Pench Tadoba Tour

Tour Duration:
6 Nights / 7 Days
Tour Itinerary:
Nagpur - Tadoba National Park (3N) - Pench National Park (3N) - Nagpur
Tour Theme:
Here we have covered 2 popular tiger reserves. At Tadoba national park our main focus will be on tiger photography where as at Pench national park we will try to photograph the wildlife diversity of forest. They are at feasible distance thus ideal for pairing.

Tour Summary

Day Day Activity Highlights Night Stay
01 Arrival at Nagpur airport, transfer to Tadoba national park. This will be a journey through Vidarbha region with more dryness but good road condition. Tadoba NP
02 Do morning and evening safari. Enjoy true tiger safari experience. Tadoba NP
03 Do morning and evening safari. Enjoy tiger photography & wildlife safari. Tadoba NP
04 Do morning safari and later drive to Pench NP. Drive from Vidarbha region to Satpura range forest. We will notice the geographical change, journey towards more green and dense forest. Pench NP
05 Do morning and evening safari. Enjoy wildlife diversity, variation on animal species, beautiful forest. Pench NP
06 Do morning and night safari. Enjoy wildlife photography and birdwatching. Pench NP
07 After breakfast, drive to Nagpur airport for departure. Short drive on good road conditions  
PLANNING INFORMATION
Tour Season October to June Best time to visit Jan to Mid of May
Age Group No age restriction. Good for visitors ranging from 05 to 75 years age, as per travel fitness.
Physical fitness required Guests are expected to have moderate fitness level. Tadoba forest lies in Vidarbha region. Here temperature remain higher than other national parks of Central India thus tourists are expected to have fitness to face heat waves in summers. If you are senior citizen or with small kids then avoid peak summer season and visit before April month.
Tour Pace Moderate 
When to book Book 120 Days in advance. It is a very important step that a guest can take for the success of its own trip. Advance booking is highly recommended when you have any wildlife safari destination in your tour plan. Similarly, in city areas, due to marriage or corporate conferences, many times popular hotels get sold out in advance due to which tour quality get compromised. Thus we repeatedly highlight this point.
 

Detailed Itinerary

Day 01: Arrival

 Wildlife tour package

On arrival at Nagpur airport/railway station, drive to Tadoba national park (150kms). Here road condition is almost good. Tadoba national park is having 3 entrance gate where proper accommodation facilities are available and thus tourists selects in between them. So according to location of our lodge we will reach Tadoba national park. On reaching our resort, just relax in the room and do the necessary preparations for next day safari. Here we can better utilize this day if we are reaching before by noon. In such case, we can add a evening safari drive, just after taking lunch meal.
Overnight at Tadoba national park.

Day 02:

In this we will attend both morning & evening jungle safari to explore wildlife at Tadoba Andhari tiger reserve. Here we will try our luck to find out Royal Bengal tiger in wilderness along with other mammals, birds and reptiles. Here tourists have good chance to do tiger photography as sighting records are good here.
Overnight at Tadoba national park.

Day 03:

Do morning and evening safari. Here we will continue to explore the Tadoba forest in morning and afternoon safari round. Due to high tiger density, it is very popular thus we must do our safari booking in advance. It lies in Vidarbha region which is more dry deciduous region. Even day time temperature will also be high in compare to national park at neighboring Madhya Pradesh state. Apart from tigers, we will try for sloth bear, sambar, spotted deer, leopard photography.
Overnight at Tadoba national park.

Day 04:

In this day we will take morning safari drive at Tadoba national park. This will be our last jeep safari in this park. After safari completion, we will get back to our resort, take shower and lunch. Later we will drive toward north direction for visiting Pench national park. This will be a drive in which we will notice many changes like change of state, change of geographical conditions, change of culture, change of local lifestyle, change of economic status. We will drive from Maharashtra state to Madhya Pradesh state. this will be a drive from dry and backward Vidarbha region to flourishing Satpura range forest area. We will notice that Madhya Pradesh state is in better condition in terms of local public economic status, local housing patterns, agricultural productivity, dense forest etc. We are expected to reach Pench national park by evening hours, may be before sunset. Journey will be smooth beacuse road conditions are very good and we will avoid entry into any densly populated city or town. On reaching our Pench resort, just relax and do the preparations for next morning safari drive. 
Overnight at Pench national park

Day 05:

We will begin the 5th day of tour package with our first jeep safari drive at Pench national park. After lunch, we will take our evening jeep safari drive.
Overnight at Pench national park

Day 06:

We will begin the 5th day of tour package with our first jeep safari drive at Pench national park. We will do both, morning and night safari drives. At Pench national park, we will take at least one night safari drive to explore the night life possibilities. Here night safaris are better thus we will take a single chance and try our luck. During night safari drive, we have chance to see tigers movement, leopards, sloth bear and if more lucky then we may have wolf sighting..
Overnight at Pench tiger reserve

Day 07:

If time permits, plan for last jeep safari drive on this day. If you are not interested for any more safaris then use this morning time to do village visit. Here we can find pottery village where we can find the artistic work by village artists, get practical exposure towards pottery making by local artists and in required, we may do some shopping also.

Stay Options

Here we have shared the popular stay options we will consider for our guests. As per the requirement and budget of guests, we can do the adjustments and arrange these hotels or resorts to ensure a good stay experience.

Destination Standard Deluxe Luxury Possible Meal Plans
Tadoba National Park Taru Vann Svasara Resort Tadoba Jungle Camp / Waghoba Eco Lodge APAI
Pench National Park MPT Kipling Court Pench Jungle Camp, Tuli Resort Pench Pench Tree Lodge, Baghvan Lodge APAI
EPAI = Accommodation + Taxes
CPAI = EPAI + Breakfast
MAPAI = CPAI + Lunch / Dinner
APAI = CPAI + Lunch + Dinner
Approx timings:
City Hotels: Check-in = 13:00 hrs & Check-out = 11:00 hrs
Jungle Resorts : Check-in = 14:00 hrs & Check-out = 12:00 hrs
 

Possible Tour Extension

Destination Distance Description
Kanha National Park 200 km from Pench national park Popular
Pachmarhi 260 km from Pench national park Popular
Bhedaghat 230 km from Pench national park Popular

Special Notes

Here we have shared some important notes for guests, which are related to the given tour plan.

  1. As tour package involves popular safari destinations thus advance booking is highly recommended.
  2. If you are planning with senior citizen or small children then try to visit before April month as at Tadoba Andhari tiger reserve (Vidarbha region) temperature remain higher than other surrounding tiger reserves. Heat waves may be a fitness challange for them. 

Why to give us opportunity ?

Here we have shared some important notes for guests, which are related to the given tour plan.

  • We are local tour operator, based in Madhya Pradesh thus we have better can do better tour supervision and equipped with latest ground updates.
  • We have a long service experience of working in the Central India region. Our expertise on understanding guest requirements and accordingly making tours tailormade, will prove asset for our guests.
  • We are registered with Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO), GSA of MPSTDC (MP Tourism Department). We are also the registered member of MPOnline portal which entitles us authorized safari permits booking agent for popular tiger reserves.
  • Due to our local connection, our ground relations with local guides are excellent. This will be a great benefit in tour success. Good safari guide or city tour guide can enhance the safari or sightseeing experience.
  • By giving us chance, you will be giving direct opportunity to a local team thus ensuring direct benefits to local persons.
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