India Safaris

Trekking and Tiger Safari

Costs Include:

• Twin Sharing Per Person
• Transportation based on 02 NON AC Tata Sumo / Similar.(IN Sikkim only) for rest of the places it will be AC car.
• Accommodation at Kalimpong, Gangtok, Yuksom, Pelling & Darjeeling will be on APAI (Full Board) basis.
• 04 DAYS Trek using Trekkers Hut / Tents on APAI (All Meals) basis.
• English speaking Escort cum Guide assistance in Sikkim throughout. In Delhi & Agra local escort.
• Flight ticket Delhi to Bagdogra & back to Delhi All road transfers by AC car All rail journeys by AC sleeper class.
• Lunch & Breakfast at Hotel Krishna Jabalpur Kanha on full board Jungle Plan

Cost will Not Include:

• Payments for service provided on a personal basis
• Cost for any services not mentioned in the "Costs Include"
• Cost incurred due to mishaps, strikes, political unrest etc.
• Personal expense in items such as laundry, soft drinks, Camera Charges, Bottle water, incidentals, Portage, Bellboy charges tips or any other services
• Services other than mentioned will be charged extra.

FEW WORDS OF OPERATION

Please be informed that the area that is Sikkim / Darjeeling is not as developed as other parts of the world. The infrastructure available is bare minimum and people coming to this area, should expect, nothing more than to be with nature with basic necessities. The infrastructure used is the best available as per category, not to be compared with the developed world.

For entry to INDIA a valid visa is must, which you can have it indorsed at Indian embassy in the home country OR at Kathmandu. Visa for India is not available upon arrival. With valid visa one can visit Darjeeling & Kalimpong (NO SPECIAL PERMIT REQUIRED). For SIKKIM a SPECIAL INNER LINE PERMIT is required which is available at NO EXTRA COST. All the guest has to do is mentioned their desired to visit to SIKKIM while stamping Indian visa on the passport. In case the client has a valid Indian visa and they do not have SPECIAL PERMIT to Sikkim then our office in India will get the necessary organise. In such case the itinerary will be modified because permit will be subjected to working of the government offices. For such happening the company will not be responsible for any kind of compensation & refund. All additional & extra expenses will be collected directly.

For the Sikkim Inner Line permit we need the following details a month in advance

• 02 photograph
• Photo Copy of  Passport
• Valid Indian Visa.
• Fathers name, occupation & Residential Addresses.

The Trek starts  and ends at Yuksom and is on Full Board (Includes all Meals). Please note that this areas are cold through out the year and you must  be equipped with proper warm clothes. The accommodation provided during the trek will be at Trekkers Hut / Tents with very basis facilities like.

During the trek we provide

Cool - from middle of October to end of February.

Hot - from middle of March to middle of June.

Wet - from middle of June to middle of October.

The temperature ranges from a maximum of 42 ° C in May and June, to around 4° C in winter

Clothing
Neutral khakis, greys and green clothes are recommended.

Ensure you have plenty of warm clothing for the early morning and late evening game drives.

Accessories: Camera, binoculars, sunglasses, and hats.

Excluded in price: Camera and Video camera fees.

Hint: Very nice Indian meals are available on the train or you can bring some food with you. Tea and coffee are also available on the train but only the Indian variety, with milk and very sweet. Bottled drinking water is available on the platforms.

Welcome to Kipling Country, the setting for the famous Jungle Book. The Kanha National Park in the Mandla District of Madhya Pradesh, spreads over 1,945 sq. km of dense sal forests, interspersed with extensive meadows and trees and clumps of wild bamboo. This is where you can spot the tiger in all his magnificence or feast your eyes on the rare Barasingha Deer amidst extensive grasslands.

The park forms the core of the Kanha Tiger Reserve created in 1974, under Project Tiger. It is one of the most well-maintained National Parks in Asia, and a major attraction for avid wildlife buffs all over the world. Two major rivers, Halon anfd Banjar, flow through the park.

Kanha National Park in the Mandla District spreads over 1,945 sq. km of dense sal forests, interspersed with extensive meadows and trees and clumps of wild bamboo. This area known as Kipling Country is where the jungle book of Rudyard Kipling was conceived.

The key to successful tiger spotting lies in the jungle's reactions to the animal's movement. When the king of the forest is on the move, his kingdom is as responsive  as the court of any of the great Mughal Emperors . Peacocks blare, Sambar bell, Spotted Deer call, Langurs explode in cough-like alarm, Jungle Fowl screech, Bison whistle shrilly and barking deer emit the impossibly raucous bark for which they are named. The continuous repetition of such calls as well as their combination from two or more species in the same small area of the forest is a very good sign that a Tiger is moving nearby.

Using your ears to listen to what other animals are saying is a good method of locating a Tiger.

There seems to be lot of hype and commotion in regards with features of wildlife tourism & conservation. Words such as tribal welfare, local upliftment usage of recycle products eco friendly dresses colours etc. all flashed by glamour struck organisations especially in recent times.

We started with a small team of Nature lovers who are dedicated, who were not necessary qualified but were definitely born conservationist at heart and a born nature lover. These were the people instrumental in educating for the first time in the history of Kanha National park the locals in the field of catering, house keeping steward ship, the guides etc all of whom were fifth standard drop outs or not been to school at all. We taught the people cane weaving, earthen products such as ash trays & potteries all of which we used annually in our lodge. Thus increasing the uplifting the local economy.

The health scenario was deplorable at that time when there were no proper medical facilities, we gave talks, and we supplied medicines & told them about diseases such as malaria & so on. At this point of time the ousted tribal villages from within the core area nurtured great animosity against the Kanha Tiger reserve officials, they would not see eye to eye because the locals felt that more importance was being given to the wild animals then to them, so we intervened and created a healthy buffer based on which things improved to such an extent that the Park authorities held an unprecedented meeting with the lodge owners/managers and local villages regarding solving all problems amicably which to this day continues.

This feature or this event is a unique example & achievement for Kanha National Park as this has never happened in any other game reserve in India resulting in perhaps being the least poached national Park in India. We are highly concerned in educating every guest regarding the code of conduct at the lodge and as well as within the park.

One of the greatest & unique features of our buildings in our lodge is that we have not used any modern chemicals based colours for the exterior or interior white washing. The material used for exterior painting is made from the local yellow mud mixed with lime stone, which gives an ethnic look of the old India.

Again the only lodge where the entire open floor area is being smeared with cow dung paste mixed with husk which works as a binding material.