
When I met my first wild elephant
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Embarking on a tiger safari in Bandhavgarh is always a thrilling experience. The forest, rich with Bamboo and Sal thickets, weaves together the history and natural beauty of the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve. Every corner of this jungle is closely studied by seasoned guides and drivers. These experts—masters behind the wheel and keepers of local lore—bring unmatched knowledge of the tiger and other wildlife, creating a well-rounded and unforgettable tiger safari in Bandhavgarh.
Your best chances of seeing tigers in the wild are in India, where close to 3000 tigers roam the jungles. And when in India there is no better place to satiate your eyeballs than Bandhavgarh National Park. Doing tigers safaris in Bandhavgarh will certainly fulfill your dream of seeing Tigers in India. A tiger safari tour in Bandhavgarh will leave you nothing short of spellbound. The terrain of this national park is awe-inspiring, to say the least. With the Bandhavgarh Fort engulfing the bamboo greens and talabs forming the perfect hotspots for both prey and predators, this park has so much to offer when it comes to tiger safari in India and other wildlife viewings.
Experience these tiger safari tours in Bandhavgarh National Park with experts in the field. Our guides and naturalists are all exceptionally well acquainted with the jungle and its folklore. They are trained experts in the field and will accompany you on all tiger safari expeditions. Below is a list of some of the best tiger safari journeys one can take in Bandhavgarh National Park.
With over 30 years of experience, we are proud to be one of the leading tour operators providing top-notch tiger safari experiences in Bandhavgarh and other national parks in India, including Corbett, Kanha, Pench, Panna, Ranthambore, Dudhwa, Kaziranga, and more. Have a read through our tiger safari tripadvisor reviews and decide for yourself.
We at Bandhavgarh.net (a unit of Nature Safari India) understand that the key to a memorable wildlife safari is having experienced and knowledgeable naturalists and guides. That’s why we have handpicked the best guides in the industry who will take you on a thrilling adventure into the wild. Our guides have a deep understanding of the natural habitat and behavior of the animals, and they are passionate about sharing their knowledge with our guests.
When it comes to wildlife tours in India, our tiger safari packages are the most popular. India is home to more than 70% of the world’s tigers, and a tiger safari in India is an unforgettable experience. Our tiger safaris take you on an adventure to witness these majestic animals in their natural habitat. Whether you are a wildlife enthusiast or a first-time visitor, our tiger safaris will leave you spellbound.
Apart from tiger safaris in India, we also offer tours to the popular heritage and cultural destinations of India, such as Agra, Jaipur, Udaipur, Varanasi, Khajuraho, Hampi, and more. These tours offer a glimpse into India’s rich history, culture, and traditions. Our travel experts will help you plan your itinerary based on your interests and preferences, ensuring that you have a hassle-free and enjoyable trip.
At Bandhavgarh.net, we believe that the quality of accommodation is just as important as the quality of the tiger safari. That’s why we have carefully selected the best wildlife lodges in India where guests can relax in the wild while enjoying top-notch amenities and services. Our lodges offer a unique and immersive experience of staying in the midst of nature, with comfortable accommodations, delicious food, and stunning views.
So, if you are looking to book a tiger safari in India or explore the heritage and cultural destinations of India, look no further. Contact us today to start planning your dream trip to India.
We thank all our guests for trusting us to create the perfect tiger safari tour in India for them. Read what they have to say about their travel experience with our team…
EXCELLENT Based on 337 reviews Posted on Tripadvisor Dawn NVerified Wonderful Nature Safari Nature safari is by far the best travel/tour company I have ever dealt with. The booking and communication before the trip was excellent. All my questions & queries were answers within a day and in so much detail. Ishana was very friendly and helpful - it felt like I was meeting an old friend when we met by chance in the jungle! The whole trip from the moment we stepped foot in India was so wonderful. Everyone we met was so helpful, friendly, informative and could not do enough for us. All guides, drivers and naturalists who worked for or with Nature Safari were amazing. I have to give a particular mention about Kanha and our naturalist Kopal - words cannot express how wonderful and special the time we spent there was. It is something that my friends and I will remember forever.Posted on Tripadvisor Joan DVerified Something very different for me! I would highly suggest using this company, which went out of their way to ensure that a good time was had by all in our group of 14. All details were anticipated, and anything that was a bit of a burb in the road was attended to consciously. I did not think I would like the safari part of our extended trip to Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, and more because I was nervous about becoming lunch for a tiger! Our Nature guides were knowledgeable and friendly, filling in details about the animals and the ecosystem during our stay on the reserve. The hotel was gorgeous and was a lovely mental rest from the pace of the cities where we had been. The bulk of our 2.5 week trip was a cultural/textile outing. All the tiresome logistics were handled with great care. I've been on many tours, and I'd rank this one as among the very best.Posted on Tripadvisor jackVerified An Unforgettable Experience, the best trip we’ve ever had! An unforgettable Experience! Our Guide Ajeet not only went over & above to ensure we had the best Tiger sightings but his wealth of Knowledge on all of the Wildlife was incredible, as well as his friendly demeanour. Our Tour of Agra was also amazing thanks to our tour guide Khaizer that took us around the best views of the Taj Mahal and took some incredible photos for us. A massive thank you to both of our drivers, Gulab for getting us to & from the airport safely. Pratim & Neeraja for all their help throughout the travel experience, who couldn’t have been friendlier & did everything they could to ensure we had a great trip. Would most definitely recommend, the best trip we’ve ever had!Posted on Tripadvisor Lann BVerified Perfection! Nature Safari India deserves high praise for a fantastic adventure to India for me and my husband. I added this review to another trip advisor site, not realizing this is their tripadvisor location. First, we chose India because I wanted to see tigers and I’m always looking for a small boat trip. The original plan was to do a tiger safari and a small boat cruise on the River Ganga. After finding Nature Safari India, the trip morphed into a 3 week cultural, historic and safari adventure. I cannot give enough good praise to Nature Safari India for all the work they did to make this trip special and how incredibly smooth everything went. Absolutely amazed and impressed. We didn’t know what questions to ask before arranging the trip, there were many discussions back and forth to help us with our style of travel. My husband and I have travelled a lot, 35 countries and counting. We are seasoned travelers and yet India took us by surprise. The intensity of the Hindu religion, the effects of so many people on the infrastructure of even small communities, and the influence of the Moghuls over many centuries, we went into this trip highly uneducated. Here’s some of our trip and how Nature Safari India made it special without us realizing how much effort this took until we got there. Our trip went like this: chaos, calm, chaos, calm, chaos. That turns out to be a perfect recipe. We started and ended our trip by staying at a renovated mansion (Haveli Dharampura) in the heart of Old Delhi. Starting and ending our trip in a magical haveli in the middle of chaos! This is India! I understand why they recommend Roseate hotel when we had a late or early flight as the Haveli Dharampura is 1 to 1.5 hours drive from the airport. Roseate is just a typical multistory airport hotel, good for those quick turnarounds. We had one driver for the first 6 days which included some long drives of 4-5 hours to get to Agra and Jaipur. This was nice as we got to know him and we were glad to see the small communities along the way. We liked all of our guides. Some young, some older, all with a genuine interest in teaching and sharing. I wasn’t sure about the Oberoi hotels as we like small boutique places, but the stay at Taj Mahal should be at Oberoi. You could not compete with the direct view of Taj Mahal. And our stay at Oberoi in Jaipur was very special. We participated in a blessing ceremony in a 300 year old temple in the middle of the property. It was very emotional even though I have no idea what they were chanting. Next was calm in Kanha National Park. In 5 days (10 safaris) we had 12 sightings of 6 tigers, 2 sloth bears, one jungle cat, 2 monkey species and so many birds, guar, deer, snakes and other animals. Back to chaos, we head to Varanasi where Nature Safari has recommended Brijrama Palace. Wow. Right on the River Ganga and steps from one of the Aarti. Brijrama recommended we attend Aarti with a young priest. He was so funny and interesting, he could have been a guide if he hadn’t chosen to be a priest. Varanasi is a unique place with a deeply spiritual vibe. I cannot describe it. Nature Safari had another city recommendation as I think Varanasi may be too intense for a lot of people, but we are glad we didn’t miss it. My husband and I both felt the aura and we are not religious people. Our guide for much of Varanasi was an older man named Dharmendra Tiwari, very religious and the perfect person to guide us through our stay in India’s holiest city. I mention him because we talked about his life as a guide. He said that he started his own guide business and was doing well until covid hit and, of course, everything fell apart. He said Nature Safari India continued to help and support him, which made us that much happier that we chose a company that helps their people when they need it. From Varanasi we went on a 3 day cruise on a 40 passenger boat. For some reason, there were only 2 of us as passengers with about 30 crew. The water level is too low in April to actually go anywhere except for a short trip up or down river but staying on the same dock every night. The crew of MV Bengal Ganga were so much fun. They did a Bollywood performance for us and got us to dance with them. We also saw the river porpoise when we went upstream. The rooms are amazing, the boat was great, but the crew is what made that bit of our calm worth it. The only animal products allowed to be eaten on the river are from milk, the vegetarian menu was great, even for hearty meat eaters like us. Finally, we headed back to Delhi for our last two nights at Haveli Dharampura. We had a food tour with a young guy named Juuwal. We had so much fun with him as well as great conversations about life, history, the past and the future. He’s no different than any other 25 year old in the world as he is concerned about his future. Very different discussions than those had with Dharmendra. Don’t miss a food tour in the chaos of Old Delhi. We are seasoned travelers and do not need extra assistance getting in and out of airports, but for those who have not travelled a lot, know that Nature Safari India will be there to help you in and out of the airport, they were spot on with drivers, the when, and the where. Everyone was on time with good communication. We did not have any glitches. My husband I have tried to come up with cons to using this company and there are none. They’ll try to lead you in the right direction for your style of travel and appear to have contacts throughout India. I wish we’d gone into the trip more educated about Hinduism, would like to have had a better understanding of tipping as we didn’t know if the recommendations were per person or for us as a couple and what to tip at hotels, you will go to a place every day where they will show you how they make something (carpets, weavings, marble, brass, jewelry) and you’ll get a sales pitch. This didn’t bother us as we liked buying some quality items direct from the source, but I can see that some people would be overwhelmed by the daily “shopping”, also we should have been aware that we should carry some small bills for use of public restrooms (note: every public restroom we went into had at least one western toilet. Bring your own toilet paper!), and you need a whatsapp account for communication. Nature Safari India did a great job with our trip. I appreciate how much work this must have taken to make it run smoothly.Posted on Tripadvisor SueJ211Verified Great company to work with Thank you for crafting an amazing trip to India to view the Tigers. Tour guides were amazing on all of our safaris and truly enhanced our animal viewings. Accommodations were very good. Appreciated arranging our trip add ons pre safari and all transportation arrangements.Posted on Tripadvisor Kyle MVerified What an incredible experience 😍😍😍 Where do I start, we were recommended this company from a couple we met whilst travelling in Uganda and I completely understand why they spoke so highly of them. Ishana was great and advised us where to visit for the best tiger and leopard sightings for a shorter trip. This company advise at least 6 safaris, because you have more chance of seeing everything you want. We were so lucky and saw tigers or leopards... or both on every single safari 😍.The price was very, very reasonable for what was included as well.The transfer was on time, had great air con(which is needed in April 🤣) and snacks and drinks were also provided.Our accommodation at Pench Jungle Camp was lovely, the room was huge, it had everything you needed and the staff were amazing. The food was also plentiful and very tasty.Do not hesitate to contact this company, and don't panic if communication is sometimes slightly delayed, there is a reason and that's because they're so busy creating the perfect trip for all of their customers.Posted on Tripadvisor Rolf GVerified Tigersafari India The trip to India with Nature Safari was excellently organized ! We had wonderful wildlife observations with tigers, leopards, buffaloes, elephants and rhinos in the Corbett ,Ranthambore and Kaziranga National Parks . The lodges were excellently selected with great opportunities to get to know Indian cuisine. We really enjoyed the cultural excursions to Agra with Taj Mahal and Jaipur with Amber Palace together with knowledgeable guides. The team of Nature Safari was always available for us to reach out for support.Posted on Tripadvisor Suncloud04Verified Perfect Tiger Safari Holiday We travelled from New Zealand to India to see tigers in the wild. Nature Safari India Ltd (Tiger Safaris) arranged everything from the moment we stepped off the plane in Delhi to when we departed 3 weeks later. We visited 3 national Parks and saw tigers. If you are wanting to do something like this just use Nature Safari India. Everything, from the initial website contact to the planning, advice, hotels, vehicles, drivers, guides, naturalists, airport transfers, travel between Parks and choice of the three National Parks (Pench, Kanha and Bandhavgarh) was perfect and flawlessly arranged. We dealt mainly with Ishana whose support, advice and guidance from day one to the end of the trip was exceptional. No stress, no strain. A wonderful introduction to Safaris in India.Posted on Tripadvisor Caroline LVerified We did and saw everything we were hoping to see. Everyday was a great experience. Ishana Vats did an amazing job at planning our 2 week trim. Guides and transportation was taken care of. Didn't have to even think about it. We were not impressed with the India Airlines however.Posted on Tripadvisor Frank VVerified Seamless experience thanks to Tiger Safari India The organisation of our safari was really easy. Neerja was very responsive, explaining the options, sending plenty of documentation, modifying the quote instantly. Then, since we landed in Delhi until we flew back home, all bookings and transfers were exactly as planned, without a minute of delay. Even for a 3 min foot transfer, we were escorted by Siddarth.All of that with kindness and care.Verified by TrustindexTrustindex verified badge is the Universal Symbol of Trust. Only the greatest companies can get the verified badge who has a review score above 4.5, based on customer reviews over the past 12 months. Read more
Bandhavgarh National Park has a history of being called by several names; some call it “The Temple of the Tiger after the famous documentary by Harry Marshall. Some have christened Bandhavgarh as the “Fort of the Tiger”, because of the presence of the ancient Bandhavgarh Fort. This Fort is about two thousand years old. Lot of Kingdoms, like the Maghas, Vakatakas, and Chandel Kings have ruled this Fort over the past few centuries. They all left a deep footprint in the area, but somehow, they could not survive the changing times. But one King who was present before the humans laid their foot on this pristine land, and still roams free in his Kingdom…is the Tiger. He protects his Kingdom selflessly and fiercely. The whole geography of the area around them has changed, but one thing that has not is his determination to never give up against adversities. They have adapted well to the changing times.
Today when he walks in his Kingdom, the convoy of tourist vehicles follow his majesty. When he sits on the dirt tracks in the forest, everything around stands still except the camera shutter. When he sleeps in the bush or lazes in the water, they all patiently await to wake up to catch his glimpse. Such is his aura today in Bandhavgarh. His glory has only expanded over the centuries as we all now know his importance to the environment.
Bandhavgarh is one forest that makes all the visitors fall in love with it. A few years back some old inhabitants of Bandhavgarh, the Indian Gaur were shifted to Bandhavgarh from Kanha after they left Bandhavgarh for some mysterious reasons in 1997. Their numbers have grown significantly. Similarly, a herd of elephants came to Bandhavgarh from the neighboring state and have stayed put for over five years now. Following them, another smaller herd of their community came and made Bandhavgarh their new home. Some people who visited Bandhavgarh as tourists also fell in love with the place and have chosen to spend their lives here. Many visitors who come on tiger safaris in Bandhavgarh dedicated themselves to tiger conservation. Such is the charisma of the tigers of Bandhavgarh.
The only thing that is more beautiful than the tigresses of Bandhavgarh is their cubs. The tigresses so proudly show them off that one cannot help but fall in love with them, and come back again and again on tiger safaris in Bandhavgarh to see them grow.

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