24 Feb 2023
I had a wonderful experience on this tour. I very much appreciated how much Jai helped to accommodate my specific scenario, providing great suggestions and ultimately making sure everything worked out perfectly. I was looking for a tour that would get me out of the city a bit more than most of the others here, and this one did exactly that. You'll spend a lot of time in the car, but on the way you drive through beautiful farmland, rural villages, and into some of the smaller cities outside of Delhi, eventually ending up in Bharatpur. The guides in the car with me (not Jai, but Mr. Brahm and a driver) were most gracious at every point. I felt as though I was accompanying local family friends driving through the country side, stopping where they would normally stop (and I would never think to) for some chai and street food. Both men have a peaceful, friendly, and cheerful disposition that immediately puts you at ease. The tour itself is interesting. I'm not a particularly fanatical birdwatcher - you will definitely see some there with gigantic cameras - but I enjoyed spending time with the park naturalist who took me on a guided tour with binoculars and pointed out all of the birds, their names, where they migrate from, etc. There are also dry land animals. I saw a python (!), deer, and jackal, among other things. I heartily recommend any experience with Jai and appreciate the care with which he catered this tour for me.