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A tiger resting in dry winter scrub at Bandhavgarh, bare branches crossing the frame

Wildlife destinations on three continents

The tiger reserves of India, the wetlands of Brazil, the mountains of Patagonia and the savannahs of Africa. Each one is here for the animals it holds and the photographs it makes possible.

Bandhavgarh

The three continents

Where we go

A tiger walking straight down a forest track at Kanha, head-on to the camera

India — realm of the tiger

Traverse the ancient trails of Kipling's jungle and witness the elusive Bengal tiger in its natural habitat. From the sal forests of Kanha to the dry teak of Tadoba.

Best for big cat photography and cultural immersion
Ousado lurking

Brazil — land of the jaguar

Cruise the river systems of the northern Pantanal in search of jaguars, giant river otters and hyacinth macaws.

Best for jaguar photography, birders and offbeat explorers
A line of elephants crossing open savannah with Kilimanjaro filling the sky behind them

Africa — home of the original safari

Golden light, thundering herds, and predator-prey dramas across vast open plains. Lions in the Maasai Mara, elephants in Amboseli, leopards in South Africa.

Best for first-timers, luxury safaris and action-packed game viewing

India · top parks

The four we run most

Bandhavgarh

Sandstone cliffs, sal forest and grassland meadows, with one of the highest tiger densities anywhere in India.

  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Oct–Jun
  • Tala, Magadhi and Khitauli zones

Kanha

The landscape Kipling is supposed to have written about: sal forest opening into wide maidans. Also the main stronghold of the hard-ground barasingha.

  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Oct–Jun
  • Hard-ground barasingha

Tadoba

Dry teak and bamboo in Maharashtra, harder light and tigers that are famously relaxed about vehicles.

  • Maharashtra
  • Oct–Jun
  • Best in high summer

Ranthambore

Dry deciduous forest around a ruined fort and three lakes — one of the few places in India where you photograph tigers against architecture.

  • Rajasthan
  • Oct–Jun
  • Driest of the four

South India · 2 nights

The two we can drive to

We are registered in Coonoor, in the Nilgiris. These two forests are up the road, and they run as short breaks rather than tours.

Bandipur

The land of giants — gaur, elephant and dhole in the Nilgiri foothills, in the largest block of protected forest left in southern India.

  • Karnataka
  • 2 nights · 4 safaris
  • ~1,200 sq km

Kabini

The southern end of Nagarhole, built around a reservoir the animals walk out onto — and some of the best leopard odds in the country.

  • Karnataka
  • 2 nights · 4 safaris
  • Jeep and boat

Also, on request

Where else we travel

Pench, Satpura, Panna and Mudumalai all appear in bespoke itineraries. Satpura in particular is worth asking about — it is the one central Indian reserve where walking safaris and boat safaris are permitted, which changes the photography completely.

Jawai, for leopards on granite in Rajasthan, is the other Indian reserve we are asked for most often and regularly build into bespoke itineraries.

Outside India we run the Pantanal in Brazil for jaguars, and Kenya and South Africa for the classic savannah safari. Both have their own guide, and either can be built bespoke around your dates.

The other two continents

Plan around the season