Your first safari
You want a park where the wildlife is used to vehicles, the forest is open enough to see into, and getting there is simple.
Try Tadoba, Bandhavgarh or Pench.
Nine reserves, each with a different character. Here's how travellers usually choose.
You want a park where the wildlife is used to vehicles, the forest is open enough to see into, and getting there is simple.
Try Tadoba, Bandhavgarh or Pench.
Shorter transfers from an airport, comfortable lodges close to the gate, and plenty to see between big-cat sightings.
Try Pench, Tadoba or Ranthambore.
Open forest, dramatic light and enough drives in one place to build a portfolio rather than a snapshot.
Try Bandhavgarh, Ranthambore or Kabini.
Close enough to a big airport to work as a long weekend.
Pench and Tadoba from Nagpur, Ranthambore from Jaipur or Delhi, Kabini from Bengaluru.
Open rocky or deciduous country where leopards are visible rather than hidden.
Grassland and wetland parks where the big herbivores are the headline.
Come for the forest itself as much as the animals: ruins, rivers, meadows and hills.
Try Ranthambore, Kanha or Corbett.
Most reserves close for the rains, but a few stay open with green forest and far fewer vehicles.
Fits naturally alongside Delhi, Agra and Jaipur.
Try Ranthambore.
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