Gir Lion & Tigers Safaris

Day 01:

Arrival Mumbai Arrival in Mumbai before or after midnight. You will be met and transferred to a hotel near the airport. Overnight hotel.

Day 02:

Mumbai-Diu or Rajkot- Gir National Park Gujarat. Meals: dinner Transfer to the airport in the morning to fly to Diu or Rajkot. You will be met and transferred to Gir National Park (2 hours from Diu & 3½ from Rajkot). Afternoon safari into the park for lion tracking (time permitting!). Overnight stay in Gir Birding Lodge. Gir National Park & Wildlife Sanctuary is a 1412 sq km tract of dry deciduous forests, acacia scrub, evergreen and semi-evergreen flora and grasslands, fed by rivers and streams. Among the many water-bodies in the reserve is the Kamleshwar Dam, known for its birdlife and for its large crocodile population. The Gir reserve is the last abode of the Asiatic lions and is also known for its leopard population. Other mammals of Gir are sambar (India's largest deer), chital (spotted deer), chousingha (the world's only four-horned antelope), bluebull antelope, four horned deer, wild boars, langur, jackal, jungle cat, rusty-spotted cat, striped hyena and black-naped hare.

Day 03 & 04:

Gir National Park Meals: breakfast, lunch & dinner Morning & afternoon safari into the park for lion tracking and animal viewing. Overnight stay in Gir Birding Lodge.

Day 05:

Gir National Park-Little Rann of Kutch Meals: breakfast, packed lunch, dinner Drive in the morning to the Little Rann of Kutch (7 hours). Afternoon drive into the dry plains of Rann to see the onager (Asiatic Wild Ass). Overnight stay in Rann Riders. The sanctuary is known for its herds of the handsome chestnut brown Asiatic wild ass, Indian gazelle, Blue bulls, wild wolf, and Indian fox, jackals, jungle cats, hares and birds - houbara bustards, sandgrouses, francolin, partridges, bustard quails, desert wheatears, desert larks, eagles, imperial eagle, short toed eagle, vulture, laggar and peregrine falcons, greater flamingo, lesser flamingo and pelican.

Day 06:

Little Rann of Kutch-Ahmedabad-Mumbai Meals: breakfast, lunch Morning visit the the Rann again for wildlife viewing. You will be transferred to Ahmedabad (2 hour) to connect flight to Mumbai. You will be met and transferred to a small hotel near the airport. Overnight hotel.

Day 07:

Transfer to the airport in the morning to fly to Nagpur via Mumbai You will be met & transferred to Kanha National Park (4½ hours). Krishna Jungle Resort. Kanha National Park spreads over 1,945 sq. km of dense sal forests, interspersed with extensive meadows and trees and clumps of wild bamboo. This is where you can spot the tiger in all his magnificence or feast your eyes on the rare Barasingha (Swamp deer) amidst extensive grasslands. The park is also good for Indian bison. The park forms the core of the Kanha Tiger Reserve created in 1974, under Project Tiger. It is one of the most well-maintained National Parks in Asia, and a major attraction for avid wildlife buffs all over the world. Two major rivers, Halon and Banjar, flow through the park. The sal forests of Kanha are interspersed with extensive meadows and trees and clumps of wild bamboo. This area known as Kipling Country is where the jungle book of Rudyard Kipling was conceived.

Day 08 & 09:

Kanha National Park Meals: breakfast, lunch & dinner Morning & afternoon safari into the park for tiger-tracking and animal viewing. Overnight stay in Krishna Jungle Resort.

Day 10:

Morning drive in the park. Move to Jabalpur station (3½ hour) to board train to New Delhi. An overnight train

Day 11:

Reach Delhi in the morning (7 a.m.) transfer to international airport or to Hotel if you have booked extra Nights.

What the tour includes:

Airport pick up & drop
Mumbai hotel as per your choice 2-3 or 5 star on B&B
Gir Deluxe Jungle lodge on full board jungle plan
Kanha Deluxe Jungle lodge on full board jungle plan
Rann of Kutch Deluxe Jungle lodge on full board jungle plan
All internal flights
All road transfers by air conditioned car with driver (dedicated)
Rail journey by AC sleeper class
All internal taxes
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