Elephant Safari in India

About Elephant Safari

Elephant safari helps the visitor to travel through such difficult terrains where even jeeps cannot venture. And why not, riding an elephant takes you back to the royal era, when only the kings use to ride on these majestic beasts, since nothing can even compare with the majesty of the Pachyderm.

Equipped with a howdah, a large seat on which they would sit, complete with soft silk cushions, and with a ceremonial umbrella over the riders head, modern day elephant safaris may lack in comparison with the ones that use to be done by the kings, but are no less regal on that account.

The elephant moves slowly and steadily, that's why this type of safari is ideal in and around the wild regions or within the vicinity of the wildlife sanctuaries, where riding the elephant can give you an easy excess for viewing the wildlife. More of all a elephant safari tour in the tropical wildlife sanctuaries of India gets you up, close and personal with these majestic animals.

During your ride, you can watch the wild elephants taking bath in the water ponds. The photographers can easily take pictures of the wilds while riding and as a souvenir of the amazing journey into the wilds, take one with the elephant too.

Elephant Safari Tips

Since elephant safari is an elaborate affair, and requires many attendants for the elephant as well, such safari camps too tend to be a more lavish, and make the best choice for the incentive groupups who are promised to get a journey to remember.

Just like the tours there are certain essentials you have to keep in mind for elephant safari trip too. The weather conditions can vary a lot, especially in a desertic or tropical climate you require a good backup of plenty of portable water to avoid dehydration as well as sun screen, goggles, and a first aid kit.

The clothes that you are going to wear should also provide your skin breathing space, because of the hot climate you are tend to sweat. Visitors are requested to dress modestly. Some kind of head protection is essential too.

Elephant Safaris in Himalayan Regions

In the North and the North East India elephant safari makes the best option of exploring the wildlife sanctuaries and national parks, especially the ones that are located in the Himalayan region. If you have gone to some national parks of the state and ridden an elephant in search of a tiger, then you would be quite aware of the immense versatility of this majestic animal in negotiating the difficult Himalayan terrain that even a jeep will not traverse. Why not an elephant for a long ride, covering days? Well, in the Himalayan forest regions you can do it, especially in national parks such as Corbett in Uttaranchal and Kaziranga in Assam.

Elephant Safari in Periyar Widlife Sanctuary

Take a tour of the Periyar sanctuary on motor launches in search of wildlife and you'd be surprised with what you see. Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary is the best elephant hub, any animal lover would love to check out. From the rooms of the forest rest houses provided by the Kerala forest department to the tourists within the vicinity Periyar, you can get a wide-screen view of the whole sanctuary.

Visiting the Lake Palace in Kerala's lake centered wildlife sanctuary of Thekkady, also referred to as the Periyar sanctuary is an experience to remember. When a Maharaja ruled this land, he had a dam thrown across the Periyar River. The backed up waters of the dam flooded a valley, partially submerging trees, leaving their bare trunk standing over their reflections like a Daliesque waterscape. Visitors put-put around this surreal lake in motor-launches, delight in spotting wildlife including herds of foraging wild elephant.

Periyar is, clearly, the safest elephant sanctuary in India, possibly in the world. Elephants have never been known to attack a tourist launch. This, in spite of the fact that elephants are at home in the water. Elephant, Wild Pig, Sambar and Guar are the four most popular animals with Thekkady's visitors. The smaller ones, however, are as interesting.
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Major Elephant Safari Sites in India

Bandhavgarh National Park

Check out the place where firstly and formostly the white Tigers of Rewa were discovered Bandhavgarh. This park is some of the left out preserved wild pockets of Madhya Pradesh of what were once splendid forests that extended across the whole of Central India.
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Corbett National Park, U.P.

Corbett is India's first and finest national park spread along the banks of the Ramganga River, in the foothills of the Himalayas. A well-protected wild habitat, Corbett provides an unforgettable experience to a nature lover.
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Kanha National Park

Ever though what it feels like to visit a tiger country, then visit the state of Madhya Pardesh, check out the wilds of Kanha and see for yourself why this place is called a wild hideout taken straight from the famous "Jungle Book".
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Kaziranga National Park

The land of Rhino is counted among the two major wild pockets, the only surviving habitats of this prehistoric survivor in India.
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Manas Tiger Reserve, Assam

Assam is the state of the Great One Horned Rhino. Beside the Kaziranga there's Manas another habitat of the Rhino's, located in one of the remotest region among the foothills of Himalayas. More Details for Manas National Park