INDIA-RESIDENT FLAGSHIP EXPEDITION · PERSONALLY LED
Eleven days for photographers who value a slower pace and repeated field time. An extended Kabini chapter and two full days in Bhadra leave more room to respond to wildlife, changing light and ideas worth pursuing.
Bandipur 3 nights · Kabini 4 nights · Bhadra 3 nights
₹3,20,000 per person
Private-room rate based on a departure with five photographers plus Chetan. Dates, room allocation and final tax breakdown are confirmed in writing. Smaller departures require a tailored quote.
Travelling with a partner, friend, or comfortable sharing with another photographer? Choose twin sharing and reduce the cost of your expedition without changing the safari experience.
Twin sharing: ₹2,80,000 per person. Room pairing and availability are confirmed before booking.
Wildlife sessions, photography guidance, applicable inclusions, transfers and the expedition experience remain unchanged.
WHY THIS JOURNEY
Time is the defining difference. Revisit a composition, follow the forest’s changing activity and review the photographs already made. The longer stay supports a more considered portfolio of behaviour, portraits, birds and habitat.
THE JOURNEY, OPEN TO EXPLORE
The complete proposed journey. Read at your own pace. Every day is shown below. Transfer-day outings depend on travel time, park rules and the confirmed operating programme.
Download Expedition Itinerary · PDF ↓CHAPTER 01 · DAYS 1–3
Dry woodland, grassy openings and denser forest give Bandipur a changing visual rhythm. A broad elephant portrait and a small detail in the undergrowth can belong to the same morning. The reserve forms part of the connected southern landscape that large mammals depend on.
DAY 01
Arrive at the lodge at the agreed time. Travel to Bandipur is arranged separately, or quoted on request. Settle in, prepare equipment and meet Chetan for a field briefing before the first scheduled wildlife session, subject to arrival and operations.
DAY 02
Morning and afternoon sessions with guidance on anticipation, positioning, exposure and composition. Midday is reserved for rest and optional image review.
DAY 03
Continue observing the landscape and wildlife movement across two scheduled sessions. Patient field time creates opportunities to refine your approach.
CHAPTER 02 · DAYS 4–7
Kabini opens into the Nagarahole landscape, where wooded habitat and water create very different ways to frame wildlife. Its connection with neighbouring forests matters as much as a single sighting: this is habitat used by both large herbivores and predators.
DAY 04
A final Bandipur session subject to programme, then breakfast and transfer to Kabini. The first Kabini outing depends on arrival and the lodge schedule.
DAY 05
Morning and afternoon sessions centred on big-cat habitat, elephants, gaur, dhole and environmental storytelling.
DAY 06
Continue tracking and photography in changing conditions. Midday review explores editing choices, sequencing and what each photographer would like to add to the developing story.
DAY 07
A third complete Kabini day creates time to respond to recent wildlife movement and revisit photographic ideas. Two scheduled sessions with personal guidance.
CHAPTER 03 · DAYS 8–11
Western Ghats forest and the Bhadra reservoir invite a shift of attention. A wooded shore, a bird in motion or the spacing of light across water can become the centre of the photograph. The landscape rewards an interest that extends beyond big cats.
DAY 08
A morning session subject to the transfer schedule, breakfast and the journey to Bhadra. Settle into the reservoir landscape; any afternoon experience depends on arrival and lodge operations.
DAY 09
Scheduled experiences may combine jeep and boat. Explore birdlife, mammals, backlight, landscape and environmental frames.
DAY 10
A second full day opens up the reserve’s quieter photographic possibilities. Continue field photography, then finish with a structured image-review and post-processing discussion.
DAY 11
A final scheduled wildlife session, subject to operations, followed by breakfast and checkout. Finish with image-selection guidance. Onward travel from the final forest is arranged separately; a Bengaluru transfer can be quoted on request.
BETWEEN THE FIELD SESSIONS
Meals, rest and selected image-review conversations fit around the forest programme. India-resident flagship circuits include private room accommodation. Meals follow the selected lodge programme.
Bandipur
Proposed viceroy cottage. Exact room category and availability are confirmed in your written offer.
Kabini / Nagarahole
Proposed maharaja cottage. Exact room category and availability are confirmed in your written offer.
Bhadra
Proposed cottage. Exact room category and availability are confirmed in your written offer.
These are proposed bases, not confirmed reservations. No particular room, view, private vehicle or exclusive access is promised.
YOUR INDIA-RESIDENT EDITION
Private-room rate based on a departure with five photographers plus Chetan. Dates, room allocation and final tax breakdown are confirmed in writing. Smaller departures require a tailored quote.
PLANNING YOUR PLACE
Enquiries are open; payments are not. The intended sequence is a 10% reservation payment, followed by total payment of at least 75% within 48 hours of written confirmation that the hold is secured.
The remaining balance date and full cancellation schedule will be agreed before any payment is requested.
Review your dates and details, then send Chetan an enquiry. No payment or automatic reservation is made here.