India - Northern: Bengal Tiger Extension 2025

11 Apr 2025 - 15 Apr 2025 (5 days)

USD1,995 - 4 Spaces Available

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Tour Leader: David Hoddinott

Tour price (Per person): USD1,995 * GBP1,592 * EUR1,918 * AUD3,197

Single Supplement: USD420 * GBP335 * EUR404 * AUD673

India - Northern: Bengal Tiger Extension 2026

10 Apr 2026 - 14 Apr 2026 (5 days)

USD2,100 - Spaces Available

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Tour Leader: Julian Parsons

Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated and dates may change*

Tour price (Per person): USD2,100 * GBP1,676 * EUR2,019 * AUD3,365

Our short extension to Ranthambhore National Park is primarily dedicated to finding the majestic Bengal Tiger but will also provide many more opportunities for several mammals and widespread subcontinent bird species.

Top Birds

Indian Peafowl; Painted Spurfowl; Indian Scops Owl; Yellow-footed Green Pigeon; Alexandrine & Plum-headed Parakeets; Stork-billed Kingfisher; White-bellied Drongo; Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher; Painted Sandgrouse; Yellow-wattled Lapwing; Indian Roller; Indian Stone-curlew; Brahminy Starling; Common Woodshrike; Ashy-crowned sparrow-Lark.

Top Mammals

Bengal Tiger; Leopard; Sambar; Nilgai; Chital; Hog Deer; Sloth Bear (rare); Jungle Cat; Asian Elephant.

Habitats Covered

dry acacia woodlands, tropical dry forest, grassy meadowland

Expected Climate

Cool to mild

Max Group Size

8 with 1 Rockjumper leader

Tour Pace & Walking

Moderate to undemanding. Suitable for all birding / wildlife interest levels. India is an assault on the senses first time around, requiring a little tolerance to begin with.

Accommodation

Comfortable.

Ease of Birding

Undemanding. Most species provide good visuals in open conditions. Some forest edge, but true forest birding is limited.

Photographic Opportunities

Good to excellent. From vehicle and in lodge gardens.

What our clients say about us

Stephan Lorenz
MM & GM, Southern India 2018

We really enjoyed both tours. The leader, Stephan Lorenz, was very helpful and worked hard to make the birding trips a success. We appreciated the local guides on both trips as well. They were all very good at getting the job done and making it all enjoyable and seamless. We always feel we are in good hands when we go on a Rockjumper tour.

Nigel Redman
MC, India 2023

This was the first group birding tour Ive ever taken (meaning, more than myself and either one or two other persons). Rockjumper and Nigel Redman made it a very pleasurable experience, with wonderful birds, beautiful landscapes, and good flexibility and adaptability to the various challenges and obstacles thrown our way on the trip. I heartily recommend both this tour and Nigel Redman as a tour leader! I would happily go on any tour for which Nigel was the leader; his knowledge of ornithology, history, and birding folklore is encycylopedic, and his easy humor and casual nature made for happy hours in our vehicles or over dinner tables (this, in contrast to the group next to us in some of the dining halls, where hardly a word was spoken by any tour member when the trip leader was going through the days list; that was a dictatorship; Nigels tour was a democracy in many ways.)

Clayton Burne
PWN, India 2013

Clayton was friendly, informative and fun.... Very athletic and cheerful. Find him to be a wonderful guide.

David Hoddinott
CH, India 2018

David Hoddinott is simply outstanding: Calm, focused, truly excellent knowledge of the birds, their calls and habits. He has a wonderful sense of humour, too.

Stephan Lorenz
LC & PD, Northern India 2017

We had a wonderful trip with Rich Lindie and Stephan Lorenz, and we would certainly be happy to travel with either of them again. They were both excellent with the birds, had a great sense of humour, and were helpful and patient when individuals required extra assistance. In addition to the birding, we enjoyed a long list of mammals sighted in the various national parks. The accommodations and meals were also very good.

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