Satpura Panna Safari Experience

Tour Duration:
8 Nights / 9 Days
Tour Itinerary:
Bhopal - Satpura National Park (4N) - Panna National Park (4N) - Jabalpur
Tour Theme:
Covering two well emerged tiger reserves which are very photogenic, offers different activities, varying topography along with UNESCO world heritage sites visit

Tour Summary

Day Day Activity Highlights Night Stay
01 Arrival at Bhopal airport, transfer to Satpura national park via Bhimbetka rock shelters. Watch ancient rock paintings at UNESCO world heritage site. Satpura NP
02 Do morning and evening safari. 02 Jeep safaris Satpura NP
03 Do morning and evening safari. 02 Jeep safaris Satpura Np
04 Do morning and evening boat safari. 01 Jeep safari and boat safari experience Satpura NP
05 After breakfast, long drive to Panna national park. Long surface drive. Enjoy journey from Satpura range to Vindhya range.  Panna NP
06 Do morning and evening safari. 02 Jeep safaris Panna NP
07 Do morning and evening safari. 02 Jeep safaris Panna NP
08 Do morning visit to Khajuraho temples and attend night safari. Visit miracolous sculpture work on temples and experience forest life in night hours. Panna NP
09 After breakfast, drive to Jabalpur airport for departure. Cab transfer of approx. 05:00 hr. --
 
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. Here most of the safaris are done by jeep thus tourist with moderate fitness can also undertake the trip. If you are senior citizen or traveling with infant then avoid walking safaris and night safari drives.
Tour Pace Moderate
When to book Book 0 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

Madhya Pradesh tour package

On arrival at Bhopal airport, take breakfast and drive to Satpura national park. Do enroute visit to Bhimbetka rock shelters site. It is a UNESCO world heritage site. Later in evening hours, try to attend boat safari.
Overnight at Satpura national park.

Day 02:

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

Day 03:

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

Day 04:

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

Day 05:

This will be long drive thus we avoids adding any other activity in this day. Just wake up late and take breakfast. Later long drive to Panna national park. On reaching Panna resort, just relax and get prepared for next morning safari.
Overnight at Panna national park

Day 06:

Do morning and evening safaris.
Overnight at Panna national park

Day 07:

Do morning and evening safaris.
Overnight at Panna national park

Day 08:

In this day we will take a break and do morning visit to Khajuraho temples and Raneh fall. Later do night safari in Panna national park. Its night safari is worth to undertake as it offers good opportunity to see sloth bears, leopards and jungle cat movements in terrain which is close to village areas.
Overnight at Panna national park

Day 09:

This will be our last day of tour package. After breakfast, we will start the journey towards Jabalpur airport for 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
Satpura National Park MPT Bison Resort / Gourissa Resort Lehar Sa resort Denwa Backwater Escape / Reni Pani lodge APAI
Panna National Park MPT Jungle Camp, Greetoe Camp Panna Ken River Lodge Tendu Leaf / Sarai at Toria 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
Khajuraho Temples 30 km from Panna NP. UNESCO World Heritage site
Sanchi 55 km from Bhopal city UNESCO World Heritage site
Bandhavgarh National Park 230 kms from Panna NP Popular tiger safari destination

Special Notes

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

  1. As our main destinations are two popular safari destinations thus we need to follow the golden rule of booking safaris in advance. Here we need to get guest confirmation at least 90-120 days in advance.
  2. Here package cost for Indian nationals will vary in compare to Foreign nationals. The difference is mainly due to difference in official cost of safari permits.

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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