Trip Report October/November 2022

On Wednesday 26th October after more than a two‑year break from any safari trips, I boarded an overnight Virgin Airways flight from London Heathrow to New Delhi, India, for an organised photography safari to Bandhavgarh National Park, which is located in the Umaria District of Madhya Pradesh. My last visit to India was in March 2020 to Ranthambhore National Park, which is located near the town of Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan. That visit now feels like a lifetime ago, considering everything the world has been through with the COVID‑19 pandemic.

‘Kajri’ tigress on patrol in the Tala Zone 1, Bandhavgarh National Park.

The trip, including all travel was over twelve days. Eight of those days was spent at Bandhavgarh National Park, primarily looking for the Bengal tiger. Photographs from my trip can now be viewed at: 2022 ‑ Bandhavgarh, India.

The remainder of the trip was spent doing some cultural sightseeing at Agra, visiting the Taj Mahal and the Red Fort.