Our Trips - Wildlife Tours - A tryst with Dudwa Tiger Reserve

Season : November to June
Best Time : November to March
Duration : 08 Days

Carved out of the North Kheri Forest , Dudwa is a swampy depression with tall grasslands, marshes lakes and sal tree forest, Dudwa is a haven for Tiger lovers. A most unusual game reserve which combines a large population of both Tigers and single horned rhinos. Dudwa is as wild as wild can be and home to a large number of rare and endangered spices of fauna which include Tiger ( approx. 50) , rhino, leopard, Swamp deer , hispid hare, white & painted storks , king fishers, fly catchers, vulture partridge, in all 400 species of avian population have been listed. Being close to the Himalayan foothills, winters bring the migrating water birds to the Banke Tal ( Lake), egrets, cormorant, herons, several species of duck, geese storks, ibis and fishing eagles. Most prized habitat of the grass lands are a population of 1800 Indian deers, swamp deers and the magnificent antler barasingha ( 12 horns). Situated the in the Indo-Nepal border, the 614 sq kms reserve has lot of cross-migration of Tiger and elephants from the adjoining Karnali Sanctuary in Nepal.


Dudwa Tiger reserve is the greatest contribution to mankind by the great conservationist, nature enthusiast and veteran lover of wildlife Mr. Billy Arjan Singh, with whose constant ceaseless efforts with our late Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi , the Dudwa forest was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1965 and in 1977 the area was further extended to 614 sq. kms and declared as National Park, finally in 1988 it become part of Project Tiger. Duduwa Tiger Reserve is one of the finest of the few remaining examples of the exceedingly diverse and productive terai eco-systems, with the northern ridge bordering river Karnali in Nepal while the Southern boundary is marked by the River Suheli in Lakhinpur – Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh.


Day 01
Arrive Delhi and transfer to hotel.

Day 02
Morning tour of New Delhi. Afternoon tour of Old Delhi. Overnight at hotel.

Day 03
Transfer to airport for flight to Lucknow. On arrival transfer to hotel., Afternoon tour city visiting Jama Masjid, Clock Tower, Imambara, Residency, Hazrat Ganj. Overnight at hotel.

Day 04
Drive to Dudwa National Park. On arrival check-in at Lodge. Afternoon game viewing. Overnight at lodge.

Day 05
Morning and afternoon game viewing. Overnight at lodge.

Day 06
Morning and afternoon game viewing. Overnight at lodge.

Day 07
Drive to Lucknow airport for flight to Delhi. On arrival transfer to hotel.

Day 08
 Transfer to airport for onward flight.

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