Tour Duration: |
7 Nights / 8 Days |
Tour Itinerary: |
Gwalior - Panna National Park (4N) - Bandhavgarh (3N) - Jabalpur |
Tour Theme: |
Connecting two popular tiger reserves on Vindhya ranges. High tiger density parks with best tiger photography experience |
| Day | Day Activity | Highlights | Night Stay |
| 01 | Arrival at Gwalior or Jabalpur airport, transfer to Panna national park. | Convenient car journey | Panna NP |
| 02 | Do morning and evening jeep safaris. | Tiger tracking & wildlife photography | Panna NP |
| 03 | Do morning and evening jeep safaris. | Big cats tracking & vultures point visit | Panna NP |
| 04 | Do morning visit to Khajuraho temples and later drive to Bandhavgarh. | Visit to UNESCO world heritage site and car journey | Bandhavgarh |
| 05 | Do morning and evening jeep safaris. | Tiger tracking & nature photography | Bandhavgarh |
| 06 | Do morinng and evening jeep safaris. | Wildlife photography | Bandhavgarh |
| 07 | After breakfast, drive to Jabalpur. Do Bhedaghat visit and attend Narmada arti. | City tour, boating & owls photography | Jabalpur |
| 08 | After breakfast, drove to Jabalpur airport. | Departure | -- |
| PLANNING INFORMATION | |||
| Tour Season | October to June | Best time to visit | Feb to June |
| Age Group | No age restriction. Good for visitors ranging from 05 to 75 years age, as per travel fitness. | ||
| Physical fitness required | Low to moderate. If you have walking problem, then also you may undertake safari activity. Pregnant women may avoid this trip or may consult their doctor, before coming. | ||
| Tour Pace | Tour moves with moderate pace. Due to back to back safaris, it demands good energy level. | ||
| When to book | Book 140 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. | ||
This will be our first day of tour in which on reaching Gwalior or Jabalpur airport, our team member will welcome you and take you to Panna national park resort. This surface transfer will offer you scenic local views of small enroute townships, villages and topography view of Central India region. On reaching your resort, just relax and do some preparations for next day jeep safari drives.
Overnight at resort in Panna national park.
Do morning and evening jeep safaris.
Overnight at resort in Panna national park.
Do morning and evening jeep safaris.
Overnight at resort in Panna national park.
This will be a different day for us. We will break the safari routine. After early breakfast, do proper check-out and we will drive to Khajuraho town (40min). Here we will visit world famous Khajuraho temples which are also listed in UNESCO world heritage sites. These temples are developed in period of 09th - 10th century, under the rule of Chandela dynasty period. This dynasty is known for development of artistically stone carved temples on high elevated platforms. This will be a guided temple tour of apprlx. 02:00 hr and offers ample of opportunity for monuments photography. Morning time is best for photography as temples are east facing and thus first sunlight falls on their threshold thus offers better view to visitors. Later on, we will drive in east direction towards Bandhavgarh national park. This route will makes are realize geographical difference between Bundelkhand region and Baghelkhand region. This difference will be in many points like topography, local culture, village sizes, local language, vegetation, occupation etc. On reaching Bandhavgarh, take evening tea and spend time at your resort campus.
Overnight at resort in Bandhavgarh.
Do morning and evening jeep safaris.
Overnight at resort in Bandhavgarh.
Do morning and evening jeep safaris.
Overnight at resort in Bandhavgarh.
In this day, we will not have early morning wakeup tension so just wake up relaxingly, have your breakfast and enjoy the morning period at your resort. After breakfast, drive to south-west direction towards jabalpur city. On reaching Jabalpur, do your hotel check-in, freshen up. After lunch, we will visit to world famous Bhedaghat region. Here we will explore the heritage rock sites which are millions of year old through which India's oldest river Narmada passes through. It is a nature tourism site feel proud to be at this place. Here we will do ropeway ride, boating through marble rock canyon. We will use non-sharing boating option and do the photography of marble rocks, birds and surrounding nature. Apart from this, we will also visit to various other city attractions and their associated stories.
Overnight at hotel in Jabalpur.
This will be our last day of tour package. Here, as per time in hand, we will do some local visit in Jabalpur and later drop to Jabalpur airport.
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 |
| Panna National Park | MPT Jungle Camp | Tendu Leaf Jungle Resort / Ken River Lodge | Pashangarh Safari Lodge | APAI |
| Bandhavgarh | Nature Heritage, MPT White Tiger Forest Lodge, Aranyak Resort | Bandhav Vilas | Kings Lodge / Treehouse Hideaway | APAI |
| Jabalpur | MPT Kalchuri Residency | Grand Narmada Jacksons, Hilton Garden Inn | ITC Welcom Jabalpur | MAPAI |
| 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 |
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| Destination | Distance | Description |
| Orchha | 200 km | Popular heritage, pilgrimage & nature tourism destination |
| Pench Tiger Reserve | 200 km | Popular wildlife safari & photography destination |
Here we have shared some important notes for guests, which are related to the given tour plan.
Here we have shared some important notes for guests, which are related to the given tour plan.
| Tour Related Links | ||
| Safari zones of Panna National Park | Panna Safari Timings | Why to visit Panna NP |
| Clothing Advisory | Best time to visit | Why to visit Bandhavgarh |

