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Jungle Book Bicycle Experience & Safari Jungle Book Bicycle Experience & Safari In support of Tiger Lifeline www.royalexpeditions.com Jungle Book Bicycle Experience & Safari At Royal Expeditions we are passionate about off the sandal worn track travel and about giving our travellers the thrill of coming face to face with untouched cultures as well as wilderness regions of great natural beauty. We are committed to making sure that all our itineraries are well researched, luxurious and manicured for the enjoyment for individual and small groups. Jungle Book Cycling Experience takes you to central India’s famous “ Two Project Tiger” national parks having diverse wildlife, landscapes and tribal communities which makes it a fascinating region to cycle through forested corridor which serve as a refuge to dispersing wildlife across the parks. You will be accompanied by expert naturalist / guide, who will be dedicated to providing you with the very best travel experiences, incredible local knowledge and share our vision of authentic exchange and real exploration with a responsible tourism approach. Trip Highlights Cycling in the very Forest written about in Jungle Book Game drives in Two Project Tiger National Parks Accommodation in Luxury Eco Lodges, Tree Houses, Old Colonial Forest Rest houses / Under Canvas More eyes and ears in vital corridor for Tiger conservation which worlds last remaining life line for tigers. Fully escorted by expert Naturalists High quality Mountain Bikers – Trek X caliber 9 – with Race-ready spec Supporting upcoming TOFT Forest Guardians Project www.royalexpeditions.com Itinerary India is a land of diverse culture, geography, flora and fauna. Some of the rarest species of animals and birds, find their home, in the central part of the country. The tour weaves through two of India’s best tiger parks. It offers exclusive prospects to see the best of the Indian wildlife, closely, in its natural habitat. We cycle through the very jungles of Seoni mentioned in the Jungle book. Apart from the wildlife, the tour, provides distinctive opportunity to experience rural life in India and meet with local people who live in harmony with wildlife. The soul of India lives in its villages, 60 percent of the population still lives in villages of India ! Our route will be mostly though the forests that serves as a corridor for Tigers to disperse. www.royalexpeditions.com Pench / Kanha Forest Corridor The corridor facilitates tiger dispersal between Kanha and Pench tiger reserves. It covers an area of 16,000 sq km and acts as a refuge for tigers and several other mammals such as wild dogs, sloth bear, leopard, hyena, jackal, and sambar to name a few. The corridor also harbours gaur and is known to facilitate their movement. We will also get to learn about work been done by conservation organizations like WWF-India, to save this critical landscape. The corridor is part of the Satpuda Maikal Landscape Tiger Conservation Program. The Satpura–Maikal landscape is classified as a global-priority Tiger Conservation Landscape (TCL) due to its potential for providing sufficient habitat that will allow the long-term preservation of tiger population. It has been found that the tiger meta-population in the Satpura–Maikal landscape have high genetic variation and very low genetic subdivision. We will learn about cattle compensation programme. Our visit will spread awareness among local communities regarding wildlife conservation and shrinking corridors. The Kanha-Pench forest corridor harbours around 120 tigers along with several important floral and faunal assemblages. The landscape also supports diverse land use, forest protection regimes and traditional forest dwelling tribal communities. The wildlife in the corridor forest are predominantly nocturnal by nature and avoid human presence and is safe to cycle through. Why Central India ? The Central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh is a very safe region and is endowed with rich and diverse forest resources. Lying between lat. 21°04'N and long. 74°02' and 82°49' E, it is a reservoir of biodiversity. The forest area of the state is 95,221 km² constituting 31% of the geographical area of the state and 12.44% of the forest area of India. This is the area written about in “The Jungle Book” by Rudyard Kipling in 1895. Cycling in these forests will bring alive the stories. The Jungle Book, because of its moral tone, came to be used as a motivational book by the Cub Scouts, a junior element of the Scouting movement. The Jungle Book characters which come alive during the cycling expeditions are: Mowgli — Main character, the young jungle boy; Father Wolf — The Father Wolf who raised Mowgli as his own cub ; Raksha — The Mother wolf who raised Mowgli as her own cub ; Grey brother — One of Mother and Father Wolf's cubs ; Hathi — An Indian Elephant ; Bagheera — A melanistic (black) panther ; Baloo— A Sloth Bear ; www.royalexpeditions.com Shere Khan; The Royal Bengal Tiger ; Kaa — Indian Python ; Akela — An Indian Wolf ; Tabaqui — A Golden Jackal ; Chil — A kite ; Mor — An Indian Peafowl ; Mang — A Bat ; The Bandar log — A tribe of monkeys ; Rikki-Tikki-Tavi — An Indian Mongoose ; Darzee — A tailorbird ; Chuchundra — A Muskrat ; Nag — A male King cobra ; Nagaina — A female King cobra. Karait - A Common Krait. Madhya Pradesh is dominated by tribal groups. The differences in the tribal community, spread over various parts of the state, is clearly seen not only on the basis of their heredity, lifestyle and cultural traditions, but also from their social, economic structure, religious beliefs and their language and speech. Due to the different linguistic, cultural and geographical environment, and its peculiar complications, the diverse tribal world of Madhya Pradesh has been largely untouched by the mainstream of development in other parts of India. www.royalexpeditions.com Outline Itinerary Day 1 Arrival Delhi Day 2 Delhi / Nagpur / Pench - Fly + Drive + Cycle o/n Pench Tree Lodge Day 3 Pench – Morning Game Drive and Afternoon Cycling. Day 4 Pench – Morning Cycle Rukhad Widlife Sanctuary and Afternoon Game Drive Day 5 Pench - Kanha Forest Corridor –Drive & Cycle o/n FRH or Kanha Earth Lodge Day 6 Kanha National Park – Game drives & Cycle Day 7 Kanha National Park – Game drives & Cycle Day 8 Kanha / Jabalpur or Nagpur / Delhi / Departure - Morning Game drive & Drive & fly www.royalexpeditions.com Typical Cycling Day This itinerary allows for six days of cycling accompanied by a escort/naturalist with average daily distances of approximately 20 to 50 kms each day. But there is plenty of scope to cycle more or less distance, depending on your fitness level. Due to distances between National Parks, we will actually travel few hours on Cycle on the smaller country roads and with the remaining journey by Van / Jeep. The Van will also carry bottled water, soft drinks and fresh fruits and will always travel behind the last cyclist keeping a safe distance so not to frighten any wildlife that may cross the road. If you wish to take a break from riding, simply wait at the side of the road and you will be picked up or inform your accompanying cycling escort. Above all else, the emphasis will be on seeing India and learning about wildlife. Identifying tracks & signs of wildlife www.royalexpeditions.com Cycle Support and Grading At all times you will have the security of full time accompanying escort who will also be a naturalist and a back-up vehicle - either a SUV or a Van. The vehicle will carry your entire luggage, your cycle and yourself if you want at any time during the ride. The backup vehicle will be with you throughout the day following behind at a distance and the driver will have mobile phone / wireless hand set. When we are on forest trails where 4WD vehicle cannot follow we will have an accompanying escort/naturalist on motor bike. Your escort will carry a good tool kit and will help to fix bike problems so all you normally need to carry is a daypack, for your camera etc, however, we cannot guarantee that we will be equipped for all repairs. Although this trip is moderately demanding there is plenty of time to explore and go on game drives. Apart from the cycling you will need to get up very early each morning for the game drives. However you will have some time off in the afternoons. www.royalexpeditions.com Detailed Itinerary Date Sector Day 1 Arrival Delhi You will be met at International airport on arrival and transferred (15 to 20 minutes depending on traffic) to The Trident Hotel near the airport in Gurgaon, a suburb of Delhi. (Check in time at hotels in India is 1400 hrs) If time permits a short sightseeing of New Delhi with an English speaking guide will be organized. Delhi, Capital City of independent India rewards the determined sightseer with more than a thousand monuments and two old capital buildings complexes-including the present seat of Government, designed by the British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens. Cosmopolitan hotels, shopping, and fine restaurants abound. Delhi also offers a glimpse into the real India: the labyrinthine street bazaars of Old Delhi, and the temples and monuments of Indian’s chequered colonial past. In the deepest sense, from Old Delhi’s Red fort and Jama Masjid mosque to New Delhi’s chic art galleries and nightclubs, Delhi is profoundly Indian city. The Oberoi Trident Gurgaon http://www.tridenthotels.com/hotels-in-gurgaon Day 2 Delhi / Nagpur / Pench Morning transfer to airport in time to board flight to Nagpur. Indigo (6E 621) – 0535 hrs / 0710 hrs On arrival drive 2.5 hrs to Pench national Park. On arrival traditional welcome at Lodge. Select your cycles and ride to your tree house to freshen up and meet for lunch and briefing.
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