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Best of Indian Forests
Duration : 20 Days / 19 Nights
Destination Covered : Mumbai - Rajkot - Junagarh - Sasan - Gondal - Ahemedabad
- Delhi - Corbett National Park - Bharatpur - Agra - Jabalpur - Kanha - Gondia
- Kolkata - Sunder Bans - Guwahati - Kangiranga
Day 01 - Arrive Mumbai
Hotel check-in is 12.00 noon. Assistance on arrival by our Representative
and transfer to the Hotel.
Day 02 - Mumbai - Rajkot - Junagadh - Sasan
Take the morning flight to Rajkot, and on arrival drive onto Sasan. Enroute
visit the Maqbara and Uparkot Fort at Junagadh. On arrival you checkin at
the lodge.
Day 03 - Sasan
Today we spend the whole day visiting the Gir National Park, last refuge of
the Asiatic Lion. Visit also the Interpretation Zone and the Crocodile Breeding
Farm.
Day 04 - Sasan - Gondal - Ahmedabad Delhi
Early this morning we leave for Ahmedabad. Enroute we stop briefly at Gondal
to visit the Naulakha Palace. Reach Ahmedabad in time to connect the late
evening flight to Delhi.
Day 05 - Delhi - Corbett National Park
This morning we leave for the Corbett National Park, named after the legendary
hunter Jim Corbett. On arrival you check in at the hotel.
Day
06 - Corbett
Enjoy the whole day spotting wildlife in the park, which is home to wild elephants
and tigers, besides a host of other creatoures.
Day 07 - Corbett - Bharatpur
Drive down to Bharatpur this morning. The evening is at leisure.
Day 08 - Bharatpur - Agra
Early this morning we visit the Kaledeo Bird Sanctuary. Later we drive on
to Agra, enroute visiting the deserted fortress of Fatehpur Sikri. On arrival
check in at the hotel. In the early evening you will visit the Taj Mahal.
Day 09 - Agra/Jabalpur
This morning you will visit the Agra Fort. Hotel checkout is 1200 noon. Later
transfer to the railway station in time to board the overnight train to Jabalpur.
Day 10 - Jabalpur - Kanha National Park
You are received on arrival and proceed to Kanha. The evening is at leisure
to walk around your Resort located in Kanha Tiger Reserve and take a Natoure
Walk with one of the Natouralist Guides.
Day
11 - Kanha National Park
Enjoy the full day in the pristine jungles of Kanha, where you have the best
chance among all national parks in India of spotting the tiger. You may also
get the opportunity to go tiger tracking on elephant back!
Day 12 - Kanha - Gondia - Calcutta
Transfer to Gondia in time to board the overnight train to Calcutta.
Day 13 - Calcutta
Assistance on arrival and transfer to your hotel. Later visit the office of
the Forest Department in order to obtain permits to visit the Sunderbans Delta
Land. Time permitting you will continue with a short tour of Calcutta famous
for the Victoria Memorial and the Howrah Bridge.
Day 14 - Calcutta - Sunder bans
South of Calcutta is the Sunderbans, "beautiful forests" in Bangla,
formed by the delta of the rivers Ganga and Bhramapurtra. This morning we
leave for Basanti (4 hours), southwest of Calcutta from where we take a motor-launch
over the delta waters. On arrival check-in at the Tourist Lodge.
Day
15 - Sunderbans - Calcutta
The morning begins with a boat ride through the various creeks to experience
the Sunderbans in all their pristine glory. In the afternoon you retourn to
Calcutta.
Day 16 - Calcutta - Gawahati
Take the morning flight to Gauhati. On arrival continue onto the Kazaringa
National Park.
Day 17 - Kaziranga
Enjoy a full day looking out for wild-life at Kaziranga which includes the
rhinoceros, Elephant, swamp deer, sloth bear, water buffalo, goose, horn-bill,
fishing eagle and other migratory and non-migratory birds.
Day 18 - Kaziranga - Guwahati
Leave for Guwahati this morning. In the afternoon and visit the Kamakhya Devi
Temple.
Day
19 - Guwahati - Delhi
Early morning checkout from the hotel and transfer to the Railway Station
in time for the train to Delhi. Cross the mighty Bhramaputra as your train
tourns right and back on track past the pictouresque Assamese landscape.
Day 20 - Delhi Departoure
Assistance on arrival in Delhi and transfer for your retourn flight. Bon Voyage!
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