Eco-friendly travel

Get there - in a safe and environmentally sound way:

• Protest if your taxi/bus is emitting excessive smoke. Refuse to ride in such vehicles if you have an alternative.
• Car-pool whenever possible. It reduces your contribution to pollution and is economical way to travel.
• Use motor vehicles only as far as necessary. Use bicycles and walk where possible - these are better ways of enjoying the scenery and healthier too.
• Ask your driver to refrain from using the horn unnecessarily. It is rude and ruins everyone's peace.
• Keep your travel-generated trash with you for proper disposal at appropriate points along your route. Remember - trash by the roadside is an eyesore to all and bad for environment.

Learning about the place, sharing what you know; there is always more to a place than you knew :

• Access as much literature as you can, about your destination before you depart. It is always more enjoyable if you are prepared.
• Local Nature reserve / Park officials are excellent sources of information-do not hesitate to ask questions.
• If you can, hire the services of local licensed guides. They can offer you personalized service aimed at your specific area of interest.
• If you can, take plenty of photographs, or carry a video- camera. Remember that visual images are the best way to share your experiences with your family and friends back home.
• Wherever possible, write about the place and all that you enjoyed and discovered. After all, the less ignorance around, the better it is for conservation.

• Offer site-sensitive accommodation that is not wasteful of local resources or destructive to the environment and rather is inclined to protect threatened areas, species and scenic aesthetics.
• Practice energy conservation.
• Reduce wasteful consumption and recycle waste.
• Practice fresh- water management and control sewage disposal.
• Control and deminish air emissions and pollutants.
• Monitor, control and reduce noise levels.
• Avoid or control environment - unfriendly products, such as asbestos, CFCs and toxic pesticides.
• If electricity is unavailable, use energy-efficient fuel stoves.

Why choose us?

• We advise travelers on minimising impact on sensitive ecosystems.
• We shall help travelers prepare for encounters with native animals and plants.
• We actively participate in prevention of environmental desecration.
• We use adequate leadership and maintain groups small enough to ensure minimum impact on destinations.

More Tips:

There are no facilities to change traveller's cheques in Kanha & Bandhavgarh. These places are in the heart of tribal India. It is important that guests are sensitive and considerate to the local culture.
While travelling in India - unless you are eating at the best hotels and restaurants, avoid raw vegetables, salads, unpeeled fruit, raw shellfish, cream, or ice cubes. Drink only bottled or purified water.

Medical

Medical insurance is recommended and vaccinations are advised for Hepatites, Polio, Typhoid and Tetanus. A course of anti-malaria (e.g. Proguanil or Paludrine plus Chloroquine) is also strongly recommended.

Things to Bring

A mini first aid kit, which should include bandaids, pain killers, diarrhoea tablets, antihistamine, sterile syringes, needles and satures. Medicines are readily available in India but it's good to have an emergency kit with you.

Small towel, flannel and a bar of soap.
Comfortable shoes, hats and sunglasses.

Clothes should not be revealing or off the shoulder. Safari-style, casual and comfortable clothing are advised for your stay at Kipling Camp and for travelling in India. Smarter day clothes and casual evening outfits are needed in the cities. Warm clothes (including jackets, hats and gloves) are necesary for the cold evenings between November to early March. A thermal vest is useful for the months of December and January. Avoid bright colors for jungle trips.

Sun protection lotion, sun hat, insect repellent, and cosmetics.

Camera & binoculars -- bring all the film you may need for your camera. Binoculars are advised for wildlife viewing.

Liquor -- Indian beer is good and readily available, but wine is scarce and only found in major cities. There are Indian made spirits galore, but it is advisable to bring your favourite tipple with you, especially if it is Scotch.

Useful miscellaneous items include a spare pair of glasses or contact lenses (if you wear them), an alarm clock, small torch, and a money belt.