Taj, Tigers & Crocodiles Tour

Duration: 12 Nights / 13 Days

Place to visit: New Delhi – Corbett - Agra - Ranthambhore – Bera – Udaipur - 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.

Overnight stay is at the hotel.

Day 02: New Delhi – Corbett ( by surface 275/5 hrs)
Early breakfast and then drive to Corbett National Park 275 kms/ 5 hrs drive. Check into the forest lodge, afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight Dhikala Forest Lodge. Overnight at Corbett. This forest Lodge was made about 100 years old by Britishers, when they managed the forests. Their rangers needed some place to relax after day full of patrolling.

These Forest Lodges are unique to Corbett National Park. It is only in Corbett that you get an opportunity to stay inside the national park. The complex is located on the banks of Ramganga river and overlooks the foothills of Himalayas. Post lunch proceed for an afternoon safari in the most scenic national park of India. Only vegetarian food is served here so that predators do not get attracted towards the campus with the smell of non-vegetarian food. Alcohol is not permitted here.

Return from the safari at sunset. Dinner and overnight at Dhikala Forest Lodge

Day 03: In Corbett National Park
Begin your morning safari at sunrise. Corbett has aptly been described as the land of the Roar, Trumpet and Song. It represents a scene of remarkable beauty. Corbett had the proud distinction of being the chosen venue for the inauguration of Project Tiger in India. The rich biodiversity of the Reserve is partly attributed to the variety of habitat found here. Due to the location of the Reserve in the foothills of the central Himalayas, both Himalayan and peninsular flora and fauna is found in the Reserve.

Dinner and overnight at Dhikala

Day 04: In Corbett
Morning and afternoon game drives, meals and overnight at Dhikala Forest Lodge inside the national park. India's first and finest park spread over 520 sq. kms. Established initially as Hailey National Park on August 8, 1936, in honor of Sir Malcolm Hailey, then governor of the United Provinces, the name was changed to Ramganga National Park in 1952. In 1957, it was finally named as Corbett National Park in honor and memory of the late Jim Corbett, the legendary hunter, naturalist-turned-author and photographer who had helped in setting up the park and demarcating its boundaries.

Day 06: Corbett – Agra (by surface – 350 Kms, 6-7 hours drive)
You will have an option to either do a 2 hours safari and then check out or a relaxed morning and check out by 8am. If you do a morning safari then return from the safari by around 9 am, a quick breakfast, and checkout from the Forest Lodge. The drive out of the park is 32kms through the forest. The Tigers, Leopards, and Elephants are usually sighted around this time on this track, so do not pack your cameras yet. At exit from the park gate, you may pack up your equipment and drive to Agra, 350kms, 6-7 hours drive. On arrival check into hotel.

Overnight stay at the hotel in Agra

Day 06: Agra – Ranthambhore (by road, 265kms, 5-6 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 relaxed breakfast 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]. Check out from the hotel.
Later drive to Ranthambhore national park 265 kms/5-6 hours drive. On arrival check into hotel. 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 07 : Ranthambhore
Morning & evening game drives in the park. Meals at the resort. Overnight at the hotel 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 08: 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.

Day 09: Ranthambhore - Jaipur (by road, 180kms, 3 hour drive)
Morning game drive to the national park. After breakfast drive to Jaipur. 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 10: 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 11: 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 12: Bera - Udaipur – New Delhi Fly back home (by road 131 kms, 3 hour + flight)
Morning another jeep safari at Bera and later drive to Udaipur airport to board a flight to New Delhi at 1505 hrs to arrive New Delhi at 1630 hrs. Met at airport and transfer hotel. Overnight stay at the hotel in New Delhi

Day 13: 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.