Heart of India
Tiger Special!

Wednesday 18 - Sunday 29 November 2009 (12 days)
Wednesday 10 - Sunday 21 March 2010 (12 days)
Wednesday 17 - Sunday 28 November 2010 (12 days)

Join us for a superb 'Birds & Tigers' tour, as we combine the thrill of exploring India's top two reserves for Tiger with the marble splendour of the ethereal Taj Mahal.

download a trip report for India For the wildlife enthusiast, few parts of the great Indian subcontinent can rival the remote national parks of Bandhavgarh and Kanha. This region also has a relatively low human population - factors which are important in maintaining the healthiest population of that most magnificent of all India's wild creatures, the Tiger.

Indeed, there is currently nowhere better than the fabulous setting of Bandhavgarh to see this, the world's ultimate feline predator. With the aid of Elephants, it is sometimes possible to get close enough to seemingly smell their breath - truly a spine-tingling moment in one's life!

Birds will be conspicuous too, forming mixed roving parties in the woodlands at this time of year when India's many resident species are joined by winter visitors from both Siberian and Himalayan forests.

Outline Itinerary
Days 1-2Fly London-Delhi. Visit to Sultanpur, Delhi. Two Nights Delhi
Days 3-6Fly Delhi-Jabalpur. Transfer to Kanha National Park. Four nights Kanha
Days 7-9Bandhavgarh National Park. Three nights Bandhavgarh
Day 10Bandhavgarh. Overnight sleeper train from Umaria-Agra
Day 11Sightseeing Taj Mahal, Agra. Evening train to Delhi and transfer to airport
Day 12Fly Delhi-London, arriving same morning

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Prices:
2009 : £ 2,895
2010 : £ 2,995

Single supp.:
2009 : £ 225
2010 : £ 245

Deposit:
£ 400 per person

The price is per person, and is fully inclusive of Return scheduled flights London-Delhi; domestic flight Delhi-Jabalpur; all accommodation and meals; surface transport by coach and train, with 4WD vehicle and/or elephant-back in the National Parks (as described above); entrance fees at the national parks and monuments; sightseeing excursions as per itinerary; porterage; tips and airport taxes; map; bird and mammal checklist; and services of the leader/s.

The price excludes travel insurance, Indian visa costs (our office will send UK residents the necessary visa application form and guidance notes), drinks & other items of a personal nature. Camera fees in national parks, wherever these are levied (often nothing or a very small nominal charge at Sultanpur; for a video camera it is more - allow approx. £5 per day in the parks).

These trips will be operated in conjunction with Limosa Holidays.

Leaders:
November 2009
: Graham Clark & local guide
March 2010: Brian Small & local guide
November 2010: David Cottridge & local guide

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