Safari planning for photographers · Indian tiger reserves · four price bands
The room is kind.
The jeep is not.
We band the whole jeep — then plan it with you.
Indian lodges publish single rates below the double — then sell safaris by the whole gypsy, and park permits split by passport. Lodge tariffs, permit bundles, GST on top, placed on four price bands for your dates and passport.
- stays banded
- 15
- stays banded
- reserves covered
- 11
- reserves covered
- price bands, same dates
- 4
- price bands, same dates
- passport swing on the jeep
- ~2×
- passport swing on the jeep
Journeys here
Skambha's own India trips — curated itineraries, hosted photo tours, tailor-made planning. The price band is on the card; the figure comes back in your proposal.
The first India journeys are being written.
Until they're up: tell us the shot, the month and your band, and we plan it with you directly — same reply window, same people.
Tell us the shot →The legendary one
Sleep inside the core zone.
Dhikala Forest Rest House sits in the middle of Corbett's grasslands — no private lodge in India can sell that. Government band per room, two jeep safaris bundled, bookable only on the official portal 45 days out, and gone within minutes most Mondays. Open 15 Nov – 15 Jun; the monsoon owns the rest.
Open it in the Explorer →HOW INDIA PRICES
Flat rates, hard windows
No season bands — one tariff Oct–Sep. Instead: monsoon closures, weekly closed days, and Dhikala's 15 Nov–15 Jun window.
Passport pricing
Park permits and lodge safari rates split Indian vs foreign — roughly a 2× swing on the jeep. The Explorer has a toggle.
GST rides on top
18% on rooms, 5% on safaris, never included in a lodge's tariff. It's inside every band we show.
WHERE THE CATALOG SITS
Every marker is a reserve the catalog bands or a journey covers — tap for the field notes, then open it on the Explorer.