Bandhavgarh Photo Tour

You will be met by our local representative at Delhi Airport, and transferred to your hotel near the airport. This evening, you are free to dine at your own convenience.

After breakfast at the hotel, you will be transferred to Delhi Airport’s Domestic Terminal to catch your morning flight to Jabalpur, which arrives around lunchtime.

At Jabalpur Airport, you’ll be met and driven to Bandhavgarh National Park in an air-conditioned vehicle. The roads are good and the easy paced drive takes around 3-4 hours. After check-in at your lodge, you’ll have the rest of the afternoon to relax.

In Bandhavgarh, you’ll meet your tour leaders, Oliver and Sumit, and enjoy an introductory dinner as a group where you’ll be briefed on the days ahead.

For the next five days, we’ll enjoy morning and evening safaris in Bandhavgarh National Park in our quest for photographic opportunities.

The morning safari begins around 0530-0600 and lasts up to 1030-1100. (Exact timings to be confirmed near the date). During the morning safari, guests enjoy a picnic breakfast provided by the lodge at the designated rest spot within the reserve.

Returning to our lodge after the morning safari, there is time to enjoy the pool, relax under a shady tree or do a spot of birdwatching in the lodge grounds before you take lunch at your convenience.

Your photography host and tour leader will be at hand during the day to answer questions, review photos and offer advice to help you make the most of the trip.

The afternoon safari begins around 1430-1500, and lasts up to dusk (approx. 1730).

In the wildlife reserves of central India, safaris are not allowed in the main zones on Wednesday afternoons, so we will visit the buffer zones instead. The buffer zones are no less lucrative when it comes to tiger sightings, as rising tiger numbers have led to some tigers establishing territories here.

Returning from our afternoon safaris, there is time to relax and refresh before we meet as a group for beer, laughs, dinner and an informal review of how the day’s photography went (not necessarily in that order).

This morning, we shall take the last safari of our tour. In order to catch our return flights to Delhi this evening, we may need to leave the reserve a bit earlier than closing time to give us enough time to refresh, pack our gears, have brunch and check out of the lodge.

We’ll drive to Jabalpur Airport, along with the tour leader and photography host. On arrival in Delhi, we’ll transfer to our hotel to spend our last evening on the tour. There will be time for a final round of beers, and a review of the tour over dinner.

After breakfast, depending on flight timings, you will be transferred to the international airport for your return international flight.

Note: If you have opted for tour extensions on either side of the photography tour, you’ll be provided with details of connections and extension arrangements separately.