Collections · On the jungle's edge

Tiger and big-cat country

Rides to the boundary of a tiger reserve, a leopard-granite landscape or a Shivalik sal forest. You cannot take a bike inside — drives are by permitted vehicle with a guide — but the ride puts you on the river, in the buffer, at the gate for a dawn safari.

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Weekend

Delhi to Jim Corbett

Jim Corbett, founded in 1936, is India's oldest national park and one of its densest tiger populations.

km~500

when1–2 nights

gradeEasy

Best Nov–Feb

See the route → Weekend

Delhi to Ranthambhore

Ranthambhore is dry deciduous forest, ravines and lakes wrapped around a 10th-century hill fort that still stands inside the reserve.

km~760

when1–2 nights

gradeEasy

Best Oct–Mar

See the route → Weekend

Delhi to Pilibhit Tiger Reserve

Pilibhit is a long, narrow tiger reserve in the Uttar Pradesh terai, hard against the Nepal border — sal forest, tall grassland and the Sharda canal…

km~620

when1–2 nights

gradeEasy

Best Nov–Feb

See the route → Outstation

Delhi to Dudhwa Tiger Reserve

Dudhwa is a strip of the terai pressed against the Nepal border in far-north Uttar Pradesh — sal forest, marsh and grassland that grows taller than a person.

km~900

when2–3 nights

gradeModerate

Best Nov–Mar

See the route → Outstation

Delhi to Pench Tiger Reserve

Pench straddles the Madhya Pradesh–Maharashtra border in the Satpura foothills — teak forest, bamboo and open grassland along the Pench river, and…

km~1,900

when4–5 days

gradeModerate

Best Nov–Mar (Apr–Jun for sightings)

See the route → Weekend

Delhi to Kalesar National Park

Kalesar, in the far north-east corner of Haryana against the Yamuna and the Himachal line, is a genuine sal forest in the Shivaliks — contiguous with…

km~500

when1 night

gradeEasy

Best Nov–Jun

See the route → Outstation