INDIA-RESIDENT FLAGSHIP EXPEDITION · PERSONALLY LED
A focused seven-day journey through two of South India’s compelling big-cat landscapes. Repeated field sessions give photographers time to read behaviour, work with changing light and build a wildlife story.
Bandipur 3 nights · Kabini 3 nights
₹2,10,000 per person
Private-room rate based on a departure with five photographers plus Chetan. Dates, room allocation and final tax breakdown are confirmed in writing. Smaller departures require a tailored quote.
Travelling with a partner, friend, or comfortable sharing with another photographer? Choose twin sharing and reduce the cost of your expedition without changing the safari experience.
Twin sharing: ₹1,85,000 per person. Room pairing and availability are confirmed before booking.
Wildlife sessions, photography guidance, applicable inclusions, transfers and the expedition experience remain unchanged.
WHY THIS JOURNEY
Three nights in each forest means returning with a better understanding of the habitat. Bandipur’s forest tracks give way to Kabini’s layered woodland, bringing variety without a rushed change of base every day.
THE JOURNEY, OPEN TO EXPLORE
The complete proposed journey. Read at your own pace. Every day is shown below. Transfer-day outings depend on travel time, park rules and the confirmed operating programme.
Download Expedition Itinerary · PDF ↓CHAPTER 01 · DAYS 1–3
Dry woodland, grassy openings and denser forest give Bandipur a changing visual rhythm. A broad elephant portrait and a small detail in the undergrowth can belong to the same morning. The reserve forms part of the connected southern landscape that large mammals depend on.
DAY 01
Arrive at the lodge at the agreed time. Travel to Bandipur is arranged separately, or quoted on request. Settle in, prepare equipment and meet Chetan for a field briefing before the first scheduled wildlife session, subject to arrival and operations.
DAY 02
Morning and afternoon field sessions, with guidance on behaviour, composition and changing forest light. Between sessions, review photographs and prepare for the next drive.
DAY 03
Another full day in the same landscape brings time to recognise patterns and develop photographic ideas. Two scheduled sessions, with rest and optional image review between them.
CHAPTER 02 · DAYS 4–7
Kabini opens into the Nagarahole landscape, where wooded habitat and water create very different ways to frame wildlife. Its connection with neighbouring forests matters as much as a single sighting: this is habitat used by both large herbivores and predators.
DAY 04
A final Bandipur session, subject to the operating programme, followed by breakfast and the transfer to Kabini. Settle in for the next forest chapter; the afternoon session depends on arrival and lodge scheduling.
DAY 05
Morning and afternoon wildlife sessions. Look for big-cat behaviour, elephants, gaur and dhole, and consider the forest around each subject. Evening review explores how photographs work together as a story.
DAY 06
A second full day creates room to respond to animal movement, alarm calls and changing conditions. Chetan guides photographic decisions throughout both scheduled sessions.
DAY 07
A final scheduled wildlife session, subject to operations, followed by breakfast and checkout. Finish with image-selection guidance. Onward travel from the final forest is arranged separately; a Bengaluru transfer can be quoted on request.
BETWEEN THE FIELD SESSIONS
Meals, rest and selected image-review conversations fit around the forest programme. India-resident flagship circuits include private room accommodation. Meals follow the selected lodge programme.
Bandipur
Proposed viceroy cottage. Exact room category and availability are confirmed in your written offer.
Kabini / Nagarahole
Proposed maharaja cottage. Exact room category and availability are confirmed in your written offer.
These are proposed bases, not confirmed reservations. No particular room, view, private vehicle or exclusive access is promised.
YOUR INDIA-RESIDENT EDITION
Private-room rate based on a departure with five photographers plus Chetan. Dates, room allocation and final tax breakdown are confirmed in writing. Smaller departures require a tailored quote.
PLANNING YOUR PLACE
Enquiries are open; payments are not. The intended sequence is a 10% reservation payment, followed by total payment of at least 75% within 48 hours of written confirmation that the hold is secured.
The remaining balance date and full cancellation schedule will be agreed before any payment is requested.
Review your dates and details, then send Chetan an enquiry. No payment or automatic reservation is made here.