Tour Duration: |
9 Nights / 10 Days |
Tour Itinerary: |
Jabalpur - Bandhavgarh (3N) - Jabalpur (1N) - Satpura National Park (4N) - Bhopal (1N) |
Tour Theme: |
Cover two popular tiger reserves, boating through marble rocks, rock painting site. Enjoy activities like jeep safari, motor boat safari, walking safari, manual boating, pre-historic rock paintings watching. |
| Day | Activities | Highlights | Night Stay |
| 01 | Arrival at Jabalpur airport or railway station, transfer to Bandhavgarh resort. | Enjoy car journey with scenic views | Bandhavgarh |
| 02 | Do morning & evening jeep safari. | Enjoy jeep safari, wildlife photography, study animals, learn tiger tracking. | Bandhavgarh |
| 03 | Do morning & evening jeep safari. | Enjoy jeep safari, birding, understand jungle calls | Bandhavgarh |
| 04 | After morning jeep safari, drive to Jabalpur. | Do safari & attend Narmada arti event. Witness India's oldest river. | Jabalpur |
| 05 | Visit Bhedaghat and drive to Satpura NP. | Enjoy boat ride through marble rocks valley, photography, ropeway ride, temple visit. | Satpura NP |
| 06 | Do morning & evening jeep safari. | Enjoy wildlife and photography | Satpura NP |
| 07 | Do morning safari, evening boat safari. | Enjoiy jeep safari & boat safari experience | Satpura NP |
| 08 | Do morning safari, walking safari. | Enjoy walking safari & jeep safari. | Satpura NP |
| 09 | Do morning safari and drive to Bhopal | Enjoy jeep safari and rock painting site visit. | Bhopal |
| 10 | If time permits, visit Sanchi and drop to Bhopal airport for departure | Visit ti UNESCO World heritage site , witness buddhist stupa | -- |
| PLANNING INFORMATION | |||
| Tour Season | October to June | Best time to visit | Feb to Mid of 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. People during pregnancy or with back problems should avoid this tour as safari trails are rough and give a lot of jerks. If you have dust allergy then use mask or avoid jungle safaris because dust is very common when safari vehicle move in a row. | ||
| Tour Pace | Pace is moderate as we are covering limited destinations and giving sufficient time at each destination. | ||
| When to book | Book 130 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. | ||
For beginning the tour package, Jabalpur airport is the most appropriate point as it have good flight connectivity from major airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad. On reaching the Jabalpur airport, we will be waiting for you at exit gate, with placard of your name. From here we will drive towards north-east direction for reaching Bandhavgarh national park. It will be nice journey offering varying landscapes, plateau topography with some very old basalt rock formations. On reaching Bandhavgarh resort, just relax at your room and do the preparations for next morning jeep safari drive. All the safari details will be shared with your resort management team thus you will easily get the safari vehicle, timing related information. Just keep in mind that for all the jungle safari drives, you need to carry your original ID for verification purpose and collect it back. During all the safari drives, ID document will be verified every time. Resort will arrange your water bottles and pack breakfast.
Overnight at resrot in Bandhavgarh
Do morning and evening safari. Begin the day with morning tea at resort and later proceed for your jeep safari drive. Your safari vehicle will be waiting for you at lodge parking area. Proceed with your pack breakfast, to have it during morning safari drive. Before proceeding, just recheck you have your permit, original ID document, water bottle, pack breakfast (for morning safari only), camera battery properly charged and ready for photography. Once you leave the Tala village, be ready with your camera as both core zone forests area can give surprised sighting at anytime.
Overnight at resort in Bandhavgarh.
Do morning and evening safari. Enjoy the amazing sighting of mammal species and birds of Bandhavgarh tiger reserve. During safari drive, we can do nice photography of animal species, birds, topography, safari trails etc. Every safari zone have its own specialty.
Overnight at resort in Bandhavgarh
Do morning safari and drive to Jabalpur. On reaching Jabalpur hotel, just freshen up. At evening hours, you may attend Narmada arti event. It is an 30 minute soulful evening, organized on the Narmada river bank in which this holy river is worshipped by devotees. It is indeed a very photogenic event to attend and experience.
Overnight at Jabalpur
After breakfast, drive to Bhedaghat. Here we will do morning boat ride on holy Narmada river and pass through scenic marble rock cliff valley. From there we will further drive to Satpura national park. On reaching Satpura national park, we will have lunch and after short rest, attend a evening boat safari.
Overnight at Satpura national park
Do morning and evening jeep safaris.
Overnight at Satpura national park
Do morning and evening jeep safaris.
Overnight at Satpura national park
Do morning and evening jeep safaris.
Overnight at Satpura national park
Do morning jeep safari drive as the last safari experience of this trip. Later we will drive towards north direction to reach Bhopal city. Enroute, we will visit the UNESCO world heritage site of Bhimbetka rock shelters.
Overnight at hotel in Bhopal
As per available time, we will do local sightseeing and later drop to the Bhopal airport, for final departure.
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 |
| Bandahvgarh | Nature Heritage / Aranyak Resort | Bandhav Vilas/ Bandhavgarh Jungle Lodge/ Tathastu Bandhavgarh | Kings Lodge / Treehouse Hideaway / Taj Mahua Kothi | APAI |
| Jabalpur | MPT Kalchuri Residency / Rishi Regency | Narmada Jacksons, Shawn Elizey | ITC Welcom Jabalpur | CPAI / MAPAI / APAI |
| Satpura NP | MPT Bison Resort / Gourissa Resort | Lehar Sa Resort, Denwa Backwater Escape | Reni Pani Jungle Lodge / Bori Safari Lodge | APAI |
| Bhopal | The Fern Residency / Golden Tulip | Jehan Numa Palace Hotel | Taj Lakefront, Radisson, Jehan Numa Retreat | CPAI / MAPAI / 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 |
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| Destination | Distance | Description |
| Ujjain | 200 km from Bhopal | Popular pilgrimage destination |
| Pachmarhi | 100 km from Satpura NP | Popular hill station |
| Chanderi | 250 km from Bhopal | Popular heritage and cultural tourism destination |
| Pench NP | 200 km from Jabalpur | Popular safari and 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 | ||
| Tiger Safari | Sloth Bear Safari | Birding Safaris |
| Safari Vehicles | Safari Guide | Boat Safari |
| Night Safari | Jeep Safari | Core zone vs Buffer zone safaris |