Wildlife safaris
Tigers, rhinos, lions and the Great Migration, with safaris booked early.
Wildlife safaris at a glance
- Itineraries38
- In India22 itineraries
- Abroad16 itineraries
- Destinations26 places
- Trip lengths3 to 12 days
- Trip stylePrivate, customisable
- Best suited toWildlife and photography enthusiasts
- Also suitsFamilies with curious children
Wildlife sightings are never guaranteed, but good planning improves the odds a lot: the right season, the right zone, enough safaris and a good naturalist.
India's best parks
- Tigers: Ranthambore, Bandhavgarh National Park, Kanha National Park and Jim Corbett National Park. Most parks close during the monsoon; April and May bring the best sightings.
- Rhinos: Kaziranga National Park, open roughly November to April.
- Asiatic lions: Gir National Park, the only place in the world to see them, closed mid-June to mid-October.
- Elephants and leopards: Kabini and Thekkady.
Africa
The Great Migration moves between the Serengeti and the Masai Mara through the year; river crossings usually happen from July to October. Kruger National Park in South Africa offers excellent Big Five game drives, and Ngorongoro Crater is a natural amphitheatre full of wildlife.
Booking tips
Indian park permits open months in advance and sell out quickly, especially for popular zones. Book safaris as soon as your dates are fixed.
Wildlife safaris in Tamil Nadu
5D / 4NValparai · CoonoorValparai & Coonoor Tea Country Honeymoon
Mist, tea and forest: the forty hairpin bends into Valparai's Anaimalai Hills, where hornbills and lion-tailed macaques live, then the Nilgiri tea estates of Coonoor.
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4D / 3NCoimbatore · ValparaiValparai Wildlife & Tea Retreat
Drive the forty hairpin bends into the Anaimalai Hills for lion-tailed macaques, hornbills and quiet tea estates, starting with Coimbatore's Adiyogi.
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5D / 4NValparai · CoonoorValparai & Coonoor Tea Country Honeymoon
Mist, tea and forest: the forty hairpin bends into Valparai's Anaimalai Hills, where hornbills and lion-tailed macaques live, then the Nilgiri tea estates of Coonoor.
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4D / 3NCoimbatore · ValparaiValparai Wildlife & Tea Retreat
Drive the forty hairpin bends into the Anaimalai Hills for lion-tailed macaques, hornbills and quiet tea estates, starting with Coimbatore's Adiyogi.
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3D / 2NThekkadyThekkady Spice & Wildlife Short Break
Two nights at the edge of Periyar Tiger Reserve: an early lake safari, a spice plantation walk and a kalaripayattu show.
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3D / 2NKabiniKabini Wildlife Weekend
Two nights on the Kabini riverbank with jeep and boat safaris into Nagarhole, home of large elephant herds and the elusive black panther.
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5D / 4NCoorg · KabiniCoorg & Kabini Nature Holiday
Coffee hills and wildlife in one trip: Coorg's waterfalls and Dubare elephant camp, then safaris at Kabini.
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4D / 3NGir National Park · SomnathGir Lions & Somnath
Asiatic lion safaris in Gir National Park followed by the seaside jyotirlinga at Somnath and its evening light show.
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8D / 7NAhmedabad · Rann of Kutch · Dwarka · SomnathGujarat Grand Tour
Ahmedabad's heritage walk, the Rann, the temple coast and lion country in eight days across Gujarat.
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5D / 4NJaipur · RanthamboreJaipur & Ranthambore
The Pink City's palaces and bazaars followed by tiger safaris in Ranthambore's forest of ruins and lakes.
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7D / 6NJaipur · Ranthambore · UdaipurRajasthan Forts & Tigers
Combine palaces with the wild: Jaipur, three safaris at Ranthambore and the lakes of Udaipur.
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4D / 3NRanthamboreRanthambore Tiger Safari Break
Three nights and up to five safaris in different zones to improve your chances of a tiger sighting.
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7D / 6NDelhi · Agra · Ranthambore · JaipurGolden Triangle with Ranthambore
The Golden Triangle with a tiger detour: two nights and safaris in Ranthambore between Agra and Jaipur.
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5D / 4NNainital · Jim Corbett National ParkNainital & Jim Corbett
Kumaon's lake district and India's oldest national park: boating, cable cars and jeep safaris in Corbett.
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3D / 2NJim Corbett National ParkJim Corbett Safari Weekend
Two nights at a jungle resort with jeep safaris in the Bijrani or Jhirna zones and an evening at Garjia Devi.
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7D / 6NKanha National Park · Bandhavgarh National ParkKanha & Bandhavgarh Tiger Safari
Two of India's best tiger reserves with multiple safaris in each, including Bandhavgarh's famous Tala zone.
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7D / 6NBhopal & Sanchi · Ujjain · Khajuraho · Bandhavgarh National ParkHeart of India Tour
Temples, stupas and tigers: Sanchi, Ujjain, Khajuraho and Bandhavgarh in one Madhya Pradesh journey.
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4D / 3NBandhavgarh National ParkBandhavgarh Safari Break
Three nights and up to five safaris in the reserve with one of the highest tiger densities in India.
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4D / 3NKanha National ParkKanha Jungle Book Safari
The meadows that inspired Kipling, with barasingha herds, tigers and naturalist-led walks in the buffer zone.
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4D / 3NKolkata · SundarbansSundarbans Mangrove Safari
Boat safaris through the world's largest mangrove forest, watchtowers and island villages.
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7D / 6NGuwahati · Kaziranga National Park · Shillong · Cherrapunji (Sohra)Kaziranga & Meghalaya
Rhino safaris in Kaziranga followed by Meghalaya's plateau, waterfalls and living root bridges.
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4D / 3NGuwahati · Kaziranga National ParkKaziranga Rhino Safari
Elephant and jeep safaris for the one-horned rhino, plus the Kamakhya Temple and a Brahmaputra cruise.
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6D / 5NGuwahati · Kaziranga National Park · MajuliAssam Tea, Rhinos & River Islands
Rhino safaris in Kaziranga's grasslands, then a ferry across the Brahmaputra to Majuli for its Vaishnavite monasteries, mask makers and Mishing stilt villages.
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5D / 4NKota Kinabalu (Borneo)Borneo Wildlife & Islands
Marine park islands, proboscis monkeys and fireflies on the Klias river and Kinabalu Park, based in Kota Kinabalu.
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6D / 5NBali (South Coast) · Labuan Bajo (Komodo)Komodo & Bali Adventure
A boat trip into Komodo National Park for dragons, Padar's viewpoint and Pink Beach, with Bali on either side.
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6D / 5NSigiriya & Dambulla · Kandy · BentotaSri Lanka Family Wildlife Trip
Elephants at Minneriya, the Pinnawala centre, turtles at Kosgoda and calm beaches.
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7D / 6NKathmandu · Chitwan National Park · PokharaNepal with Chitwan Safari
Nepal's three landscapes in a week: Kathmandu's temples and stupas, rhino and jungle safaris in Chitwan, and the lakes and Annapurna views of Pokhara.
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6D / 5NMasai Mara · AmboseliKenya Safari
Kenya's two most famous parks: the Masai Mara's lions, cheetahs and leopards, then Amboseli's elephant herds beneath Kilimanjaro.
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5D / 4NMasai MaraGreat Migration Safari
Four nights in the Masai Mara timed for the Great Migration's river crossings, usually between July and October, with full-day game drives.
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8D / 7NMasai Mara · Serengeti · Ngorongoro CraterKenya & Tanzania Safari
Follow the migration across the Mara and the Serengeti, with Ngorongoro Crater.
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5D / 4NMasai Mara · AmboseliKenya Family Safari
A family safari in Kenya with child-friendly lodges, shorter game drives, a Maasai village visit and elephants at Amboseli.
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8D / 7NSerengeti · Ngorongoro Crater · ZanzibarTanzania Safari & Zanzibar
The Serengeti and Ngorongoro, then beach days and Stone Town in Zanzibar.
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6D / 5NSerengeti · Ngorongoro CraterSerengeti Migration Safari
A Serengeti safari with your camp chosen by month to follow the herds, from the calving season in the south (January to March) to the river crossings in the north, plus a day in the Ngorongoro Crater.
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8D / 7NCape Town · Kruger National ParkSouth Africa Highlights
Cape Town, Table Mountain and the Cape Peninsula, then a Big Five safari at Kruger.
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9D / 8NCosta RicaCosta Rica Nature Adventure
Eight nights of rainforest and volcanoes: Arenal's hot springs, Monteverde's hanging bridges and Manuel Antonio's beaches and sloths.
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10D / 9NMadagascarMadagascar Lemurs & Baobabs
Lemurs in Andasibe's rainforest, sunset at the Avenue of the Baobabs and beach days on Nosy Be.
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6D / 5NZimbabweVictoria Falls & Hwange Safari
Victoria Falls with a Zambezi sunset cruise and helicopter flight, then game drives among Hwange's elephant herds.
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9D / 8NAlaskaAlaska Glaciers & Wildlife
Anchorage and the Kenai Fjords by boat, the scenic railway to Denali National Park, and glacier flightseeing.
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12D / 11NMount Kilimanjaro · SerengetiKilimanjaro Climb & Serengeti Safari
The Machame route to Uhuru Peak, then three nights of game drives in the Serengeti to rest your legs.
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7D / 6NGuwahati · Shillong · Cherrapunji (Sohra) · Kaziranga National ParkNorth East: Meghalaya & Kaziranga
The best of the North East in a week: Guwahati's Kamakhya Temple, Shillong and the crystal-clear Umngot river at Dawki, Cherrapunji's waterfalls and living root bridges, and a rhino safari in Kaziranga.
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Destinations for wildlife safaris
Central America & MexicoCosta Rica
Costa Rica protects about a quarter of its land in parks and reserves.
Indian Ocean IslandsMadagascar
Madagascar is a world apart, with wildlife found nowhere else on Earth.
AfricaZimbabwe
Zimbabwe is home to Victoria Falls, one of the natural wonders of the world, where the Zambezi plunges into a misty gorge.
Tamil NaduValparai
Valparai is a remote plateau of tea and coffee estates in the Anaimalai Hills, reached by a road with forty hairpin bends.
KeralaThekkady
Thekkady is the town beside Periyar Tiger Reserve, where a lake created by a nineteenth-century dam attracts elephants, gaur and deer to its shores.
KeralaWayanad
Wayanad is a green plateau in north Kerala of coffee estates, prehistoric caves, waterfalls and forest reserves that link to Karnataka's Bandipur and Nagarhole.
KarnatakaKabini
Kabini is a river and reservoir on the edge of Nagarhole National Park, known for large elephant herds in summer and the famous black panther.
GujaratGir National Park
Gir is the last home of the Asiatic lion, whose numbers have grown steadily thanks to decades of protection.
RajasthanRanthambore
Ranthambore is one of the best places in India to see a wild tiger, in dry deciduous forest scattered with ruins and lakes.
UttarakhandJim Corbett National Park
Jim Corbett is India's oldest national park, established in 1936, and the first under Project Tiger.
Madhya PradeshKanha National Park
Kanha's sal forests and meadows inspired Kipling's Jungle Book.
Madhya PradeshBandhavgarh National Park
Bandhavgarh has one of the highest densities of tigers in India, in a landscape of rocky hills, sal forest and an ancient hilltop fort.
West BengalSundarbans
The Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest in the world, spread across the Ganges delta into Bangladesh.
OdishaChilika Lake
Chilika is Asia's largest brackish-water lagoon, separated from the Bay of Bengal by a sandbar.
AssamKaziranga National Park
Kaziranga is a UNESCO-listed park on the Brahmaputra floodplain and home to about two-thirds of the world's greater one-horned rhinos.
ThailandKhao Sok National Park
Khao Sok is a rainforest of dramatic limestone formations, a vast emerald lake and rich tropical biodiversity, older than the Amazon.
MalaysiaKota Kinabalu (Borneo)
Kota Kinabalu is the capital of Sabah on Malaysian Borneo, gateway to Mount Kinabalu, island marine parks and orangutan and proboscis monkey habitats.
IndonesiaLabuan Bajo (Komodo)
Labuan Bajo on Flores is the gateway to Komodo National Park, home of the Komodo dragon.
Sri LankaSigiriya & Dambulla
Sigiriya is a fifth-century palace fortress on top of a 200-metre rock, with frescoes and a lion-paw gate.
NepalChitwan National Park
Chitwan is a UNESCO-listed lowland park where one-horned rhinos, gharials and Bengal tigers live in grassland and sal forest.
KenyaMasai Mara
The Masai Mara is Kenya's most famous reserve, rolling grassland where lions, cheetahs and leopards hunt and where the Great Migration's river crossings unfold from about July to October.
KenyaAmboseli
Amboseli is famous for big elephant herds walking beneath snow-capped Kilimanjaro, just across the border in Tanzania.
TanzaniaSerengeti
The Serengeti's endless plains host the Great Migration year-round, from the calving season in the south (January–March) to the river crossings in the north (July–October).
TanzaniaNgorongoro Crater
The Ngorongoro Crater is a collapsed volcano whose floor holds one of Africa's densest concentrations of wildlife, including black rhino, lions and flamingos.
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