— Naturalists —

The people
who lead.

A guide can show you a park. A naturalist reads it. Our team is small, senior, salaried — and ours. They travel with you for the duration of every journey.

Our naturalists are not freelance. They are not rotated by properties. They are employed by us, year-round, and they travel with you for the duration of your journey — across destinations, across drives, across days.

Each carries a different specialism. We assign them to journeys based on what you're drawn to, not on whose turn it is. Below is the working team. The full bios — including languages, photography portfolios, and the long version — are sent at journey planning.

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[Naturalist Name 01]

14 years · Tiger country

Born in Sawai Madhopur. Began as a forest department guide in 2010. Reads Ranthambore's resident tigresses by the marks on the trees. Speaks English, Hindi.

Tigers · Photography · Ranthambore
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[Naturalist Name 02]

11 years · Leopard country

Grew up in a Rabari shepherd family in the Jawai hills. Knows the leopards by individual rosette pattern. Connects travellers to the agro-pastoral story that makes Jawai unusual.

Leopards · Coexistence · Jawai · Bera
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[Naturalist Name 03]

9 years · Walking sanctuary

Trained as a wildlife biologist before joining us. Specialises in walking safaris in Kumbhalgarh — the routes, the bird life, the smaller mammals most travellers miss.

Walking · Birds · Kumbhalgarh
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[Naturalist Name 04]

12 years · Photography

A wildlife photographer first, naturalist second. Leads our photography-focused journeys and works closely with travellers on positioning, light, and timing.

Photography · Tigers · All destinations
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[Naturalist Name 05]

7 years · Sariska & Ranthambore

Came to us from Sariska's reintroduction programme. Brings the conservation story alive for travellers — the science, the politics, the slow work of recovery.

Tigers · Conservation · Sariska
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[Naturalist Name 06]

6 years · Birding specialist

A serious birder who joined the team to lead our bird-forward journeys. Knows where to take the people for whom the tiger is a bonus and the birds are the point.

Birds · Walking · All destinations
—How We Hire

The bar,
plainly.

Our hiring filter is simple, and it is strict. The wildlife travel industry has many guides. We're looking for a different person.

  • iA minimum of five years on the trail before we even open a conversation.
  • iiDemonstrable specialism — tigers, leopards, birds, photography. Generalists are useful, specialists are why our travellers come back.
  • iiiEnglish fluent enough to read a room — wildlife travel is half the animal, half the people.
  • ivA reference network we trust. We don't hire from CVs alone.
  • vSalaried, year-round, with paid time off. Our naturalists are not gig workers — and they don't behave like them.

A naturalist,
matched.

Tell us what you're drawn to and we'll match you to the naturalist whose specialism fits. Within 24 hours.

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