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10 - 15 DAYS| EXPLORE THE WILD WESTERN GHATS

Join an exciting journey into the tropical forests of India’s Western Ghats, discovering a rich blend of wildlife, culture, tribal life, and beautiful beaches along the foothills. Experiences include jeep and boat safaris, jungle resort stays, guided nature walks, birdwatching, bonfire evenings, and listening to the sounds of the wild. Our expert-designed, tailor-made South India wildlife tours cover Anamalai, Chinnar, Mudumalai, Bandipur, Nagarhole, Wayanad, and high-altitude rainforest parks. Premium and budget packages are available, with itineraries fully customizable. Tours usually start and end in Cochin, or can be planned from Bangalore or any preferred city.

SMALL GROUP & PRIVATE EXPERIENCES

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To protect both ecosystem sensitivity and guest privacy, group sizes are strictly limited|

Our wildlife journeys are exclusively designed for FITs and couples, ensuring an intimate and responsible experience. To protect both ecosystem sensitivity and guest privacy, group sizes are strictly limited. Number of participans .The Explorer Mode is restricted to 2–3 participants, offering deep, quiet immersion in nature, while the Luxury Mode accommodates a maximum of 6 participants. Small groups allow meaningful wildlife encounters, minimal disturbance, and a more personal connection with landscapes, people, and the wild.

WILDLIFE & FOREST EXPERIENCES

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Into the Wild| Tiger Reserves & Rainforests

The itinerary covers the full range of tropical forest ecosystems of South India and includes a rare opportunity to explore the Sky Islands—remote high-altitude rainforests renowned for their exceptional biodiversity and endemic species

Encounters with the Wild

Our Wildlife & Forest Experience tours combine thoughtfully paced land and boat safaris, guided walking trails, restricted buffer-zone access, and carefully managed jungle camps. Travellers may choose between Luxury Mode, offering comfortable, well-appointed jungle lodges, or Explorer Mode, featuring exclusive, low-impact camping within designated wildlife areas.

WILDLIFE & FOREST EXPERIENCES

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Nature trails | Walking safaris| Jungle camps| Birding and tiger trail

Designed for travellers seeking a deeper connection with nature, our Walking & Explorer Safaris focus on slow, mindful exploration of the forest. Accompanied by experienced naturalists, guests walk through carefully selected trails to observe wildlife behaviour, birds, plants, and forest ecology at close range. Small group sizes ensure minimal disturbance, allowing time to listen, learn, and truly experience the rhythms of the wilderness. These safaris offer an intimate understanding of the landscape that vehicle-based safaris cannot provide.

ELEPHANT TRAILS

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The forests and mountains of the Western Ghats form the largest habitat of Asiatic elephants on Earth

The forests and mountains of the Western Ghats form the largest habitat of Asiatic elephants on Earth. All safaris pass through elephant trails, providing excellent opportunities to observe elephant groups in their natural environment. Elephant Trails follow ancient forest paths used by wild elephants, offering insight into their movement, behaviour, and habitat. Guided by experienced naturalists, the walks focus on reading signs such as footprints, feeding marks, and forest changes shaped by elephants.

TIGER TRAILS AND SAFARIS

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Tiger Trails in this tour take you through a variety of landscapes that support tigers

Tiger Trails take you through a variety of landscapes that support tigers, including dry and moist deciduous forests, riverine corridors, bamboo brakes, and grassland–forest mosaics. Guided by expert naturalists, safaris focus on reading signs such as pugmarks, scratch marks, scent markings, and alarm calls to understand tiger movement and territory. By travelling across multiple reserves during the tour, guests experience different tiger habitats and gain insight into how these apex predators adapt to changing forest conditions and prey availability.

BIRDING EXPERIENCES

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The tour offers rich birdwatching opportunities across forests, wetlands, grasslands, and coastal habitats

Guided by experienced naturalists, guests can observe endemic and migratory species, along with raptors, waterbirds, and forest specialists. Early-morning walks, boat safaris, and quiet forest trails allow close observation of bird behaviour, calls, and nesting activity. The diversity of landscapes covered during the journey makes this trip especially rewarding for both keen birders and first-time wildlife travellers..

CULTURAL EXPERIENCES IN THE LANDSCAPES

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Alongside wildlife activities, the tour offers optional cultural experiences for guests who wish to explore them.

These may include witnessing Theyyam, a powerful ritual performance deeply rooted in local tradition, visits to megalithic sites and prehistoric rock art, and interactions with ethnic and tribal villages. Interactions with ethnic and tribal villages provide an understanding of traditional livelihoods, indigenous knowledge, and nature-based cultures that have coexisted with forests for centuries.

BACKWATER & BEACH EXPERIENCES

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The journey concludes along Kerala’s backwaters and coastline, where mountains gently give way to wetlands and the sea.

Quiet boat journeys through palm-lined canals reveal rich aquatic biodiversity, waterbirds, and traditional village life shaped by the monsoon. The coastal stretch offers serene beaches influenced by the same ecological systems that rise in the Western Ghats. This seamless continuity—from high mountains to backwaters and the Arabian Sea—highlights Kerala’s unique landscape and biodiversity, where forested hills, rivers, wetlands, and coastal ecosystems exist as one interconnected natural continuum.

The duration and activities of the tour are fully flexible.

Guests may customise the number of days, pace, and selected experiences—choosing from wildlife safaris, walking trails, birding, cultural visits, backwaters, and beach stays—to create a journey that best matches their interests and travel style.

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