| Ibex gives you the ultimate wild life experience in India's rich and diverse forests, national parks and sanctuaries. What sets Ibex apart is the hands on knowledge of the parks and accommodation, be it the charming hunting lodge, or the deluxe eco friendly resort or the luxurious safari camps. Days are spent with accompanying experienced naturalists on early morning and late afternoon game park rides on open jeeps, elephant back, forest walks, bamboo rafts and occasionally, a boat, sharing anecdotes and revealing insights of the natural biodiversity of India’s forests.
On many game parks, Ibex links in with NGOs like the Ranthambhore Foundation and the Corbett Foundation to support their cause of assisting local inhabitants with an alternative source of income by purchasing their handicrafts, paintings, and offering donations, thus eliminating a cause for poaching and instead to be the protectors of wild life in the true principles of wildlife eco tourism.
Ibex carefully selects the accommodation, the itinerary, the game park visits, to give you a memorable sighting from within India’s 1200 species of birds and 350 mammals within 59 National Parks and 372 sanctuaries. Lodges have their own significant character and one can choose from an array - The Hideaway in Corbett, Spice Village in Periyar, Sher Bagh, Khem Vilas, Dev Vilas at Ranthambhore, Chattrasagar in Nimaj, Singinawa in Kanha or the luxury camps of Aman I Khas or Vanya Vilas at Ranthambhore, and the & Beyond (Taj Safari) lodges such as Mahua Kothi in Bandhavgarh, Banjaar Tola in Kanha, Baghvan in Pench and Pashan Garh in Panna.
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Corbett is India's oldest park established in 1936 and named after the legendary hunter-naturalist and one of India's first conservationist, Jim Corbett. Unlike Africa, the forest is dense and game more spread out, thus animals are searched as if on a hunting safari.
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Set against the back drop of the majestic Ranthambhore Fort in the Aravalli hills of Rajasthan, the 400 sq km of the Sawai Madhopur reserve is amongst the 11 Tiger Reserves of the country. From tigers to Grey Francolins, this park has easy access being four hours from Jaipur.
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Keoladeo Ghana National Park - Bharatpur bird sanctuary
The Keoladeo Ghana bird sanctuary an hour from Agra is one of the finest heronries in the world with rich aquatic plant and animal life in the fresh water shallow marsh along with its resident and migratory birds. A World Heritage site, birds are viewed on cycle rickshaws and walks. |
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The lush sal and bamboo forests, grassy meadows and ravines of Kanha were Rudyard Kipling's inspiration for his famous ‘Jungle Book’. With 1945 sq kms, it is one of the largest parks of the subcontinent and a good place to see the critically endangered tiger in the wild and the rare hard ground swamp deer.
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The 105 sq km Bandhavgarh National Park is in the Vindhya mountain range in Madhya Pradesh has the highest density of tiger population in the country. Prior to becoming a National park, the forest was maintained as a Shikargah, or game preserve by the Maharajahs of Rewa.
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Gir Wildlife sanctuary & National Park
The Gir Forest is the only home of the pure Asiatic lions. Established in 1965, the total area of 1412 sq kms is located about 65 kms to the south-east of Junagadh in Gujarat. The ecosystem of Gir, with its diverse flora and fauna is protected by the forest department, wildlife activists and NGOs.
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Nagarhole National Park and Periyar Tiger Reserve
Nagarhole National Park is 94 kms from Mysore and was the exclusive hunting reserve of the rulers of Mysore. The park has rich forest cover, streams, valleys, and waterfalls in an area of 575 kms. The park has tigers, bison and elephants and is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. Experience a coracle trip on the Kabini river. The coracle is a native saucer shaped boat made of hide.
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The Sundarbans is the largest halophytic mangrove forest and lies at the mouth of the Ganges across West Bengal. The seasonally-flooded Sunderbans freshwater swamp forest covers 4000 sq kms and lies inland and is a World heritage site known for the Royal Bengal Tiger as well as species of birds, crocodiles and snakes. It is estimated that there are 500 Bengal tigers and wild life viewing is through powered country crafts.
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Kaziranga National Park in Assam is known for the great one-horned rhinoceroses and the highest density of tigers. It is also home to a breeding population of elephants, wild water buffalo and swamp deer. Recognised for its conservation of avifaunal species with a vast expanse of tall elephant grass, marshland and dense tropical moist broadleaf forests. The best way to view wild life and the bird species is on elephant back.
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Namdapha National Park
Namdapha National Park is challenging, covering a wide range of altitudes from 200 metres to 4500 metres. The park lies in the border of Myanmar and Arunachal Pradesh in the northeast and has diverse habitats and flora and fauna The majestic Takin, Himalayan black bear, the wild goat, musk deer, slow Loris, red panda, clouded leopard and the snow leopard are found here.
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Manas National Park
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is a World Heritage site, a Project Tiger reserve, an Elephant Reserve and a Biosphere Reserve in Assam. Located in the Himalayan foothills, it extends to Bhutan. The park is well known for its wildlife like the smooth Indian otter, Gangetic dolphin, Hispid hare, Sloth bear and Pygmy hog apart from the clouded leopard, panther and the Asiatic elephant.
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