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Explore central India on an 8-day journey that combines wildlife safaris, sacred monuments, and remarkable archaeological sites. From Nagpur, travel into the forests of Pench and Satpura National Parks for gypsy safaris with naturalists, where you may spot Bengal tigers and a wide variety of mammals, birds, and other wildlife.
The journey continues to Bhopal for excursions to some of the region’s most significant heritage sites, including Sanchi, the Udayagiri Caves, Bhimbetka rock shelters, and Bhojpur’s famous Shiva temple. With accommodation, private transport, guided sightseeing, and monument entrances included as per the program, this itinerary offers a rich mix of nature, history, and spirituality.
Sanchi is a serene hill crowned by a group of stupas, monasteries, temples and pillars dating from 3rd century BC to 12th century AD.
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Arrive Nagpur - Pench National Park (100km/ 2hr approx drive)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.Overnight at hotel.
Pench National ParkBreakfast 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.Overnight at hotel.
Pench National Park - Satpura National Park (225km/ 5hr approx drive)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.Overnight at hotel.
Satpura National ParkBreakfast 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.Overnight at hotel.
Satpura National Park - Bhopal (200km/ 4hr approx drive)Breakfast at hotel, Morning gypsy safari in the tiger reserve with naturalist. Afternoon drive to Bhopal check in at hotel. Overnight at hotel.
BhopalBreakfast at hotel. Full day excursion to visit Sanchi (UNESCO World Heritage Site) & Udayagiri Caves.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.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.Overnight at hotel.
BhopalBreakfast 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.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.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.Overnight at hotel.
Bhopal - DepartureBreakfast at hotel. As per flight schedule transfer to airport to board flight for Delhi/ Mumbai. From there board connecting flight for your onward destination.
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