Central India
Svasara Jungle Lodge
Svasara Jungle Lodge is located barely three hundred yards from Tadoba’s Kolara gate. It is very much a conservation-focused wilderness lodge offering a luxurious and immersive jungle safari experience, set over a sprawling 10 acre campus right on the edge of Tadoba’s bamboo forests.
Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve spans 1,727 square kilometres, incorporating the Tadoba National Park, established in 1955. The Andhari Wildlife Sanctuary, formed in 1986, was merged with the park in 1995 to create the current Tadoba Andheri Tiger Reserve. There are a number of waterholes situated around the park which attract tigers and other wildlife during the dry months of October to June, with particularly good chances of sightings when bamboo and other vegetation shed their leaves from January onwards. May and June are particularly hot months (40 degrees Celsius and above) when tigers spend most of the daylight hours wallowing.
The lodge itself features 12 spacious suites with all the modern amenities and luxuries, multi-cuisine dining including delectable Indian, Continental, and local Varadi cuisine, and its own custom-fitted comfortable jeeps accompanied by expert naturalists for thrilling jungle safaris at Tadoba.
Facilities
Pool, spa, outdoor and indoor dining facilities, exclusive safari jeeps, open air ‘jungle cinema’, modern amenities in the rooms and en-suite bathrooms.
Local Wildlife
Tadoba national park comprises assorted meadows, lakes and dense mixed forests of bamboo and teak, home to large populations of spotted deer, sambar deer, wild boar and antelopes. Carnivores such as leopard, sloth bear, wild dog and jungle cat can be glimpsed here from time to time: however, the reserve is primarily the domain of the Bengal tiger. The tiger population has surged in recent years from a population of around 40 in the 1990s to a present day adult population of almost 70. The birth of around 30 new cubs over the last year is testament to the health of the reserve and bodes well for the future tiger population here and throughout the whole of India.
Optional Activities
Guests usually partake in morning and afternoon game drives to the national park. Walking trails are available within the lodge’s ten-acre reserve, and there are also bicycles for use by guests. The open-air cinema often plays documentaries about the wildlife and the area, and there is also a library.
Jonathan Morris
Area Specialist
Chandrapur has been declared a ‘dry district’, meaning that consumption and supply of alcohol is not allowed. Guests are requested to respect this when visiting.
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A fantastic place, really good food and lovely staff. We really enjoyed our time here – the guides were very good and worked hard to get us sightings of sloth bears. Pool and spa were also lovely, and everyone was so kind to the kids.
