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[Shardul]

Thanks @Pckts and @sanjay 

From what you described, the best option seems to be the central indian reserves. I would suggest Kanha, Pench, Tadoba and if possible, Satpura.

The only reason I mentioned Corbett+ Ranthambhore is because they are very different from each other, unlike the Central reserves which are all similar in terms of wildlife and scenery. Corbett to Ranthambhore is actually only 11 hours drive, not 2 days and you are bound to see tigers in at least one of them. Both are 6-7 hours from delhi, but in opposite directions, sadly. With Corbett, you can include Rajaji as it is nearby, another beautiful Terai habitat. If you take Delhi to Jaipur flight, it should be shorter. The great thing about Ranthambhore is that it is very well connected by road, air and railway. The sawai madhopur railway station is only 15 km from the Ranthambhore gate.


I mentioned 4 safaris for each reserve, so that is 2 days of safaris for each reserve. I would say you should do 3 days in Kanha, 1 in Pench, 2 in Tadoba and 1 in Satpura. Satpura is a nice place with very low visitors, tiger sightings are low but the park is isolated and beautiful does not face the tourism pressure like the more well known parks do. It will give you more of a jungle feeling. Plus I have heard you can do foot safari there, although not in the core area, I would assume.

To get to the central reserves you'll need to catch a flight to nagpur from mumbai, then will have to travel mostly by road. Although the distances between the parks are not a lot, the roads are not in great condition and traffic is slow moving, so in the end you might end up spending the same amount of time travelling between the central reserves as much you would do between corbett and ranthambhore. Reply