Tiger Temple and Ancient Caves (8 Days)

Tiger Temple and Ancient Caves (8 Days)

A perfect wildlife experience with intense spirituality and history. Pench National Park has its mention in the famous story of 1894, ‘The Jungle Book’, penned down by the renowned English Author Rudyard Kipling. The dense forest of Satpura is enriched with thrilling hilly terrains, exquisite runnels, compelling waterfalls and alluring valleys. Explore the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Sanchi Buddhist monasteries, temples, and pillars, and Hindu ritual site of Udayagiri Caves. Also visit UNESCO World Heritage Site of Bhimbetka rock shelters, inhabited by the homo erectus more than 100,000 years ago. Some of the stone age rock paintings found among the Bhimbetka rock shelters are roughly 30,000 years old and the Hindu temple of Bhojpur. Travel between attractions in a comfortable air-conditioned vehicle.

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrive Nagpur - Pench National Park (100km/ 2hr approx drive)

Pass By: Nagpur, Nagpur, Nagpur District, Maharashtra
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.

Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at hotel.

Day 2: Pench National Park

Stop At: Pench National Park, 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.


Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at hotel.

Day 3: Pench National Park - Satpura National Park (225km/ 5hr approx drive)

Pass By: Satpura National Park, Satpura National Park, Madhya Pradesh
Breakfast at hotel, drive to Satpura National Park. Check in and lunch at resort. Rest time free and easy to relax and enjoy the hotel facility. Dinner & overnight at hotel.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at hotel.

Day 4: Satpura National Park

Stop At: Satpura National Park, Satpura National Park, Madhya Pradesh
Breakfast at hotel. Morning and afternoon gypsy safari in the tiger reserve with naturalist. Lunch, dinner & overnight at hotel.
Satpura National Park is rich in biodiversity. The animals here include Tiger, leopard, sambar, chital, Indian muntjac, nilgai, four-horned antelope, Chinkara, wild boar, bear, black buck, fox, porcupine, flying squirrel, mouse deer, and Indian giant squirrel. There are a variety of birds. Hornbills and peafowl are common birds found here. The flora consists of mainly sal, teak, tendu, Phyllanthus emblica, mahua, bel, bamboo, and grasses and medicinal plants.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at hotel.

Day 5: Satpura National Park - Bhopal (200km/ 4hr approx drive)

Stop At: Satpura National Park, Satpura National Park, Madhya Pradesh
Breakfast at hotel, Morning gypsy safari in the tiger reserve with naturalist. Afternoon drive to Bhopal check in at hotel. Overnight at hotel.
Duration: 4 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 6: Bhopal

Stop At: Bhopal, Bhopal, Bhopal District, Madhya Pradesh
Breakfast at hotel. Full day excursion to visit Sanchi (UNESCO World Heritage Site) & Udayagiri Caves.


Duration: 4 hours

Stop At: Sanchi Stupas, Sanchi India
Sanchi is a serene hill crowned by a group of stupas, monasteries, temples and pillars dating from 3rd century BC to 12th century AD. Sanchi is an ancient place of pilgrimage for Buddhists and its uniqueness lies in the fact that Buddha is not represented through figures, but through symbols.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Udaygiri Caves, Sanchi India
Udayagiri Caves are early Hindu ritual site, they were extensively carved and reworked under the command of Chandragupta II, Emperor of the Gupta Empire, in the late 4th and 5th century AD. Udayagiri has a series of rock-shelters and petroglyphs, ruined buildings, inscriptions, water systems, fortifications and habitation mounds, all of which have been only partially excavated.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at hotel.

Day 7: Bhopal

Stop At: Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka, Bhimbetka, Bhopal India
Breakfast at hotel. Full day excursion to vosit Bhimbetka & Bhojpur.
The Bhimbetka rock shelters are an archaeological site dating back to the Paleolithic age. They exhibit the earliest traces of human life on the Indian subcontinent, and show a gimps into the beginning of the South Asian during the Stone Age. Some of the shelters were inhabited by the homo erectus more than 100,000 years ago. Some of the stone age rock paintings found among the Bhimbetka rock shelters are roughly 30,000 years old.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Bhojpur, Bhojpur, Raisen District, Madhya Pradesh
Next proceed to Bhojpur and see its famous temple that is dedicated to Shiva. The temple houses one of the largest lingas in India and it's crafted out a single rock.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Moti Masjid Road, Bhopal 462001 India
On return city tour of Bhopal. You will visit two historic mosques--Jama Masjid and Moti Masjid, as well as Taj ul Masajid and the arts center in Bharat Bhawan. This unique all-day adventure highlights one of the nation's most stunning cities and is not to be missed.
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at hotel.

Day 8: Bhopal - Departure

Pass By: Bhopal, Bhopal, Bhopal District, Madhya Pradesh
Breakfast at hotel. As per flight schedule transfer to airport to board flight for Delhi/ Mumbai. From there board connecting flight for your onward destination.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.