Tiger, Temple & Taj
Highlights
- Witness majestic Bengal tigers in the wild
- Experience thrilling gypsy safaris through national parks
- Explore UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Khajuraho
- Marvel at the iconic beauty of the Taj Mahal
- Immerse in diverse wildlife and rich ecosystems
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Private Tour
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10 Nights' accommodation
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7 Jeep safaris included
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English speaking tour guide
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Private AC car for transfers
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Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
They embark on an exhilarating adventure through India's diverse landscapes with the enchanting journey of 'Tiger, Temple & Taj.' Starting in Nagpur, they delve into the wilds of Pench National Park, where the elusive Bengal tiger roams free. Thrilling gypsy safaris reveal a vibrant tapestry of wildlife, from majestic leopards to playful sloth bears. The journey leads them to Kanha, where lush grasslands cradle rare swamp deer, and then to Bandhavgarh, famous for its stunning tiger sightings. They also explore the artistic wonders of Khajuraho's UNESCO-listed temples, culminating in the awe-inspiring Taj Mahal in Agra. This meticulously crafted itinerary offers an unforgettable blend of India's natural beauty and rich cultural heritage, ensuring an experience that resonates long after their journey ends.
At a Glance
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Free cancellation
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11 days
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Available in English
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Mobile voucher
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Private Tour
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Guided
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Family friendly
Explore India's wildlife and heritage with the Tiger, Temple & Taj tour, featuring thrilling safaris and iconic landmarks like the Taj Mahal.
Included
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OtherPrivate AC car/van for airport transfers, sightseeing, and excursions as per the program.
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Lunch
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OtherGovernment taxes.
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OtherBottled drinking water in the car.
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OtherNOTE: Jeep safaris are subject to availability and once booked, they cannot be amended or canceled.
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Dinner
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Breakfast
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OtherMonument entrances and activity charges mentioned in the itinerary.
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OtherEnglish speaking tour guide on sightseeing days (local guide in each city), as per the program
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Other10 Nights' accommodation (if option selected) in selected price category hotels.
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OtherAssistance on arrival at the airport.
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Other7 Time jeep safari in National Parks with a forest department naturalist.
Excluded
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OtherAny flight ticket.
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OtherCamera charges at monuments if any.
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OtherExpenses of personal nature like liquor, laundry, tips, telephone, fax, internet, etc.
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OtherGratuities and optional activities.
Pickup
Check if pick-up is available from your location, you will select during checkout (providers may allow other pickup locations)
What to expect
Nagpur
On arrival at Nagpur airport meet with your driver and proceed to Pench National park. Check in at resort and rest time to enjoy the hotel facility. Dinner & overnight at hotel.
Pench National Park
Breakfast at hotel. Morning and afternoon gypsy safari in the tiger reserve with naturalist. Lunch, dinner & overnight at hotel. The Bengal tiger is the main cat species of the park, 39 species of mammals, 13 species of reptiles, 3 species of amphibians. Commonly seen wildlife is chital, sambar, nilgai, wild boar, and jackal. Also Indian leopard, sloth bear, indian wolf, wild dog, porcupine, monkey, jungle cat, fox, striped hyena, gaur, four-horned antelope and barking deer live in the park. The park is rich in bird life too. According to an estimate of the wildlife authorities, the park harbours more than 210 species including several migratory ones. Some of them are peafowl, junglefowl, crow pheasant, crimson-breasted barbet, red-vented bulbul, racket-tailed drongo, Indian roller, magpie robin, lesser whistling teal, pintail, shoveller, egret and herons, minivet, oriole, wagtail, munia, myna, waterfowl and common kingfisher.
Kanha National Park
Breakfast at hotel, drive to Kanha National Park. Check in and lunch at resort. Rest time free and easy to relax and enjoy the hotel facility. Dinner & overnight at hotel.
Kanha National Park
Breakfast at hotel. Morning and afternoon gypsy safari in the tiger reserve with naturalist. Lunch, dinner & overnight at hotel.
Kanha National Park
The vast grasslands of Kanha National Park, stretching over an area of 2,000sq km, and surrounded by the Satpura Range comprising the Banjar and Halon valleys. Kanha Tiger Reserve has species of tigers, leopards, wild dogs, wild cats, foxes and jackals. Among the deer species, swamp deer (Cervus duavcelli branderi) or hard-ground barasingha is the pride of the place, as it is the only subspecies of swamp deer in India, except the great swamp deer of Sundarbans. The animal is adapted to hard ground unlike swamp deer of the north, which live in marshy swamps. Indian gaur (Bos guarus), belonging to the ox genus, are found in Kanha. Also keep an eye out for dholes, or wild dogs & Blackbucks. Other commonly seen animals in the park include the spotted deer, sambar, barking deer, and the four-horned antelope. Nocturnal animals like fox, hyena, jungle cat, civets, porcupine, ratel or honey badger, and hares can be seen outside the park confines.
Kanha National Park
The reserve brings around 300 species of birds and the most commonly seen birds are the black ibis, bee-eaters, cattle egret, blossom-headed parakeets, pond herons, drongos, common teal, crested serpent eagle, grey hornbill, Indian roller, lesser adjutant, little grebes, lesser whistling teal, minivets, Malabar pied hornbill, woodpeckers, pigeon, paradise flycatchers, mynas, Indian peafowl, red junglefowl, red-wattled lapwing, steppe eagle, Tickell's blue flycatcher, white-eyed buzzard, white-breasted kingfisher, white-browed fantail, wood shrikes, and warblers, vultures among many more. Reptiles such as Indian pythons, Indian cobras, krait, rat snakes, vipers, keelbacks, and grass snakes are nocturnal animals, so rarely are seen. Many species of turtles and amphibians are found in or near the water bodies.
Bandhavgarh National Park
Breakfast at hotel, drive to Bandhavgarh National Park. Check in and lunch at resort. Rest time free and easy to relax and enjoy the hotel facility. Dinner & overnight at hotel.
Bandhavgarh National Park
Breakfast at hotel. Morning and afternoon gypsy safari in the tiger reserve with naturalist. Lunch, dinner & overnight at hotel. Bandhavgarh National Park is spread at vindhya hills in Madhya Pradesh. The three main zones of the national park are Tala, Magdhi and Khitauli. Together, these three ranges comprise the 'Core' of the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve constituting a total area of 716 km2. The buffer zone is spread over the forest divisions of Umaria and Katni and totals another 820 km2.
Bandhavgarh National Park
There are more than 22 species of mammals and 250 species of birds. Common Langurs and Rhesus Macaque represent the primate group. Carnivores include the Asiatic Jackal, Bengal Fox, Sloth Bear, Ratel, Gray Mongoose, Striped Hyena, Jungle Cat, Leopard and Tiger. The artiodactyls frequently sighted are Wild Pigs, Spotted Deer, Sambar, Chausingha, Nilgai, Chinkara and Gaur. Mammals such as Dhole, the small Indian Civet, Palm Squirrel and Lesser Bandicoot Rat are seen occasionally. Among the herbivores, Gaur is the only coarse feeder.
Breakfast at hotel, drive to Panna National Park. Check in and lunch at resort. Rest time free and easy to relax and enjoy the hotel facility. Dinner & overnight at hotel.
Panna Tiger Reserve
Breakfast at hotel. Morning gypsy safari in the tiger reserve with naturalist.
Panna Tiger Reserve
The park is located in a spot where the tropical and subtropical forest belts are found. River Ken runs through this relatively dry national park providing water to the wildlife throughout the year. Many rare species and endangered species can be spotted in this park. You can spot the majestic tiger, the ghariyal - a huge reptile found only in the Indian subcontinent, Indian wolf, four-horned antelope, sloth bear pangolin, rusty spotted cat, leopard and carcal and a variety of flora and fauna. There are six species of vulture found in this park.
Visit the magnificent Pandav Falls inside the park a perennial fall fed by a tributary of the river Ken. The falls cascades down from a height of about 30 meters into a heart shaped pool. Surrounded by lush green forests. At the foot of falls there are some ancient caves overlooking a large pool of water. The Pandavas of the Mahabharata are believed to have spent a part of their exile here. In the tropical region of Panna the climate of the reserve area is sometimes so pleasant, sometime so scorching during summers.
Khajuraho
Evening drive to Khajuraho check in at hotel. Evening watch the light and sound show.
Khajuraho
Breakfast at hotel. Visit exceptionally well maintained UNESCO World Heritage Site, exploring the different temples and marveling at their astonishing beauty. Over the course of the 11th and 12th centuries the Chandela dynasty created the most sublime examples of erotic sculpture in India. The temple of Khajuraho are India’s unique gift to the world, representing, as they do, a paean to life, to love, to joy, perfect in execution and sublime in expression on account of their remarkable erotic sculptures.
Orchha
Afternoon drive to Orchha check in at hotel. Rest time free and easy to relax. Optional evening boat tide on River Betwa.
Orchha
Breakfast at hotel, city tour of Orchha. Visit the Orchha Fort complex, which houses a large number of ancient monuments consisting of the fort, palaces, temple, and other edifices. The early 16th century fort complex which is accessed from an arched causeway, leads to a large gateway. This is followed by a large quadrangular open yard surrounded by palaces. These are Raja Mahal, Sheesh Mahal, Jahangir Mahal, a temple, gardens and pavilions. The battlements of the fort have ornamentation. Notable architectural features in the fort complex are projected balconies, open flat areas and decorated latticed windows. Chaturbhuj Temple a multi-storied structure which is a blend of temple, fort and palace architectural features. The temple was originally built to deify an image of Rama, as the chief deity, which was installed in the Rama Raja Temple inside the Orchha Fort complex. The temple is noted for having one of the tallest Vimana among Hindu temples.
After sightseeing drive to Agra, en-route visit Gwalior Fort. Situated on top of a hill one of the best fortresses of India, known for its great architecture and rich past. With well-maintained premises, the fort complex includes several temples, palaces and water tanks. Jain temples form unique monuments inside the fort, with the Siddhachal Caves and Gopachal rock-cut Jain monuments being the two areas, complete with thousands of Jain Tirthankar idols defaced during the Mughal invasion. Teli Ka Mandir and Sahastrabahu (Sas-Bahu) Ka Mandir are the two architecturally rich Hindu temples here. Gurudwara Data Bandi Chhor is another holy place built inside the fort’s complex, and it was where Sikh Guru Hargobind Sahib was kept as a captive by Mughal Emperor Jahangir. Man Mandir Palace, Gujari Mahal, Assi Khamba Ki Baoli, and Suraj Kund are other important monuments found in the complex.
Agra
Continue drive to Agra check in at hotel. Rest time free and easy to relax.
Agra
Sunrise visit Taj Mahal an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the bank of the Yamuna river commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to house the tomb of his favourite wife Mumtaz Mahal, it also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himself. Breakfast at hotel. Visit Agra Fort the main residence of the emperors of the Mughal Dynasty until 1638, when the capital was shifted from Agra to Delhi. Itmad-ud-Daula Tomb a Mughal mausoleum commissioned by Nur Jahan, the wife of Jahangir, for her father Mirza Ghiyas Beg.
New Delhi
Afternoon drive to Delhi direct drop off to airport for onward flight.
The experience can be subject to change due to bad weather or unforseen circumstances. We always endeavour to give you the best possible experience.
Additional Information
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
What our experts say
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Try local dishes at Nagpur's restaurants.
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Book safaris in advance to secure spots.
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Visit the light show in Khajuraho.
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Explore Orchha's historical sites thoroughly.
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Bring binoculars for wildlife spotting.
More About this Experience
Introduction
The "Tiger, Temple & Taj" experience is a mesmerizing journey designed for those who crave adventure and culture in the heart of India. This immersive tour spans 264 hours, taking travelers from the vibrant city of Nagpur to the world-renowned Taj Mahal in Agra. It combines thrilling wildlife safaris in three iconic national parks—Pench, Kanha, and Bandhavgarh—with visits to historical treasures like the Khajuraho temples. Each moment is curated to offer an unforgettable blend of India’s rich flora and fauna alongside its captivating heritage. With comfortable private transportation and knowledgeable guides, this journey is not just a vacation; it’s a deep dive into the heart of India’s natural and cultural wonders. Travelers can expect to be amazed by the majestic Bengal tigers, intricate temple carvings, and the serene beauty of the Taj Mahal, making this tour a perfect escape for adventurers and history buffs alike.What to expect?
Expect an adventure filled with thrilling encounters and breathtaking sights! With the "Tiger, Temple & Taj" tour, participants will embark on gypsy safaris through lush national parks, where the elusive Bengal tiger roams freely. They will have the chance to spot other incredible wildlife, including leopards, sloth bears, and a multitude of bird species that paint the skies with their vibrant colors. This itinerary also includes immersive cultural experiences, such as exploring the intricately carved temples of Khajuraho, a UNESCO World Heritage site, where history comes alive. Each day unfolds with a blend of exploration and relaxation, from cozy accommodations to delectable meals, allowing travelers to recharge for the next adventure. The journey culminates in the awe-inspiring sight of the Taj Mahal at sunrise, providing a truly magical end to this unforgettable experience.Who is this for?
This tour is perfect for anyone with a sense of adventure and a love for culture! From wildlife enthusiasts eager to witness majestic tigers in their natural habitat to history buffs fascinated by India's rich architectural heritage, the "Tiger, Temple & Taj" experience caters to a diverse audience. It’s designed for families, couples, solo travelers, and groups of friends looking to explore the wonders of India together. With a focus on inclusivity, the tour is suitable for all physical fitness levels, ensuring that everyone can enjoy the enchanting landscapes and cultural treasures. Whether it’s the thrill of spotting wildlife or the serenity of ancient temples, this journey offers something for everyone, making it a fantastic choice for those seeking both adventure and cultural enrichment.Why book this?
Booking the "Tiger, Temple & Taj" experience is an opportunity to explore one of the most vibrant and diverse countries in the world. What sets this tour apart is its seamless blend of adventure, culture, and luxury. With expert guides leading the way and private transportation ensuring comfort, travelers can fully immerse themselves in the breathtaking natural beauty of India. This tour offers exclusive access to some of the best wildlife reserves in the country, providing opportunities for incredible wildlife sightings. Additionally, the chance to visit the Taj Mahal at sunrise, when it radiates with ethereal beauty, is a once-in-a-lifetime experience that is not to be missed. This journey promises to create lasting memories, rich stories, and a profound appreciation for India's incredible heritage and wildlife.Good to know
For those considering this captivating journey, it’s important to note a few key details. The itinerary includes private transportation and knowledgeable guides for a hassle-free experience, allowing travelers to truly soak in the sights without worrying about logistics. While jeep safaris are subject to availability, they are integral to exploring the national parks, so booking in advance is highly recommended. Additionally, the tour is designed to accommodate all ages, making it perfect for families. Be sure to pack comfortable clothing and sturdy shoes for safaris, but also don’t forget your camera to capture the stunning landscapes and unforgettable moments. Lastly, remember to stay hydrated and enjoy the local cuisine, as each meal is a delightful introduction to India’s rich culinary traditions.Reviews
Feedback from travelers who have experienced the "Tiger, Temple & Taj" journey has been overwhelmingly positive! Many describe it as a life-changing experience, citing the thrill of seeing tigers in the wild and the breathtaking beauty of the Taj Mahal as highlights. Travelers appreciate the knowledgeable guides who share fascinating stories about the wildlife and historical sites, making each visit more enriching. The seamless organization of the tour, along with comfortable accommodations and delicious meals, has left participants feeling pampered and well-cared-for. Families, couples, and solo adventurers have all found joy and wonder throughout the journey, often mentioning the deep connection they felt to the land and its rich heritage. This tour has left a lasting impression, urging many to return to India for more adventures in the future.
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