Jabalpur to Bhopal

Jabalpur to Bandhavgarh: 170 Kms

Arrival Jabalpur Railway station/ Airport, Meet and Greet by our company representative and move to explore Jabalpur. Visit places like Madan Mahal Fort, Balancing Rock, later drive to Bandhavgarh, on the way visit Bhedaghat. It’s a spellbinding experience to see the marble rocks accompany the graceful Narmada River in Bedaghat, Jabalpur. These tall mountains are known to magically change shapes as you sail along the river.

The calm Narmada throws in a beautiful surprise as she descends a massive 98 ft. creating the spectacular Dhuandhar falls. While nature flaunts its beauty, the magnificent Chaunsath Yogini Temple, dedicated to the goddess Durga, will take you back in time with its inimitable artistry.

The beautiful sights of Bhedaghat will definitely put a smile on your face, bringing alive the child in you.

Bheda Ghat is situated approximately 25 kms away from the city center. Clean, transparent and calm water of the Narmada bounded by the attractive rocks of soft marble, are enchanting. It is believed that in the ancient times, a great saint Bhrigu Muni had meditated here, that is why, the name was Bhrigu Ghat. Later, with the passage of time which has now changed to Bhedaghat.

There are 3 important tourist attractions in Bhedaghat: The Bhedaghat, Dhuandhar Waterfall & Chousat Yogini Temple. They all are spread in a stretch of approx 3kms and can be visited in a single trip. Bhedaghat is the site from where we can do the boatride in Narmada river and can see the natural marble rocks and do its photography. Dhuandhar is a small water fall where river water cascades down and generates water-fog. It is a photogenic point. Third important place to visit is Chousat Yogini temple, located in hill-top where we can see significantly carved Yogini statues of 10th century.It is popular as a venue for Narmada Mahotsava organized on full-moon night in Sharad Purnima festival.

Later drive to Bandhavgarh National Park, arrival and check in, Enjoy the activities at Resort. Night stay.

Early morning pack some light snacks and drinking water and move for Jungle safari at 05:30 AM.

Jungle safari starts at 05:30 AM by Gypsy, experience the thrill and excitement of tracking The Great Indian Royal tigers.

“Experience the thrill and excitement of tracking The Great Indian Royal tigers. If your luck is with you than you can also spot the Striped Palm Squirrel, Common Langur, Jackal, Wild Pig, Chital or Spotted Deer, Barasingha or Swamp Deer, Sambar and Black Buck.”

Post Safari return to resort- relax and move for a village Tour nearby villages for photoshoot.

Optional activities on additional Cost:

Responsible Tourism: Tribal Village tour with tribal food tasting with Tribes / Villagers. (Basic Lunch) we will help our villagers to earn from the arrangement what they will do for us as we do have certain social responsibility towards our community.

Nature Walk: Nature walk with naturalist in forest and villages.

Tribal Dance:  Bonfire night along with experience the Tribal Folk Dance and their culture. Personalize Tribal Dance of 45 Minutes.

Have your dinner and night stay.

Bandhavgarh to Khajuraho: 230 Kms

Morning after breakfast drive to Khajuraho,.

Arrival Khajuraho. Check in Hotel. Relax for some time and move to experience Sound & Light Show: The Light and Sound show on the Western Group of temples complex the reminds the life and times of the great Chandela Kings and mark out the story of the exclusive temples from the 10th Century to the present day. The 50-minute fascinating show is held in every evening and it runs in Hindi and in English.

This fascinating light & sound spectacle evokes the life and times of the great Chandela Kings and traces the story of the unique temples from the 10th Century to the present day.

HOURS

English 6.30pm Oct-Feb, 7.30pm Mar-Sep :::  Hindi 7.40pm Oct-Feb, 8.40pm Mar-Sep

Late evening return to Hotel for a night stay. Over night at Khajuraho.

Morning after breakfast visit for local sightseeing of places in Western Group, Kandariya mahadeo, The largest and most typical temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva, Chaunsath Yogini is the only granite temple and the oldest surviving shrine of the group. Eastern Group, Parsvanath, Ghantai temple, Adinath temple etc. In the evening return back to the hotel for dinner and night stay.

Khajuraho to Udaigiri 324 kms, Udaigiri Caves Sanchi to: 08 Kms. Sanchi to Bhopal: 48 Kms.

Morning after breakfast at 10:00 AM drive to Sanchi, Arrival Sanchi Move to visit Sanchi visit local places like  the World renowned Stupas, Monasteries, temples and pillars which was built in the reign of Mughal Emperor Ashoka in 300 BC. It is a excavated site which was rediscovered by British India officer General Taylor in 1818 but actual restoration work was initiated from 1912 to 1919 under the supervision of Sir John Marshall. Till year 1881, many amateur archaeologists and treasure hunters ravaged the site. It has been declared as UNESCO World Heritage site in year 1989. Amongst the many Stupas the most renowned is the Great Stupa 1 that was built by the Great Mauryan emperor Ashoka. Ashoka built a total of eight stupas at Sanchi in the 3 B.C. though today only three of the Stupas remain. These Stupas have the relics of Buddha like His teeth, hair and the shoulder bones. The Great Stupa 1 is a major attraction here.

It is counted among must visit tourist attractions of Madhya Pradesh state in Central India. These monuments record the genesis, efflorescence and decay of Buddhist art and architecture over a period of 1300 years.

Later visit The Udayagiri Caves, The caves are twenty rock-cut caves near Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh from the early years of the 5th century CE. They contain some of the oldest surviving Hindu temples and iconography in India. They are the only site that can be verifiably associated with a Gupta period monarch from its inscriptions. One of India's most important archaeological sites, the Udayagiri hills and its caves are protected monuments managed by the Archaeological Survey of India.

Udayagiri caves contain iconography of Vaishnavism (Vishnu), Shaktism (Durga and Matrikas) and Shaivism (Shiva). They are notable for the ancient monumental relief sculpture of Vishnu in his incarnation as the man-boar Varaha, rescuing the earth symbolically represented by Bhudevi clinging to the boar's tusk as described in Hindu mythology. The site has important inscriptions of the Gupta dynasty belonging to the reigns of Chandragupta II (c. 375-415) and Kumaragupta I (c. 415-55). In addition to these, Udayagiri has a series of rock-shelters and petroglyphs, ruined buildings, inscriptions, water systems, fortifications and habitation mounds, all of which remain a subject of continuing archaeological studies. The Udayagiri Caves complex consists of twenty caves, of which one is dedicated to Jainism and all others to Hinduism. The Jain cave is notable for one of the oldest known Jaina inscriptions from 425 CE, while the Hindu Caves feature inscriptions from 401 CE.

Drive to Bhopal, Arrival and night stay.

Bhopal to Bhojpur 28 kms, Bhojpur to Bhimbetka 30 kms,

Morning after breakfast move out from the hotel and drive to visit largest shivilng and World Heritage site, Arrival at Bhojpur after 1 hours. Visit Shiv Mandir. This shiv Mandir have the biggest shivling in world.  It was founded by the Parmar king of Dhar, Raja Bhoj (1010-53) and was named after him which is about 28 km from Bhopal, Bhojpur is famous as an archeological site because of its magnificent remains of Shiva Temple and Cyclopean dam. The temple is a simple square with outside portion of 66 feet, there are no re-entrant angles usual domes, though it is incomplete but has a magnificent soaring strength of line and is supported by four pillars. Like dome the pillars are also massive but they retain a remarkable elegance due to their tapering form. Divided into three sections the lowest is an octagon with facets of 2.12 feet, from which springs a 24-faced section. The doorway is richly carved from above and from below it is plain throwing sharp relief against the two exquisitely sculpted figures that stand on the either side. The other three sides are balconies each supported by massive brackets and four intricately carved pillars. The lingam in the sanctum rises to an awe inspiring height of 7.5 feet with a circumference of 17.8 feet. Set upon a massive platform 21.5 feet square and made of three superimposed limestone blocks, the architectural harmony of lingam and platform creates a superb synthesis of solidity and lightness. Due to reason unknown the temple was not completed and the earthen ramp used to raise it to dome level still stands. The temple is one of the finest examples of temple architecture of the12th and 13th centuries.

After Bhojpur drive to Bhimbetika. which is around 35 K.M. from the Bhojpur. On the way have your lunch at some good restaurant. Bhimbetka is surrounded by the northern fringe of the Vindhya mountain range, Bhimbetka is also known as Bhima’s Lounge (Bhima was the second of the five Pandava princes in the Hindu epic Mahabharata). A pre-historic site, its giant rock formation must have provided ample shelter to the ancient tribes that dwelt here. Recently, about 760 rock shelters of the Neolithic age (circa 8,000 b.c.) were discovered here. These shelters are decorated with picture writings, depicting the life and times of pre-historic cave dwellers. Some of the drawings in white are reminiscent of the cave paintings in Pachmarhi, making the Bhimbetka group an archaeological treasure trove, an invaluable chronicle in the history of man.

Return to Bhopal and night stay. 

You can have your dinner at Wind and waves restaurant which is beside Lake View

Today early morning at 09:00 AM after breakfast check out from the hotel and drive to visit few more places at Bhopal like Mahaveer Giri, Gohar Mahal, photo shoot stop over at Bada Lake, Manav Sangrahalaya, Tribal Museum and later transfer to Railway Station/ Airport. Tour Concludes.