Satpura Bandhavgarh Tour

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.

Tour Summary

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.

Detailed Itinerary

Day 01: Arrival - Jabalpur - Bandhavgarh (04:00 hr)

 Madhya Pradesh tour package

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

Day 02: 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.

Day 03: 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

Day 04: Bandhavgarh to Jabalpur (04:00 hr)

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

Day 05: Jabalpur to Satpura National Park

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

Day 06: Satpura National Park

Do morning and evening jeep safaris.
Overnight at Satpura national park

Day 07: Satpura National Park

Do morning and evening jeep safaris.
Overnight at Satpura national park

Day 08: Satpura National Park

Do morning and evening jeep safaris.
Overnight at Satpura national park

Day 09: Satpura National Park to Bhopal (03:00 hr)

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

Day 10: Bhopal - Airport - Departure

As per available time, we will do local sightseeing and later drop to the Bhopal airport, for final departure.

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
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

Possible Tour Extension

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

Special Notes

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

  1. As Bandhavgarh and Satpura national park are popular safari destination thus here we should must confirm the tour in 3-4 months in advance. This will enable us to book safari permits of popular safari zones. Delay in decision will spoil our jungle safari experience.
  2. Tour package cost will vary for Indian nationals and Foreign nationals. Reason is due to difference in jungle safari price at Bandhavgarh and Satpura national park.
  3. Boat ride at Bhedaghat destination operates from 16Oct to 15 June and remains closed in rest of the dates, due to monsoon season. Local management authority retains the right to change boating operational dates or issue order to keep it closed on special occasions as per ground situation.

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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