Tour Overview
The Meru Vann Special Tour journey begins with a warm welcome in New Delhi, followed by a flight to Raipur and a scenic drive to Meru Vann. Meru Vann Special Tour itinerary features immersive wildlife experiences in Kanha National Park, including multiple jeep safaris and a guided nature trail. Day 5 highlights a visit to the Earth Focus Foundation, emphasizing sustainable practices and community empowerment.
Guests can also enjoy a cooking class using locally sourced ingredients. The adventure concludes with a return to New Delhi for a comfortable stay before departure. This itinerary combines thrilling wildlife encounters, cultural insights, and culinary delights, ensuring a memorable and enriching experience.
Detailed Itinerary: The Meru Vann Special Tour
Day 1 : Arrival in New Delhi (flight)
Upon your arrival in New Delhi, our representative and chauffeur will greet you in the arrival hall, holding a name card for easy recognition. They will assist you in getting seated in your comfortable, air-conditioned SUV for your transfer to the hotel. Once there, the representative will guide you through the travel documents, explain the itinerary in detail, and assist with your check-in. Enjoy your overnight stay at the hotel in New Delhi.
Day 2 : New Delhi - Raipur - Kanha (flight + 230 kms, 5-hour drive)
Your flight from New Delhi to Raipur is scheduled for 06:40 AM. Our representative will meet you in the hotel lobby, assist with a smooth check-out, provide a packed breakfast from the hotel, and guide you to the airport in your chauffeur-driven SUV. You will also receive pre-checked boarding passes for easier navigation through the baggage drop counter.
Upon arrival in Raipur, our chauffeur will meet you and drive you to Meru Vann. Our team will welcome you with hot or cold towels and a refreshing Mahua cooler. The lodge manager will then guide you to your room and give you a tour of the property.
Refresh yourself with a nice shower before heading to the restaurant for lunch. Our diverse menus feature cuisines from around the world. To support our commitment to sustainability, please inform our team of any specific food preferences so the chef can accommodate your dietary requirements.
After lunch, relax and nap to the soothing sounds of langurs and birds. You will be awakened at tea time and served hot beverages at the designated spot. This high-tea experience will be followed by a sundowner dinner near a tranquil water body called Baandha Tola. Enjoy a live barbecue with classic cocktails amidst the serene jungle surroundings.
Come back to the lodge for an overnight stay.
Day 3 : Morning and afternoon jeep safari in Kanha
You will receive a wake up call from the lobby, prepping you to get into action for your first safari in the Sal forest. Once you are ready, our naturalist will meet you in the lobby for morning tea/coffee and get you seated in the safari vehicle.
Facts about the park: Kanha is a flagship national park of India when it comes to successful conservation stories. Hard Ground Barasingha was brought back from the brink of extinction in this very park. The number in the 80s was just 60, today there are over 800 roaming freely in the park. Kanha has also assisted in repopulating the Indian Gaur population in Bandhavgarh where they were last seen in 1997. Today over 300 Indian Gaur are present in Bandhavgarh.
Around the halfway mark during your safari, your naturalist will take you for breakfast. The food comes freshly packed from the lodge, is spread hygienically on the gypsy’s bonnet and yet again gives you a wondrous feel of eating a meal in the jungle.
Post breakfast, hop into the safari vehicle to complete your morning safari. Once done, come back to the lodge, and freshen up. Lunch is yet again served at the restaurant with your favorites displayed in the buffet or customized to your liking.
Post lunch, head out once again for an afternoon safari in the park. This is shorter compared to the morning excursion, but still gives you ample encounters with wildlife. Once the sun sets, you will head back to the lodge. Eat a relaxed meal and enjoy the evening with your naturalist. Overnight at the lodge.
Day 4 : Morning jeep safari followed by a late afternoon wilderness walk
Embark on yet another jeep safari through the dense jungles of Kanha National Park.
Facts about the park: Tigers of Kanha are known to walk on vehicle tracks. If you are fortunate, you will have a head on sighting of tigers here. Once they get on the track, they will walk for long enough to give you ample opportunities to take some nice images of them. Kanha tigers are known for their exceptional head size, neck girth, and tall shoulders. They are also quite bold and undeterred by the tourist vehicles.
Upon returning from the morning safari, you will have time to freshen up, and eat a relaxed lunch. Rest up before heading out for a guided nature trail with your naturalist and the forest guard. This trail is called the Bahmni Walk and is 7 kms long. One gets the opportunity to witness small and big mammals on foot, plenty of avifauna and a diverse range of butterflies as well. For those seeking a closer interest in the little things, this walk is a game changer!
Come back to the lodge for dinner. Overnight at the lodge.
Day 5 : Morning visit to Earth Focus and afternoon jeep safari
After a leisurely breakfast, we take you for a visit to one of the most sought after initiatives in Kanha National Park – a cause we so proudly support – Earth Focus Foundation. Earth Focus Kanha was born out of a belief that empowering indigenous, tribal communities is key to Kanha’s conservation and nature-based economy.
Their holistic depth model currently focuses on education and livelihoods built around landscape restoration in the park’s buffer zone.
They work with forest dwelling communities to leverage indigenous and local knowledge along with scientific and technical knowhow to build ecological and socio-economic resilience.
After the visit, head back to the lodge for lunch and prepare for yet another afternoon safari through Kanha National Park. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Day 6 : A delightful cooking class awaits your presence, followed by departure to New Delhi.
After a relaxed breakfast, you will be met by the chef who will gladly take you around the organic kitchen garden. Pick the veggies you want to cook with, and indulge in a live demo with the head chef, using only locally sourced ingredients. Enjoy the scrumptious meal with the in-house staff. Post lunch, bid adieu to the family at Meru Vann, and pack your bags with everlasting memories.
The chauffeur will be waiting to transfer you to Raipur Airport, for your flight back to New Delhi. Upon arrival in New Delhi, you will be met by our representative at the arrival hall, waiting to take you back to the hotel for a comfortable overnight stay.
You can also take this opportunity to give detailed feedback to our team, and share your experiences with us.
Day 7 : Departure from New Delhi (flight)
Breakfast and checkout from the hotel. Your dedicated chauffeur will assist you with a smooth transfer and drop off at New Delhi Airport for your onward flight.
- Accommodation in New Delhi on bed and breakfast basis.
- Accommodation in Kanha on room, all meals and exclusive safari basis.
- Entrance and guide charges in Kanha.
- Experiential bush dinner with live barbecue once during the stay in Kanha.
- Assistance at Airports and Hotels.
- All land transfers in Toyota Innova / Crysta
- All government taxes.
- Still / video camera fee in the monuments and national parks.
- Expenses of personal nature like Tips, smokes, liquor, laundry, and telephone calls .
- International airfare and domestic
- Visa application for entry into India
- Travel insurance
- Anything not mentioned in the inclusions.
- Our itineraries are not set in stone. The reason why we do not mention prices on the website is because guest requirements cannot be fixed, and so neither can the price. We thrive on custom making the program tailored to each guest, till it best suits all your travel needs.
- Standard check in time at hotels in New Delhi is 1400 hours. We can request an early check in till 11AM subject to availability.
- If you arrive early in the morning (00:00 - 11AM), your room will be reserved from the previous day, enabling a seamless check-in as soon as you land.
- If you have spare time upon early arrival in India, we can add some local sightseeing to the itinerary
- In case the hotel envisaged, or normal category of rooms are waitlisted / sold out, alternate hotels/category will be provided & we will keep you informed on the supplement / reduction involved.
- Safari zones are subject to forest permissions.
- Any changes in entrance fees or government taxes will be payable extra and the same will be advised to you if applicable.
- All national parks are closed for safaris Holi and Diwali for the whole day.
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