Jeep
Safari
The most delightful happenings of the
national park are the Jeep Safari that also is adventurous and preferable by
the wildlife photographers. Having a jeep safari ride during the park visit
adds excitement to the journey of its visitors. Exploring the national park on
a jeep safari is considered as one of the best ways of enjoying the flora and
fauna of the park. The visitors get to experience the untouched and feral
landscapes of the park along with the rich and lush grasslands comprising of
thick Sal forest along with the varied varieties of birds and animals.
Utilizing the Jeep safari the visitors get to visit those areas of the park
that would be otherwise difficult to explore via on foot or other
transportation mode.
The tourists prefer to visit the Tala and
Magadhi zones of the Bandhavgarh National Park, the areas that majorly have the
maximum population of the wildlife species. The most favorable time to visit
the park is the dry season in the months from October to May. Jeep Safari trips
in the park are organized two times a day. The morning jeep safari trip begins
early the morning and lasts for a period of four hours while the second trip of
the jeep safari is planned in afternoon from 2 to 3 PM and lasts till the
sunset. Maximum of 6 passengers are allowed to be seated in the open jeep
safari along with one naturalist and a driver. During each shift, only a
specific number of jeeps are allowed to excurse the park. Hence, the visitors
are advised to make an advance pre booking to have a confirmed booking.
Elephant
Safari
The national park of Bandhavgarh is
occupied by varied variety of wild life species. The rich wildlife of the park
is because of its astonishing landscapes and is favorable topographic location
that catches attention of large number of tourists to explore the wildlife of
the park.
The tourists enjoy visiting this place to
get the view of the rare species of the royal and majestic tiger. This park is
known for giving more chances to view the tiger to its visitors who enjoy the
special tiger tours organized by the authorities of the Bandhavgarh national
park. Enjoying the tiger tours safely sitting on the back on elephant gives
another reason to people to visit this national park both by national and
international visitors.
The elephant safaris are preferred by those
visitors who have a taste and inclination towards wildlife and enjoy the beauty
of jungle sitting on the back of elephant. One can also see the footprints of
the royal tigers safely watching it while sitting on the back of elephant.
The other advantages of enjoying the elephant safari
are:
- Opportunity of exploring the tiger tours in thorough mode.
- Safety is the second benefit of enjoying the tour while sitting on the back of grandiose creature.
- The third benefit is of enjoying the elephant ride while parallel exploring the tiger tour.
The elephant safari is only planned after
the Field director seeks its permission to the park authorities. A tour safari
guide joins each group during the excursion. It is considered as the best option
to enjoy jungle tour.
Safari
Timings
Each zone of the park can be visited by the
Jeep Safari rides and the number of vehicles permitted in a particular shift in
each zone of the national park are listed below:-
Sector Name -Shift
|
Morning
|
Afternoon
|
Tala
|
25
|
25
|
Magadhi
|
66
|
66
|
Khitauli
|
35
|
35
|
Panpatha
|
35
|
35
|
Each jeep allows 6 visitors with one
naturalist and driver are taken to visit the park at particular time. The
safari timings are similar to any of the other park of India. The different
seasons have different schedule for the safari timings. During winters, the
morning safaris are planned a little late while the evening safaris end up
sooner in the evenings.
The dates for visiting the Bandhavgarh
national park are from 15th October till 30th June and the timings to visit the
national park is specified below:-
Safari Timings and Dates - Shift
|
Morning
|
Afternoon
|
15th October till 15th February
|
6:30 AM to 11 AM
|
2:30 PM to 5:30 PM
|
16th February till 31st March
|
6:30 AM to 11 AM
|
3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
|
1st April till 30thJune
|
5:30 AM to 10 AM
|
4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
|
Note: - The Jeep Safaris are not operational on the afternoons of
Wednesday while on the occasion of Holi festival there is schedule for the Jeep
Safari that majorly is in the month of March.
Few of the mandatory information to be
provided before going on Jeep Safari:-
- Name, Age and Gender of each visitor
- Nationality of the visitor
- Photo identity proof like Passport, PAN Card, Driving License and Voter ID card
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