathkhuli, Methoni, Difalu, Behora Borchapori are also
other local attractions.
Day 16 Kaziranga National Park -
Guwahati - Kolkata
Morning game drive
to the National Park
Drive to Guwahati to connect flight
to Kolkata (9W 616 1600 hrs / 1710 hrs)
Arrive Kolkata at 1710
hrs met upon arrival and transferred to the hotel
Over night stay
at your hotel
Day
17 Kolkata
Morning guided sightseeing
tour of Kolkata
Kolkata is a city of glaring contrasts: a
curious blend of the old and the new, partly feudal, partly born out
of growing urbanization, partly un-definable. It is a medley of the
east and the west, a graft of a European city imposed on the Asian
scape that gives Calcutta its bewildering charm, confusion and
excitement. Being just about 300 years old, Calcutta hardly has many
great historical monuments. Perhaps, the oldest remembered is the site
where the Kalighat Temple now stands. Today Calcutta is the largest
city in India with a population over 10 million and boasts of India's
first ever Metro rail system. It is a city that shocks on first
impression but eventually the visitor falls in love with it. The
sightseeing of the city includes a visit to the Victoria Memorial,
Calcutta's most imposing and monumental dream in marble opened by the
Prince of Wales in 1921 and often called the "Taj" of the
British Raj, St. Paul's Cathedral and the Indian Museum, the largest
in India, with one of the best collections of Indian art.
Day
18 Kolkata
Day at leisure
Day
19 Kolkata - Onward Destination
Departure
transfer to the airport to connect flight to onward destination
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