The Terai Tigers

Highlights

• Arrival in Delhi (Day 1) - Upon your arrival in Delhi airport/ railway station, you will be met by one of our IWS tour guides. He will take you to your hotel, and en route, he will explain to you in detail the plan. He will stay with you for the entire duration of the trip and he’ll make sure you have a hassle-free and smooth experience! The rest of the day will be at leisure, and you can recover from your journey and prepare for the travels ahead!
• Explore Delhi (Day 2) - Your IWS Guide will meet up with you early in the morning and you’ll kick off your adventure now. Delhi has 3 UNESCO World Heritage Sites and some amazing monuments and places of historic and religious significance. You’ll be taken around by your IWS Guide and you will be trying to cover all you can. You’ll eat some of the best food in this part of the world, and you’ll sense flavours we guarantee you would never have imagined existed. After a soul-filling day exploring the city, you’ll return to your hotel room by evening, when you can relax and unwind.
• Drive to Jim Corbett and the first safari (Day 3) - Today your highway adventure begins! You will board the taxis early in the morning and drive up to Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve. It is a long 6 hour drive and breakfast will be done at a highway restaurant, where you can enjoy some fresh and hygienic Indian cuisines. Upon reaching and checking into your rooms at Jim Corbett, you will have time to relax, unpack and unwind, in the beautiful backdrop of the stunning Himalaya, and the Kosi river flowing along it. After lunch, your first safari would begin. For the next few hours, you’ll be in the company of the terai wilderness. After the safari, you will have the rest of the evening at leisure. You can walk around the resort, or relax by the riverside.
• Morning and evening safaris into the park (Day 4, 5, 6) - You will be having morning and evening safaris into the reserve area. Your IWS Guide will be deciding the zones depending upon the best chances of sightings of the striped big cat. The timing and duration of the safaris vary depending upon the season and the time of sunrise and sunset, and you IWS Guide will communicate the same to you prior to your safaris. Your day would typically start from early morning safari, breakfast inside the park, get out before noon, freshen-up and relax in the day time, have lunch, head out to the evening safari, return back from safari post-sunset, then have the evening at leisure.
• Transfer to Dudhwa and evening safari (Day 7) - Today, you will check out early in the morning at dawn, and drive south to Dudhwa. You will have breakfast enroute, You will reach Dudhwa by lunch time, and check-in your resort, lay back and relax after your long drive. After lunch, you will head out to your first safari into the beautiful Dudhwa Tiger Reserve.You’ll return from the park post-sunset, and have the evening at your leisure.
• Morning and evening safaris into the park (Day 8, 9, 10) - You’ll follow a similar drill as you did in Jim Corbett, early morning and evening safaris into the park. Your breakfast will be inside the park itself. Lunch and dinner will be in the resort. You will see rare and elusive wildlife and it’ll be an overload for the senses and well as camera memory cards!
• Drive back to Delhi (Day 10) - Today will be a long drive for you back to Delhi. After a relaxed morning, you will start your drive post-breakfast. Lunch will be served enroute at one of the hygienic highway restaurants. You will find many big cities on your way back, so food and other facilities would not be an issue. By evening, you will be back in the capital. Your IWS Guide will drop you at your preferred location in Delhi and bid you farewell for your travels and adventures thereon.