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Aim and Shoot
Wildlife photography tours in Bandhavgarh and Kanha National Parks
Talat Khalid is a professional photographer, and organises tours, leading amateurs through national parks, from Tadoba to Kaziranga. A popular trek is the 11-day trip to Bandhavgarh and Kanha. “Apart from the Bengal tiger, Kanha is home to civets, langurs, hyenas and Indian bison. The terrain is flat with sal and bamboo forests, meadows and grassland,” he says. Groups are limited to five people.
Cost: Rs 19,500 per person.
Contact: www.wildlifephototours.com
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(This story appears in the May-June 2014 issue of ForbesLife India. To visit our Archives, click here.)