Dudhwa National Park - Wildlife Photography Expedition, Jan 2026

Wake up call at 5:00 a.m. Have your morning tea and get ready for the morning safari, we set out by 6:30 and will be going through the interiors of Dudhwa National Park on the morning safari. You will be having your breakfast inside the park during the safari. 

Dudhwa is the first National Park in Uttar Pradesh which lies at the Indo-Nepal border and is a hotbed of rare and elusive faunal diversity including tiger, leopard, greater one-horned rhino, Indian elephant, sloth bear, fishing cat, swamp deer etc. and it is more often than not the ultimate place for making dreamlike images which stand-out in the crowded image space of today. Post safari return to resort and take rest before meeting up to discuss any technical hurdles faced while photographing the subjects encountered. 

We will have our lunch at the lodge and set out for the evening safari at Kishanpur wildlife sanctuary, this part of the Dudhwa landscape offers a relatively open forest facilitating great views and this is where most of the big cat sightings happen. Post safari, return to the lodge in the evening and enjoy a bonfire before having dinner.

Spend the evening by joining the group to discuss your experience and you can consult our mentor for any guidance on photography and post-processing. 

Wake up call at 5:00 a.m. Have your morning tea and get ready for the morning safari, we set out by 6:30 and will be going to Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary on the morning safari. You will be having your breakfast inside the forest during the safari. 

The Dudhwa landscape boasts of a very diverse avian fauna with the number of recorded species numbering upto 450, the region is home to the rare and endangered Bengal florican and hosts a flurry of migratory birds in its lakes and provide the perfect setting for the avid birder/photographer. Post safari return to resort and take rest before meeting up to discuss any technical hurdles faced while photographing the subjects encountered. 

We will have our lunch at the lodge and set out for the evening safari at Dudhwa National Park. The misty landscape of Dudhwa boasts of one of the last remaining large swamps in the country along with dense cane forests and grasslands which many herbivores and carnivores call home. Post safari, return to the lodge in the evening and enjoy a bonfire before having dinner.

Spend the evening by joining the group to discuss your experience and you can consult our mentor for any guidance on photography and post-processing. 

Today is the last day of our trip and it is time to bid adieu to Terai! But not before we have done one last safari at Dudhwa. So, we wake-up by 5:30 a.m and leave for the morning safari by 6:30 a.m. Post safari, return to FRH and have breakfast. We leave for Lucknow airport once we have finished the check-out formalities. Our trip ends here! 

Lucknow airport from Dudhwa is located at 222km(4.5 hrs) away.

NOTE: The plan is to make the best out of time at hand and we might make little changes as to which range/forest we will be visiting on which day based on the current sightings. For example, there is a new tigress with cubs being sighted at Katerniaghat, if her movement is detected well in advance, we will stay overnight at Katerniaghat FRH and do safaris here to maximise our chances of getting the elusive Terai tiger.