India is a country which continues to amaze and enthrall the world as it unfolds its tremendous cultural and natural treasures, be it ancient culture, wildlife customs, rituals or the fact that it has become the IT hub of the world. It is country having more than 100 languages and more than 500 dialects. A country where every 100 km's language, demography, topography and bio-diversity change.
A country which has a rich history of philosophy, religion, war, romance, gallantry and royal extravagant customs. A country which once had the largest number of kingdoms, monuments and dynasties now also has the largest number of wildlife parks.
Today India Footprints caters to the demands of all nature lovers in Indian wildlife and nature. Nature invites you from every corner of India. But that may not be the only reason for visiting India.
Long years ago, a boy of 12 years was visiting the farms, the jungles and the country side and watched the trees getting slaughtered, wildlife being hunted, poached and decided not be a meek spectator to this.

Today India Footprints caters to nature lovers all over the globe to their interests in Indian Wildlife and Nature.
It caters to clients who want responsible tourism. India Footprints helps the local aboriginals by providing them with medical assistance, education, training and employment. When you take a tour with India Footprints, it is not only about tourism, you contribute to environment, the nature and the wildlife.
His venture in Wildlife Tourism is not borne out of commercial interests, but out of a desire to share his experiences and delights of this beautiful country with his other fellow environmentalists, wild life and nature lovers.
India Footprints will give you India at its natural best. India Footprints would give you Indian Wildlife, Nature as not covered in any tour. Destinations unexplored and not mentioned in the book. We cater to custom made or tailor made tours.

Economic responsibility
Regarding economic responsibility our emphasis is based on honesty and transparency with the result the clients would receive total satisfaction because our sole motto is good value for money. Our Economic responsibility is defined by good value for client’s money, integrity towards their gratification, financial intelligibility, high percentage holiday revenue retention. A great emphasis is put during planning a tour when selecting a property so that the clients would receive the utmost satisfaction.

India Footprints support local income generation and small business enterprises by supporting locally owned shops (carpets, jewellery, souvernirs, paintings) and restaurants, and using local guide services and transport. Please note that we do not take any commission from the shops.

Giving preference for direct employment to local people. We employ 12 in our office. Providing in-house training where reasonably practicable to give more opportunity for employment to local people. We have our own naturalist & guides who are stationed in lodges to get first hand knowledge of the Indian wildlife, flora & fauna of the area. Our General Manager went three times to UK (2000, 2003 & 2007) to attend the British Bird watching fair in Rutland. It was for the first time we were invited in the year 2000 to speak on Tigers in Rutland

Requesting our suppliers to employ local people wherever possible and make use of local produce, manufacturers and other services (where local standards permit). This is normally applicable to Jungle lodges where we ask all our lodges owners to employ the local tribal people so that it can have the local economic upliftment. We also tell them to use the ash trays, tray mats,paitings made by the local tribal people. (Ash trays are made from the local clay soil, Mats from the local Bamboo, tiger paintings using charcoal.)

Encouraging travellers to spend at local markets and buy local products.

Environmental responsibility
Since we specialize in wildlife & cultural tourism we concentrate on using eco friendly hotels/lodges and since we are blessed with great forest cover our sole aim is to keep the group size as small as possible (max 10-12 guests) so that the impact on a particular destination is minimized & the clients leave fewer footprints & hence not causing the undue stress on Nature.

When we visit any National Park we inform each and every client in advance to wear earthen colors clothes,treat national parks as the learning centers and not a picnic site. Guests are asked not to use any camera flash or try to come very close to animals and to keep noise level at the minimum while talking to each other.

We try to use more and more Heritage hotels who have conserved the old buildings in good shape. More pivotal is that we choose hotels with e.g. non-centralized air conditioners, non carpet rooms, and environmental friendly properties with proper waste management and natural resources. We request all our guest to reduce the water use & prefer using hotels which have shower section instead of a bath tub.

When choosing a jungle lodge:
Lodge should be small
Should have a good forest cover & good birding life
To ensure that the lodge have employed local people
Building shoud blend with the local cultre
Water recharge unit
Recycling the water for garden purpose
Should buy the local produce where & whenever possible

We are trying to make aware all the lodges & hotels to have a proper garbage management system as part of a responsible tourism. Many have installed but still results are not 100%

When we give the first orientation lecture at the time of arrival we request all our clients not to use plastic bags, if at all you have a plastic bag so retain it & refuse taking a new plastic bag while making purchases.

Social responsibility
No one can progress in real sense without being responsible to the social cause and therefore our progress is incomplete without being part of social responsibility.

We understand that the society in and around wildlife should not be underdeveloped for the larger safety of wildlife and therefore we adopt all the methods pertaining to social bridging wherein our is volunteered in to development of education, primary health care, family empowerment.

It is not possible to make your presence every where but we strongly feel that by giving education we can safe the wildlife & can teach the local community that they will survive if the wildlife survives. So a small amount of our profits goes to a school in Kanha every year.

India footprints as part of its earnest CSR has association as patrons of with NGO SWEEAR (www.sweearindia.com) and is helping the cause through direct and indirect bequeath in child education, family empowerment, civic hygiene, medical support etc. We help then in organizing health camps in remote places.

Furthermore through our leaders and literature we also encourage our clients to show kindness to the social sensitivities of the destinations. This is done during the first orientation. As you are aware in India after every 100 K.M. the culture, langauage, caste changes so its necessary to keep the clients well informed about the culture of that particular destination.

Our company’s stand on this particular issue is special emphasis on education and primary health care in and around the National Parks which includes donation of Pencil, pens, books, providing various means to supply hygienic drinking water to school childrens and distributing free medicines from time to time. We take all our clients to these village schools, they can donate directly to the school principal if they wish to

We impart education to the local tribal guides to improve the quality of their services thus also helping the local upliftmnet of the local economy.

Terms, Conditions and Tips
We encourage you to email our office any time and discuss your plans and let us help you decide what is best for you. You will find in our tours that there are no departure dates. We do not have fixed dates for departure except where traveling by charter you are constrained by the aircraft departure days .

Independent Travel
Maybe you want to travel and see more places, whatever you want we will plan for you. You travel by yourself or with your chosen friends. The departure date is of your choice. The holiday is arranged and operated just for you. The hotels can be of the placement of your order.

Group Tour cost
The price quoted will remain fixed and not change.

Tour cost will include only the services specified and any extra services that the client may desire will have to be paid for directly.

Tour cost does not include personal or incidental expenses, personal insurance, laundry, phone calls, tips, evacuation charges, camera fee etc.

Payment
The booking of this Tour & Itinerary is with:
India Footprints, Dwarika-Pachpedi,
Civil lines. Jabalpur. M.P. INDIA
24 hrs phone: 0091-94251-53571.
info@indiafootprints.com
indiafootprints@hotmail.com
To confirm your booking please send us an advance of 200.00 US $ deposit by wire transfer or you can also pay by Credit card on line from our website. Note:2.5% will be charged extra if paid online by credit card. .

SB ININBB 250 ACCOUNT NO 01050061366
COMPANY: INDIA FOOTPRINTS
Dwarika,lohyia bridge, civil lines
Jabalpur. 482001 M.P. INDIA

Bank: State Bank of India
Main Branch, Civil lines
Jabalpur

M.P. INDIA

Cancellation charges are 30 days before arrival date 25%, 21 days before arrival date 50%, 15 days before arrival date 90%, 7 days before arrival date 100% of the total itinerary cost.

Remaining balance to reach India Footprints at least 30 days before tour commencement by wire transfer (to bank account stated above) alternatively you can pay the balance in cash upon arrival.


Medical insurance is recommended. Vaccinations advised for Hepatitis A, Polio, Typhoid and Tetanus. A course of anti-malaria tablets is recommended. Do not touch stray dogs, cats, monkeys, etc.

First aid kit
While medicines and aid is readily available, it is good to have an emergency kit of Band-Aids, antiseptic ointment, diarrhea tablets, anti-allergy tablets, sterile syringes, suture and needles.

Mineral / bottled water is recommended for consumption.

Carry casual and comfortable and adequate clothing for traveling. Sun hat, sun protection lotions, and other cosmetics as per personal needs. Extra camera film should be carried along with an X-ray proof bag.

One can convert the foreign exchange upon arrival at the airport or in a bank in any of the major cities. Please insist on encashment certificate as this will be helpful in converting Indian currency back to foreign currency.

As trade of all species is banned in India, purchase of items such as peacock feathers and any other animal products is forbidden. Please discourage snake charmers, monkey and bear shows.

Use minimum non-bio-degradable material, such as plastics, cans, etc.

Tips may be given collectively to ensure fair distribution.

OUR COMMITMENT to high standards and specialized knowledge coupled with a passion for India ensures you a quality holiday of distinction.