India’s attractions are vast. Ancient monuments, distinct ethnic cultures, vibrant religious life with fascinating pilgrimage sites abound. Most tourists arrive to taste the diversity of India inherent in its beautiful temples, fairs and festivals, its decorative arts and assortment of landscapes from Himalayas to Thar Desert, Ganges plain, canals of Kerala and jungles of south.

Undoubtedly one of India’s most special attractions are its national parks harboring the vanishing population of tigers and Asiatic lion. India tiger tours seem to lure most guests. Ranthambore National Park gets the most arrivals as it is part of a typical tour of Rajasthan, essentially the most favored destination amongst first-time India guests.

If wildlife safari, photographing wildlife and birds is on your list of priorities then you should consider adding two more parks your India wildlife parks tour. Those two parks that can be simply added to Ranthambore are Bandhavgarh and Kanha National Parks. The perfect itinerary to see these three parks would be as follows:

Day 1 Arrive in Delhi

Day 2 Take a train from Delhi to Sawai Madhopur, a little town and also a gateway to the Ranthambore National Park. That afternoon you may already visit inside the wildlife park sanctuary.

Day 3 Complete day at Ranthambore with two safaris, one in the morning and one in the late afternoon.

Day 4 In the morning depart by train for Bharatpur to pay a visit to Keoladeo Ghana wildlife sanctuary. This is another park worth visiting as it lies en route for the other two parks.

Day 5 Naturally getting to this part of India only makes sense that you drop in to admire the legendary Taj Mahal in Agra, and also the fortress of Fatehpur Sikri.

Day 6 See Taj at sunrise, a fantastic experience, then board an overnight train for Umaria.

Day 7 Upon arrival at Umaria we take you to Bandhavgarh national park where in the late afternoon you may do your initial wildlife safari.

Day 8 As in Ranthambore, you can have two safaris, morning and late afternoon, to tour Bandhavgarh NP.

Day 9 Time to leave Bandhavgarh and continue to Kanha national park by road to commence your aftyernoon safari as the heat of the day recedes.

Day 10 As in the other parks, two safaris are the staple plan at Kanha on this day.

Day 11 It is possible to remain another day at Kanha and do two extra safaris. Kanha has probably the most tigers of the three parks, said to number close to one hundred, and many visitors choose the chance for an added day with the hope to delight in another encounter with the elusive tiger.

Day 12 Time to leave Kanha; first drive to Jabalpur railway station and from there continue by train to Delhi; this is an overnight train ride.

Day 13 Arrive in Delhi, transfer to airport for the departure from India or continue for your next destination on your India tour.

Remember, these are the parks you can easily visit on a two week tour of India. There are great parks in the north, north-east and south of India, but visiting those will require an itinerary that will focus just on those respective areas.