Sunderbans National Park

Go there for: Bengal Tiger, Ridley Sea TurtleSunderban National Park at a glanceWelcome to world’s largest delta located in Piyali, West Bengal, formed by the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghana rivers and watered by the mighty Bay of Bengal. The Sunderbans - extending over an area of 1330.10-sq-km - comprises of mangrove or 'sundari' forests, swamps and forest islands all interwoven in a network of small rivers and streams. Well,...

Bandhavgarh National Park

Go there for: White Tigers, Leopards, BearsBandhavgarh National Park at a glanceIf tigers are what you want to feast your senses on this vacation, Bandhavgarh National Park in Umaria District of Madhya Pradesh, with its highest tiger population, can be your ideal destination. The 105.40-sq-km of former hunting preserve of the Maharaja of Rewa set amidst the Vindhyan ranges, Bandhavgarh was declared a National Park in 1968 and...

Kaziranga National Park

Go there for: One Horned Rhino, Indian Elephant, Wild Buffalo, Tiger, Swamp DeerKaziranga National Park at a glanceNestled in the foot of the Karbi hills in North Eastern India is the refuge of the world’s largest population of one-horned Rhinos (Rhinoceros Unicornis). Yes, we are talking about the lush green spread of about 430-sq-km on the banks of the mighty Brahmaputra river - the Kaziranga National Park. Kaziranga - which...

Kanha National Park

Go there for: Tigers, Swamp Deer or the BarasinghaKanha National Park at a glanceWelcome to Mowgli’s jungle! British author and Nobel Laureate Rudyard Kipling in his renowned adventure - 'The Jungle Book', set his tales of the boy brought up by wolves in the jungles of Kanha National ParkThe Kanha National Park of Madhya Pradesh - the Tiger state of India - is one of the most famous tiger reserves of the nation. Its horseshoe-shaped...

Ranthambore National Park

Go there for: Tigers, LeopardsAt a glanceSpread across a staggering 392-sq-kms in the historical city of Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan, India is the Ranthambore National Park. It’s abandoned fortress, lakes and above all it's majestic tigers have made it one of the most filmed wildlife reserves in the world. The once the hunting preserve of the Maharajas of Jaipur, the wilds of Ranthambore gained the status of a National Park in...

Camel Safari

How about a jolly ride on the King of the Deserts? Challenging? But the King in question, here, is minus the kingly tantrums and will happily tour you around on its back. Just that you have to hold on real tightly for dear life as it wobbles along the arid spreads of the Thar, India’s west-end desert in the State of Rajasthan or the undulating ranges of Ladakh. Kudos to this fascinating animal who has befriended such stark terrains.The...

Horse safari

“Take most people, they're crazy about cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse” - J D Salinger of Catcher in the Rye stated once. Be they the war horses of our erstwhile Maharajahs, the sprinters of the racing course that men bet their fortunes on, the indigenous beasts of burden scooting on the Indian streets or the one’s that are readied for tourists - all have one element in common - speed! For all those who gets an adrenalin...

Elephant Safari

Nature enthusiasts whose idea of an ideal vacation is to migrate to one of the wildlife recluses than fly away to the Dubai Shopping Festival - will know best the charm of riding an wild animal in the wilderness. Right from the days of the Maharajahs, domesticated elephant safaris have been the most preferred options for touring India’s stocky forests and rugged terrain - where our vehicles even today don’t dare to venture. And...

Jeep Safari

The fastest and the most exciting of adventure safaris are made on wheels. For those with a passion for driving in undulating terrains, jeep safari can be an inexorable escapade. How about a jeep safari in the Indian wilderness infested with wild animals, some that can give you a chase for your life? Sounds hot? Read on....Trails into the wildernessOnly last year one of our clients came back with his interesting tale of how in...

Lion Safari

Asiatic lions - the insignia of power and chivalry for the Indian fraternity - have long been one of the major tourist attractions worldwide. India’s Gir forests in Gujrat, with its dry scrub land veined with hills, rivers and teak forests, make the only refuge of this majestic animal.‘Beast’ly encountersThe regal spread of Gir’s 1,412 sq-km reserve can be explored atop an elephant or in a jeep accompanied by an intelligent and...

Widlife Photography

Indian wildlife through the lensWildlife photography is one of the most challenging domains that requires not just skill-with-the-lenses but patience of epic dimension and unblinking concentration for that ‘perfect moment’.India’s teeming human community is fast plaguing its hills and dales, true, but fortunately nature, with humanitarian aid, has still been able to guard a whole world of wilderness in its 80 National parks and...

Bird Watching

The feathered ‘lords of the air’ may not have as phenomenal a fan-following as the beasts that walk the earth, but those with a avian-fixation will know how crazy this sport can get. Sightings are, at times, about seconds - and priceless seconds they are - for your target may hit the air again anytime and be gone forever. Hats off to the ornithologists and the avifauna enthusiasts with their extraordinary patience and an eye for...

Conservation stories..

How does it feel to live under the threat of extinction in one’s own home? Well, ask an animal. Man - the supposedly ‘superior’ of all creatures, who is said to have been made in the very image of God - is the strangest compound of extremes. If he wills, he can destroy and it but he who can save. Nature’s non-human inhabitants are the worst sufferers in this war amongst ‘unequals’. And, once again, like impenetrable sentinels...