Indian Wildlife Safaris

India is a Paradise for the nature lover and we offer the most wonderful wildlife safaris in India. From the perma-frost of the high Himalayas to the tropical rain forests of the southern Hills; from the sand dunes of the Thar Desert and the rolling grasslands of Kutch in the west to the vast mangrove swamps of the Ganges Delta, the subcontinent straddles an enormously varied range of climatic and zoogeographic sub-regions, which in turn support an incredibly diverse and abundant assemblage of plant and animal life matched by few other regions on Earth. To give but one example – India is the only country in the world where you could on a single extended holiday go looking for virtually all the Great Cats of the Old World which include Tiger, Lion, Leopard, Snow Leopard & Clouded Leopard.

Wildlife holidays are our specialty and our wildlife programmes extend across all of wild India. We are very particular about the camps and lodges we use, placing great emphasis on the quality of guiding and the eco-tourism ethic. We are founding members of Tour Operators for Tigers (TOFT). If you are a sane non-twitch birder who enjoys wild birds and wild country, do check out and ask about our birding programmes for individual travellers. We arrange for knowledgeable local guides who are also excellent company.

1. Tigers in Central India – Bandhavgarh, Kanha, Pench.
2. South Indian Wildlife – Elephants, tigers and lion-tailed macaques.
3. Great Cats – Gir, Rann of Kutch, Kanha, Pench.
4. Rhinos, Birds and Golden Langurs – Manas, Nameri & Kaziranga in Assam
5. Snow Leopard Trek – Ladakh
6. Great Himalayan National Park & Pin Valley National Park, Himachal Pradesh.
7. Nepal – Royal Bardia and Chitwan National Parks & Pokhara.
8. Sri Lanka – Camping safaris in Uda Walawe & Yala National Parks.

Individual Non-twitch Birding

All of us at African & Indian Explorations are wildlife enthusiasts and keen birders who share a common aversion to twitching. If you are obsessed with the length of your bird-list we are the wrong people to come to. But if you love birds and bird-watching with your own guide, to explore the avian treasures of the sub-continent at your own pace, we just might be the right people for you. Check out the possibilities below and give us a call.

1. South India – Kerala & Western Ghats
2. North India – Bharatpur, Corbett & Nainital Hills
3. Northeast India – Manas, Nameri, Eagles Nest, Kaziranga
4. Eastern Himalayas – Kalimpong, Lava, Sikkim
5. Bhutan – Paro, Thimphu, Punakha, Gangtey, Trongsa, Shemgang.
6. Nepal – Phulchowki, Koshi Tappu, Chitwan, Pokhara. Extension to Langtang for walkers.
7. Western India – Gir, Velavadar, Dasada, Kutch.
8. Sri Lanka – Sinharaja, Nuwara Eliya & Horton Plains, Yala, Bundala.