WILD INDIA

© Ted Kenefick

DEAR ADVENTURER
Our Wild India expedition is an exciting adventure in search of India’s great diversity of birds,
reptiles, and mammals as we explore the heartland of this incredibly dynamic subcontinent.
From bustling cities, remote villages, exquisite World Heritage Site temples and tombs to
spectactular mountains, mighty rivers, and dense jungle habitats, our 19-day expedition reveals
the dramatic diversity of India’s landscapes and wildlife, and showcases more than 5,000 years
of human history.

We begin with a detailed look at the splendid sights of Old and New Delhi, and a visit to
Khajuraho’s exquisite 1,000-year-old Hindu temples. Our foray into the wild heart of India
includes prolonged stays in three magnificent national parks where we seek out the very best
of India’s wildlife experiences.

In central India, we spend our days in Bandhavgarh and Kanha national parks. There we
travel by 4 x 4 vehicles, and occasionally elephant-back, as we traverse wildlife-rich habitats—
grasslands, woodlands, hill forests, and swamps—as we look for langurs, macaques, and sambar
deer, all the while searching for the elusive wild dog (dhole) and the increasingly rare Bengal
tiger. Both parks present fine photographic possibilities as we view herds of chital (spotted) deer;
seek out the scarce, local swamp deer; the massive Indian bison or gaur; and tigers are always
a possibility. Our tours to India regularly encounter more than 200 bird species and over
20 species of mammals. The birds here include a colorful array of barbets, orioles, rollers,
waterfowl, and woodpeckers.

Next we travel to the northeast, to spend three full days in beautiful Kaziranga National Park,
a World Heritage Site, with grasslands, swamps, lagoons, and woodlands backing on to the
mighty Brahmaputra River, where herds of wild water buffalo are often seen in the dawn mist,
and where we have excellent opportunities to photograph the Asian one-horned rhino. While
scanning pools to watch a wide range of waterfowl, which sometimes includes the rare greater
adjutant, we keep a watchful eye for elusive otters and the herds of Asian elephant that sometimes
come down to bathe and drink.

Wildlife is the vibrant focus of our explorations, but no day goes by without the sensory
cornucopia that is the culture of India. Daily doses of ‘incidental’ culture serve to extend our
wildlife experience to an in-depth awareness of ancient and modern India. I hope you will join
me on this multi-faceted expedition to wonderful, wild India—a country of beguiling surprises,
that challenge the imagination.

Kind regards,

Mark Brazil
Expedition Leader

WI LD I NDIA 19 DAYS
DAY 1
USA / DELHI, INDIA
Depart the USA on your international flight
to Delhi, India.
DAY 2
DELHI
Arrive in Delhi late this evening and transfer
to our hotel.
DAY 3
DELHI
Our full day exploration of both Old and
New Delhi allows us to take in the elegant
district where we pass the President’s House
and India Gate in New Delhi, enjoy a rick-
shaw ride past the imposing Jama Majzid
and the Red Fort in Old Delhi before delving
into the narrow alleys of the market. Here,
in a multitude of brightly bedecked stalls,
Indians shop for everything from wedding
jewels to spices, and silk brocades to sweets.
After the exciting bustle of the market we
visit the more contemplative Gandhi memorial
and enjoy lunch at one of Delhi’s fine restau-
rants. Later we explore another of the city’s
major highlights, and one of India’s many
World Heritage Sites, the impressive Qutab
complex including Qutab Minar. Dinner and
overnight at our hotel in Delhi.
INDIAN PEAFOWL
DAY 4
DELHI / KHAJURAHO
After breakfast we take a morning flight
to Khajuraho, the once opulent capital of
the Chandela dynasty. This afternoon we
visit the World Heritage Site complex of
1,000-year-old Hindu temples famous for
their fabulously detailed scenes of daily life
including erotic carvings. The sculpted exte-
rior of the Temple of Kandariya is considered
one of India’s great artistic masterpieces.
Dinner and overnight at the Jass Radisson
in Khajuraho.
DAY 5
KHAJURAHO /
BANDHAVGARH NATIONAL PARK
This morning we journey overland through
the scenic landscapes of forests, hills, and
picturesque villages where women conduct
their daily business clad in brightly colored
saris. We arrive this afternoon at remote
Bandhavgarh National Park. Formerly a
maharajah’s private hunting preserve, the
area was designated a national park in 1968
and is now famous as one of the very best
places to view Indian wildlife and to seek
out the rare and endangered Bengal tiger.
Dinner and overnight for the next four nights
at the Bandhavgarh Jungle Lodge.
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© Jonathan Rossouw
DAYS 6 – 8
BANDHAVGARH NATIONAL PARK
We have three full days exploring this
scenically diverse park set among the Vindhya
Hills of Madhya Pradesh. We travel by 4 x 4
vehicles and take elephant rides, when possible,
to track tigers. Expect excitement and the
thrill of the hunt as your mahout, or elephant
handler, guides his elephant over forested
ridges, through thick bamboo and under-
growth, or across shallow rivers.
In the lowlands of the park, we look for wild
boars, several deer species including muntjac,
or barking deer; the sambar; and the chital,
or spotted deer, plus keep and eye out for their
predators, the elusive leopard and tiger. In the
trees overhead we watch for Rhesus macaques
and hanuman langurs, and bird watching in
the area is phenomenal. In the lodge’s gardens,
the flowers and fruit trees attract the green
bee-eater, white-bellied drongo, and plum-
headed parakeet.
DAY 9
BANDHAVGARH NATIONAL PARK /
KANHA NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast an overland journey takes
us across a hilly terrain, through extensive
teak forests, and open agricultural areas to
Kanha National Park. This wonderful park,
even more remote than Bandhavgarh, is
often referred to as the Ngorongoro of India,
PAINTED STORK
© Jonathan Rossouw
chital / SPOTTED DEER
© Ted Kenefick
although Kanha is greener and its surrounding
hills are more densely wooded. Dinner and
overnight for the next four nights at the
Kanha Jungle Lodge.
DAYS 10 – 12
KANHA NATIONAL PARK
We spend three days devoted to wildlife
viewing in Kanha’s beautiful wild country
of forests and plains—a true wilderness and
the inspiration for Rudyard Kipling’s classic,
The Jungle Book. The diverse topography
provides the ideal habitat for animals, and
photographers discover great opportunities
to “capture” the wildlife.
Again, we use 4 x 4 vehicles (and elephants
when possible) to explore the riches of Kanha.
Expect to encounter herds of chital, the
endemic swamp deer or barasingha, sambar,
wild boar, and langur monkeys. This area
is also the best place to look for the gaur,
a bison-like animal and the largest of all
bovids. With luck, other possible species
include Indian wild dog, jackal, sloth bear,
or perhaps even a rare chousingha—the
world’s only four-horned antelope.
The rich birdlife of the park includes such
specialties as lesser whistling-duck, crested
treeswifts and jungle owlets, Alexandrine
parakeets, little cormorants, and Indian
pond-herons.
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THE GUIDES ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD. EXCITING

ARABIAN SEA DESTINATIONS WITH WELL PLANNED LOGISTICS
MAKE TOUGH TRAVEL A PLEASURE. – A. OKERLUND

DAY 13 The various ranges of the reserve offer visitors

KANHA NATIONAL PARK /
RAIPUR / KOLKATA
After one last morning game drive we
depart for Raipur. Driving through rural
India is to be constantly exposed to ‘incidental’
culture as we pass through villages and farm-
land. We board an evening flight to Kolkata
(formerly Calcutta). Overnight at the ITC
Sonar Bangla Hotel.
DAY 14
KOLKATA / JORHAT /
KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK
This morning we transfer to the airport for
our flight to Jorhat, upon arrival we depart for
Kaziranga National Park passing tea estates
and lush rural countryside. In the late after-
noon we may have time for a short stroll of
the area surrounding our lodge on the border
of Kaziranga National Park. Here we spend
the next four nights at Diphlu Lodge, situated
on the Diphlu River in a setting of supreme
natural beauty.
DAYS 15 – 17
KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK
We have three full days to explore this
amazing World Heritage Site; a 165-square-
mile reserve that borders the Brahmaputra
River and Mikir Mountain Range. The country
here is mostly flat—a luxuriant tangle of
thorny rattan cane, elephant grass, evergreen
forest, and shallow marshland.
excellent opportunities to see and photograph
the many one-horned Indian rhinoceros and
wild Asiatic water buffalo. The rhinos are
of special interest and are the main focus of
our attention, along with the population of
Asian elephant that also occurs here. Other
highlights are wild boar, the abundant hog
deer, and the locally common swamp deer
or soft-ground barasingha. Birds abound
at Kaziranga as well: there are flocks of
bar-headed geese; hordes of ducks; grey-
headed and Pallas’ fish eagles; red-breasted
parakeets; oriental darters; herons and
egrets of all shapes and sizes; black-necked,
lesser adjutant, Asian open-billed storks, and
many, many more species to keep our bird
enthusiasts busy.
DAY 18
KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK /
GUWAHATI / DELHI
After breakfast depart Kaziranga for
Guwahati where we will connect with our
flight to Delhi. Arrive Delhi late in the
afternoon where we will have day rooms at
the Delhi Radisson Hotel before transferring
to the airport late this evening.
DAY 19
DELHI / USA
Depart Delhi on independent homeward
flights.
 MEET OUR LEADER:

MARK BRAZIL

Mark developed an interest in nature, especially birds, while growing up in Worcestershire,

England. He pursued academic interests in biology during studies in England and Scotland,
and earned his Ph.D. from Stirling University, Scotland, for his work on avian ecology and
behavior in Iceland. Ornithological research, natural history consultancy for TV and Radio
companies, and guiding naturalists and wildlife photographers have taken him to all seven
continents. Fascinated by island biology, he is a leading authority on the natural history of
Japan, where he was a professor of biodiversity and conservation at Rakuno Gakuen University
near Sapporo. In addition to being a field naturalist, he is a columnist, author, and editor.
His books include Wild Asia: Spirit of a Continent; The Birds of Japan; The Whooper Swan;
and, most recently, A Field Guide to the Birds of East Asia. In addition to his passion for islands,
Mark enjoys Asia in all its diversity. He began visiting South Asia more than 20 years ago and
has made multiple visits to the regions of India included in our itinerary; he has been leading
expeditions to India for Eco-Expeditions since 2006.

© Jonathan Rossouw
KHAJURAHO TEMPLE

WHAT TO EXPECT
Travelers to India should be aware that, although the accommodations on these programs
are en suite, when away from major towns, the standards, although clean and cheerful, are
sometimes below three-star Western standards. Prospective participants should also be aware
that some days of the program entail traveling for extended periods by air and car, which can
be quite strenuous. We will mail a complete list of recommended clothing and a suggested
reading list to you approximately five months prior to departure. Despite the occasional delays
and sometimes bumpy conditions, our expeditions to India receive rave reviews from those
travelers who possess a sense of humor, flexibility, and a true spirit of adventure.

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THE TIGER PREDATOR IN DECLINE

To see a tiger requires infinite patience and perseverance, but the sight of your first tiger is one
of life’s great moments. They are the essence of power and beauty portrayed in an unhurried,
silent walk or a charge towards a herd of chital.

In recent times the tiger has become a symbol of India’s wilderness, a striped ambassador that,
sadly, is in serious decline. At the turn of the 19th century, there were thought to be over 40,000
tigers in India alone; by 1972, they numbered just 1,800. According to the latest tiger census
report released on February 12, 2008 by the National Tiger Conservation Authority, the current
tiger population of India has fallen further (as a result of poaching) and is now within the range
of 1,165 to 1,657 individuals. Nevertheless India continues to support more than half of the
world’s tiger numbers.

Larger and more powerful than lions, tigers are solitary hunters and rely on their exquisite
camouflage to approach prey closely before pouncing. Each tiger has a unique paw-print, set
of stripes, and facial markings, allowing them to disappear from view in the forest or on the
plains, like a phantom. They are hunters of immense and awesome power with the speed and
agility to catch a peacock in mid-flight and the strength to bring down a mature gaur (bison).
One 330-pound tigress was once seen dragging a one-ton gaur over 50 yards into cover.
On average, they kill three times a week.
Cover photos: © Jonathan Rossouw (Tiger & Local People); © Ted Keneflick (Common Kingfisher).

Fossil evidence suggests that the tiger originated in Siberia and then spread southward. In present
times they are equally at home in Himalayan high altitude, cold coniferous forests, and the
steaming mangrove swamps of the Sunderbans Delta. Unlike most cats, tigers enjoy water and
are good swimmers. Some tigers hunt mostly in the water and feed on fish, sea turtles, and
water monitors.

The tigress produces a large litter of up to six blind, helpless kittens, but only two will normally
survive. The gestation period is just 110 days and the youngsters can stay with their mother until
they are two-and-a-half years of age.

India is to be applauded for its bold initiative in tiger conservation,

which began in 1972 with the launch of Project Tiger. Only time
will tell if this magnificent predator will once again thrive or sadly,
go the way of the dodo.

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MARCH 17 – APRIL 4, 2011

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WILD INDIA

DATES & RATES

DATES
MARCH 17 – APRIL 4, 2011 LEADER: MARK BRAZIL

RATES
$10,980 per person, double occupancy $3,980 single supplement*

Limited to 20 expedition members.

INCLUDED: All accommodations and group meals; group transfers; guided excursions as
stated in the itinerary; entrance fees for parks, reserves, etc.; $50,000 of emergency sickness/
accident medical expenses and $75,000 in evacuation insurance;** camera fees for one still
and one video camera per person; all gratuities; domestic air transportation within India.

NOT INCLUDED: All air transportation except as listed above; excess baggage charges; airport
arrival and departure taxes; transfers for independent arrivals and departures; passport and/or
visa fees; accident/baggage/cancellation insurance; camera fees in excess of one still and one video
camera per person; items of a personal nature such as laundry, bar charges, alcoholic beverages,
e-mail/fax/telephone charges.

AIR FARE: A tentative flight schedule is available upon request. Eco-Expeditions will contact
you approximately 180 days prior to the departure of this program to finalize your flight
plans. As of May 2010, the approximate economy air fare as listed in the itinerary is $1,150
for New York/Delhi/New York. Additional fares from other cities will be quoted as needed.

All rates are per person, quoted in U.S. dollars, and must be paid in U.S. dollars. Rates and
itineraries are subject to change.

*A limited number of single accommodations are available.

**Insurance is underwritten by National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa. The Policy will
contain reductions, limitations, exclusions and termination provisions. All coverages may not be available
in all states.

kanha jungle lodge peacock

© Greg Homel