Golden Triangle, Tigers, Leopards & Lion Safari

Duration: 14 Nights / 15 Days

Place to visit: New Delhi – Agra - Ranthambhore - Jaipur – Bera – Ahmedabad – Sasan Gir – Rajkot - New Delhi – Fly back home

Day 01: Arrive New Delhi (by flight)
On arrival at the New Delhi airport, you will be met by our representative who will transfer you to your hotel and assist you in check in at the hotel. He will also handover and explain all travel related documents.

Day 02: New Delhi - Agra (by road 220 kms/4 hrs drive)
Our representative will meet you at your hotel. He will handover and explain all travel related documents and introduce you to our driver. After breakfast drive to Agra 220 kms/4 hrs drive.
On arrival check into hotel.
Later proceed to visit the red sandstone AGRA FORT which stands like a crescent on the banks of Yamuna River enclosed by forbidding 20-meter high walls, with a 12- meter moat between them. Three successive Mughal emperors - Akbar, Jehangir and Shah Jehan - helped create this massive structure which contains Hindu and Muslim architecture. [The Taj is closed on Friday].

Overnight stay at the hotel in Agra

Day 03: Agra – Ranthambhore (265kms, 5 hours drive)
Sunrise proceed to visit the famous white marble mausoleum, The Taj Mahal, which was built in the middle of the 17th century by the Moghul emperor Shah Jehan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal.
Completed in 1652, skilled craftsmen from Persia, Turkey, France and Italy and some 20,000 labourers worked for 17 years to build this edifice.
After breakfast at 1000 hrs drive to Ranthambhore 265 kms/5 hrs drive. On arrival check into resort. Lunch at the resort. Afternoon game drive to the National Park in an open vehicle. Ranthambhore Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve in the Indian state of Rajasthan comprises distinct areas with varied conservation history and virtually separated geographically, with mere narrow corridors linking them to the core, Ranthambhore National Park. These are mainly, the Ranthambhore [Tiger, Ranthambhore National Park] National Park, Keladevi Sanctuary and Sawai Mansingh Sanctuary. 
Dinner and overnight at the Resort.

Day 04: Ranthambhore
Morning & evening game drives in the park. Meals at the resort. Overnight in Ranthambhore. Ranthambhore is also rich in bird life with around 300 species of birds. Infact for a keen bird watcher Ranthambhore and the surrounding area is a paradise. Some interesting resident species of birds are large Cormorant, Painted Spurfowl, Sarus Crane, Bronzed winged Jacana, Sandpiper, Kingfisher, Nightjar, Painted Sandgrouse, Great horned owl and many more regular winter migrants which come from their nesting ground north of Himalayas to Ranthambhore and surrounding areas.

Day 05: Ranthambhore
Morning & evening jeep safaris in the park. Breakfast, lunch and dinner at the resort.
Ranthambhore with an area of 400 sq. km encompassing rocky hill crests which descend to open valleys between the Aravalli and Vindhya ranges, dotted with water pools and fruit trees, this park gets its name from the thousand year old fortress, which looms above the forest. Well known for the diurnal activity of tigers, Ranthambhore is a very special and unusual area where a natural present meets a historical past. Sambar, cheetal, chinkara, nilgai and languor. The elusive leopard and tigers are found in this reserve with tourists standing a very good chance of seeing tigers during the safaris.

Dotted across the landscape are the crumbling ruins of its past glory, be it chatris or cupolas, like palaces or old guard posts, all of which reinforce the magical and ethereal quality of this great wilderness.

Dinner and overnight at the resort.

Day 06: Ranthambhore - Jaipur (by road, 180kms, 3 hour drive)
Morning game drive to the national park. Later drive to Jaipur 180 kms/3 hrs drive. On arrival check in at the Hotel.
Rest of the day is free of leisure activity.
Jaipur - the capital of Rajasthan is color washed pink - the color associated with hospitality in Rajput culture. This Pink City of fairy tale palaces, rugged fortresses perched on barren hills and broad avenues, is picturesque. The first planned city of its time, Jaipur is encircled by a formidable wall. Overnight in Jaipur.

Day 07: Jaipur to Bera (by road, 390 kms, 7 hour drive)
Morning after breakfast drive to Bera 390 kms /7 hrs drive through country side. On arrival check into Castel Bera or camp. Bera, Rajasthan is located quiet near to the Jawai Dam. It is a well known for its magnificent sightings of Leopards. The experience is unique as it’s not a forest; instead you will sight leopards near around this sandy village. Bera, being a home to a number of mammals and birds is an attraction to wildlife enthusiasts to spot evasive Leopard, the mighty Bluebull,the Crocodile, the ever so mischievous Hyena, the graceful Pelican, the Greylag Goose, Robin Accentor, Demoiselle Crane, Barheaded Goose to name a few.

Late evening safari will be just around as you simply share the land of leopards. Dinner and overnight safari in Hotel.

Day 08 & 09 :Bera - Morning and Noon Safari
After breakfast experience the golden mornings of Rajasthan with wildlife sightings. Morning & Afternoon Safari also one can see the village life in Rajasthan. All Meals at the hotel. Not only Leopards! Another magnificent wildlife habitat Bera is famous for, Crocodiles. What actors are they; 15 feet giants can fool anyone with their sleepy lying illusions. They could be as active as in hunting process even if they are doing nothing. They won’t move, hence sometime create a camouflage with the rusty muddy ground near the reservoir and we have to focus as we see them from a distance. They sun bath for entire day and whenever hungry they simply dive in the lake full of fishes, which makes sightings go difficult when they are in action, however they will always be visible in a sunny day lying on the shore.

Day 10: Bera - Ahmedabad (by road 280 kms, 5-6 hour drive)
Morning jeep safari to Bera and later drive to Ahmedabad 280 kms, 5-6 hrs drive. On arrival check into hotel. Overnight stay at the hotel in Ahmedabad

Day 11: Ahmedabad – Sasan Gir (by road 350 kms, 6-7 hour drive)
After breakfast drive to Sasan Gir National park 350 kms,6-7 hrs drive. On arrival check into the resort. Lunch at resort and afternoon game drive to the national park. Dinner and overnight at the resort.

Day 12: In Sasan Gir
Morning and afternoon game drive to the National Park. Breakfast and lunch at the Resort.

Gir is the only home in India for the Asiatic Lion of which there are nearly 500 in the park. The Gir National Park lies in the Gujarat peninsula in South-Western India. The terrain is rugged with low hills and the vegetation is mixed deciduous, with stands of Teak, Acacia, Jamun, Tendu and Dhak trees, interspersed with large patches of grasslands. The trees on the hills are sparse and stunted. Within the sanctuary there are numerous human settlements of cattle herders called Maldharis with an estimated 20,000 head of livestock (which, incidentally, forms a significant part of the Lion’s diet). There are also places of Hindu worship and pilgrimage and sulphur springs at Tulsi Shyam and Kankai Mata. The edges of the park have a good population of Indian Gazelle, protected by religious sentiments of the local people.

Dinner and overnight at the resort
Day 13: In Sasan Gir
Morning and afternoon game drive to the National Park. Lunch and dinner at the reosrt.
The largest compact tract of dry deciduous forest in the country, protected as Gir National Park and Sanctuary, covers an area of 1412 sq km in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat. Gir has evolved to host a very stable ecosystem with tremendous regenerating, self-supporting and self-sustaining capacity due to its richness of biodiversity: 606 different plant species, 39 species of mammals, 37 species of reptiles and over 300 species of birds and more than 2,000 species of insects.

A breeding ground for migratory birds, the avifauna of Gir includes a variety of raptors and many other significant species, including Lesser Florican, Osprey, Indian Pitta, Red-headed Vulture, etc. It also supports a variety of reptiles, including the Indian python and the Indian star tortoise, and possibly one of the highest populations of Marsh crocodile in the country. Gir also has one of the densest concentrations of leopards in India. Gir is also a great place to see Leopards, more than 400 inhabit this park.

Dinner and overnight at the Resort
Day 14: Sasan Gir – Rajkot – New Delhi (by road 180 kms, 3 hrs drive + Flight)

Morning game drive to the national park and after lunch drive to Rajkot airport 180 kms/3 hrs drive to board flight to New Delhi at 1930 hrs to arrive New Delhi at 2110 hrs. Met at airport and transfer hotel. Overnight stay at the hotel in New Delhi

Day 15: New Delhi Fly back home
Morning free for leisure activities and later transfer to International airport to board a flight back home or onward destination 

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Note: The driving hours given above from one city to another are based on the normal conditions of the roads and may vary. Any break for Food / Tea / Toilets / Sightseeing on the way will take extra time than the above given hours.