Tigers, sandstone, and the river that holds the geography together
The Centre
Central India is the country's wildlife heartland and, increasingly, its most rewarding heritage circuit. Bandhavgarh, Kanha, and Pench run from October through June, with the best sightings in the dry weeks of April and May. Khajuraho and Orchha sit a half day from the parks. Chhattisgarh's Bastar region — weekly haats, Gond villages — needs a careful local hand. The Narmada threads through all of it, and we plan around its course.
Destinations · 7
Central India
Bandhavgarh
The highest tiger density in India. Walking safaris allowed.
Central India
Kanha
Sal forests, sambar at dusk, the Banjar river running through.
Madhya Pradesh
Khajuraho
A thousand-year-old temple complex in a small Bundelkhand town. Best read slowly, panel by panel, in the cool hours.
Madhya Pradesh
Maheshwar
Ahilyabai Holkar's eighteenth-century river town on the Narmada. Ghats, a fort, and the loom-shed that still weaves the Maheshwari sari.
Madhya Pradesh
Mandu
A 12-square-kilometre ridge-top city of Afghan-style tombs and pavilions, abandoned in the 1700s, now grazed by goats and visited by almost no one.
Central India
Pench
Kipling's jungle. Leaner crowds, leopard country.
Central India
Satpura
On-foot, kayak, and night drives — India's most flexible park.
Write to us about tigers, temples, or the river — most of our Central itineraries braid all three.
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