Ranthambore Jawai Kumbhalgarh
A longer arc through Rajasthan's cat country, closing on the quieter Aravalli hills. Wildlife at pace, with time for the land between sightings. The journey we most often recommend for first-time India travellers with two weeks to spare.
Two weeks of wildlife is a different proposition to one. With time, you can move through three landscapes — and you can give each one the days it asks for, rather than rushing through.
The journey opens in Ranthambore for tigers, moves to Jawai for leopards, and closes in Kumbhalgarh — a walking sanctuary in the Aravallis. The pace deliberately decelerates: drives in the first leg, drives in the second, walks in the third. The wild stops being a thing you go and look for, and becomes the place you've been spending your days in.
Delhi → Sawai Madhopur
Met on arrival. Onward by train or private vehicle. Settle into your camp; briefing from your naturalist over dinner.
Ranthambore National Park
Six drives across three to four zones. Time to read the park, follow specific tigresses, and work the photography. A long enough stay that you stop counting drives.
Sawai Madhopur → Jawai
Cross-country drive through rural Rajasthan. Arrive Jawai in the late afternoon. Brief evening drive into the granite hills.
Jawai & Bera
Four drives across two days. Mornings on the rocks. Afternoons through villages and out to Bera. Time at the property in the long middle of the day.
Jawai → Kumbhalgarh
A short, scenic 90-minute drive into the Aravalli hills. Arrive at your hilltop property in time for an afternoon walk into the sanctuary.
Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary
A full morning walk through the sanctuary with a senior naturalist. Afternoon at the fort — the second-longest continuous wall in the world. Evening drive for sloth bears at dusk.
Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary
A short walk in the morning. The middle of the day at the property. A village visit in the late afternoon — a meal in a Bhil home, with the family's hospitality. The journey winds down.
Kumbhalgarh → Udaipur
Morning drive to Udaipur airport — about two and a half hours. Onward connection, or extended stay in Udaipur on request.
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