Undiscovered Stories of The Wild

Waiting To Be Told

Our Vision“To truly be the best at creating memorable and authentic travel experiences in the regions we cover”

Our Core Values

Our MissionThe foundations of our companies are based on being creative, innovative and dependable in all we do for our partners across the world. We are proud of our historical, cultural and social heritage and we work to showcase these in the most engaging and honest way we can. We aim to continuously exceed our guests expectations and ensure they return home as ambassadors of our region.

Trust & IntegrityWe must conduct our business fairly, with honesty, integrity and transparency in everything we do.

CuriosityWe will always have an open mind to learn, to experiment and to embrace new ideas.

AccountabilityWe will be responsible in our actions to our guests, our partners, our employees and our community.

CustomerOur focus, thoughts and actions will always have the best interests of our customers first.

Intentionally UnconventionalWe foster an environment where speaking one’s mind is allowed and innovation rewarded.

TogethernessWe will always work collectively as a family, the happiness of which is paramount to our success.

Many years ago, as we grew as a company, we came to a realisation that our love lay not in booking hotels or tours, but in showcasing engaging and unique experiences across the countries we cover. We realised that our lands have many hidden corners, many one- of-a-kind moments, many mysteries and many tales.

We are a family owned business, but professionally managed. We have corporate systems that are guided by our core family values. We came to realise that we do not wish to be the biggest company in India. We never aimed to be the richest nor the most powerful. We just wish to be the best at what we do.

Our Vision is “To truly be the best at creating memorable and authentic travel experiences in the regions we cover”. Our systems and policies give our professionals the freedom to deliver excellence. Our Core Values are of Trust & Integrity; Curiosity; Accountability; Customer Focussed; Intentionally Unconventional and Togetherness.

We will always have an open mind to learn, to experiment and to embrace new ideas. We foster an environment where speaking one’s mind is allowed and innovation rewarded. We will always work collectively as a family, the happiness of which is paramount to our success.

We are a family legacy of two generations that has showcased this part of the world for 40 years now. We have grown to become a prominent, respected and independent Destination Management Company, offering the finest of cultural experiences, personal immersions and natural wonders all over India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Tibet & the Maldives.

Our role is to create stories for our guests; stories of love, of excitement, of wonder. We, at Creative Travel are proud of our history, its legacy and excited about our future.

Welcome To A Creative World

JungleSutra Wildlife JourneysJungleSutra has been established to fill what we feel is a void in the Indian travel industry. What the competition is offering is trips to wildlife reserves, but very few companies are offering complete wildlife experiences. JungleSutra is a team who approaches wildlife with a very different set of eyes. We develop experiences and journeys that go beyond basic park visits. The objective is to also showcase the flora and fauna that is not explored by other travellers.

Very few people know that Indian wildlife boasts of higher diversity as compared to other parts of the world. The Indian offering of wildlife sanctuaries hold some of the world’s finest wildlife stock. Yet today India doesn’t feature prominently on the international wildlife tourism map. Everybody looks at India and thinks only of Tigers, but how many know about the Lions in India, the Striped Hyena, the Red Panda, the One Horned Rhinoceros or the Whale Sharks off the coast of India. There is so much India has to offer in mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds and flora; and the surface has yet to be even scratched.

A JungleSutra tour is aimed at the discerning traveller who is looking at exploring the exotic world of animals in luxury and style. Every JungleSutra itinerary is a complete customized package that takes care of travellers’ needs to the last mile. Our trips are designed to capture the uniqueness of each region, its wildlife, flora and fauna. Each wildlife safari experience has its own identity, feel and character. Accommodation, activities, cuisines and services are detailed to meet the preferences and budgets of the traveller.

JungleSutra will also has a very strong social initiative and engages with local communities and forest officials in activities that gives back to the areas we visit. The JungleSutra team is being manned by experienced wildlife and operations professionals and has linkages across the Indian sub-continent providing a seamless network and lifetime experience.

Established in 1977, Creative Travel is today considered to be India’s largest private and family owned Destination Management Company. Backed by a team of over 150 professionals and a footprint covering all of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Tibet, the company has earned a reputation for being amongst India’s most quality conscious travel companies.

Creative has itself apart from its competitors by building into its programs activities that allow the traveller to experience the region up front and close. Elements of experiential travel are fast becoming a core philosophy of operations at Creative. JungleSutra is a proud brand of Creative Travel, which is relentlessly working to give a new horizon to wildlife journeys.

Indian Subcontinent– A Wildlife Destination The majestic power of the tiger, the stealth of the leopard, the roar of the lion, these are just three of the 15 cat species to be found in India but did you know that India also has:

This diversity is possible only because we have such a huge diversity of landscapes which has impacted the evolution of these spectacular animals. The safari experience too is evolving rapidly with variety of ways in which one can explore this diversity and each focusing on a different wildlife segment:

Canoe Safari – Gets you closer to aquatic bird, otters and even crocodiles. An amazing experience for photographers to get eye level photographs of these marvellous aquatic wildlife.

Walking Safari – An amazing experience that lets you explore the lesser fauna that is often too well camouflaged to be see in jeep safaris. Great for entomology and herpetology experiences. It also gives you an amazing insight into the terrain and landscape along with a different perspective of larger land mammals including predators.

Night Safari – this experience lets you appreciate the nocturnal animals and birds. Most wildcats and bears get active as the sun goes down, making these experiences truly memorable.

Elephant Safari – This is an ultimate all terrain experience and this experience often takes you into thick bush and through river streams where no vehicles venture. The experience lets you appreciate the network of trails created by wild animals in thick bush to navigate.

Mega fauna including wild elephant, rhino, wild water buffalo and gaur.

Striped Hyena, Fox and Wolves

Four Species of bear; Sloth Bear, Himalayan Black Bear, Brown Bear and Sun Bear.

The Hoolock Gibbon, the only Ape to be found in the subcontinent.

270 species of snakes including the King Cobra – the largest venomous snake in the world.

Over 1250 species of birds.

Over 870 endemic species

10% of the world’s wildlife species

How we compare to AfricaFirstly, this comparison should never be done as each has its own charm with different landscapes and totally different wildlife diversity and to somebody interested in wildlife both can be as interesting and as intriguing. However, since it is the first place that comes to everybody’s mind when we talk about wildlife destinations we think it is important to highlight certain interesting facts & statistics that highlights the significance of wildlife in the Indian Subcontinent.

Central IndiaCentral India is perhaps the most organized wildlife experience in the country. It is also home to some wonderful lodges and some of the best naturalists in the country today.

Some of the popular parks here are: Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, Kanha Tiger Reserve, Pench Tiger Reserve and Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve. However, some of the lesser visited and often more experiential parks in this region are Panna Tiger Reserve and Satpura Tiger Reserve.

Needless to say, that the tiger remains the biggest attraction in the wildlife parks in this region. However, some other key species to look-out for in these parks are leopard, dhole (Asiatic wild dog), rusty spotted cat, gaur (Indian bison), marsh crocodile and about 350 species of birds.

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Western IndiaWestern India is the more arid landscape of India with a large part of Gujarat and Rajasthan being part of the Thar Desert. The region offers a diverse landscape from dry deciduous forests to savanna grassland to huge flat saltpans.

Key species to lookout for in this region are:

Mammals: Asiatic Lion, Leopard, Striped Hyena, India Wolf, Desert Fox and the Asiatic Wild Ass.

Reptiles: Marsh Crocodile, Rock Monitor Lizard and the Spiny-tailed Lizard.

Birds: The Great Indian Bustard, Greater Flamingo, Pelicans, Short-eared Owl, Indian Coarser and also has the largest Harrier roost.

South IndiaThe Western Ghats in Southern India are home to most of India’s endemic species and are a treasure trove of amphibians, reptiles, birds and butterflies. The Western Ghats are also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The region is ideal for herpetology tours and entomology expeditions and is a birders paradise. Key species to look out for are:

Reptiles: King Cobra, Malabar Pit Viper, Hump-nosed Pit Viper and Bamboo Pit Viper

Amphibians: Purple Frog, Blue-eyed Bush Frog, Dancing Frogs and Malabar Gliding Frog.

Endemic Species: Lion-tailed macaque, Nilgiri Langur, Nilgiri Marten, Brown Palm Civet and the Malabar Grey Hornbill.

Upper Himalayas – Ladakh, Nepal & BhutanNepal & Bhutan are both home to some amazing wildlife. The wilderness diversity present in these countries is similar to that of northern India as well as that of the upper Himalayas that stretch from Ladakh in India, though Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet.

The upper Himalayas is home to exceptional wildlife. This diversity is a result of the unique landscape and the weather conditions in the region. The fauna present here has much in common with that of Central Asia in general and that of the Tibetan Plateau in particular.

Exceptions to this are the birds, many of which migrate from the warmer parts of India to spend the summer in Ladakh. For such an arid area, Ladakh has a great diversity of birds — a total of 225 species have been recorded.

Some key mammals to look out for in these regions are the snow leopard, Himalayan wolf, Eurasian lynx, weasels, Himalayan fox, ibex, blue sheep and yak to name a few.

Northern IndiaNorthern India is not visited by many travellers to India although the wildlife diversity here is second to none. It should definitely be on a must-do list of all birders as it is home to more than 50% of the bird species found in India.

Key species to lookout for in this region are:

Mammals: Tiger, Leopard, Jungle Cat, Fishing Cat, Leopard Cat, Himalayan Black Bear, Asiatic Elephant, 3 Otter species and the Indian Rhinoceros.

Reptiles: Gharial Crocodile, Rock Monitor Lizard & the King Cobra.

Birds: Great Indian Hornbill, Ibis bill, Collared Falconet, Long-tailed broadbill, Bengal Florican and the Indian Skimmer.

North East IndiaNorth Eastern states of India are home to some of the most spectacular forests of India. Landscape in this part of the country ranges from swamplands to deciduous forests to semi rain forests to high altitude alpine. This has given rise to a very different wildlife diversity.

Wild Cats: Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Clouded Leopard, Marbled Cat, Golden Cat, Jungle Cat, Fishing Cat and Leopard Cat.

9 Primate species including the Hoolock Gibbon the only ape found in India.

Red Panda

450 species of birds including 5 species of Hornbills, colourful Trogons and Pheasants.

Sri Lanka is filled with unlimited treasures. This land despite its size consists of unbelievable landscapes. From pristine beaches, towering mountains, tropical rainforests, mangroves, arid savannahs and much more. This is an ancient land spanning a rich history of over 3,000 years.

The true treasure of Sri Lanka is its biodiversity. It is one of the most ecologically rich countries in the world and recognized as a biodiversity hotspot. Its varied climate and topographical conditions have given rise to this rich species diversity, believed to be the highest in Asia in terms of unit land area. Of 3,210 flowering plants belonging to 1,052 genera, 916 species and 18 genera are endemic.

Sri Lanka has one of the highest rates of biological endemism. 16% of the fauna and 23% of flowering plants are endemic in the world even though it is relatively small.

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Where to find us

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JungleSutra, Creative Travel Pvt. Ltd.283, Udyog Vihar ,Phase-II ,Gurgaon, Haryana -122016. INDIATel: +91-0124 4567777Email: engage@junglesutra.com

JungleSutra, Creative Travel Nepal Kathmandu, NepalTel: (977-1)4486412, 4486413Email: nepal@creative.travel

JungleSutra, Creative Travel Sri LankaTel: +94 11 2334554Email: srilanka@creative.travel

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The snowy and alpine region are home tothe elusive Snow Leopard, the Lynx,Tibetan Wolf and the Ibex

India is home to 15 species of wildcats. Some of the lesser known species are the Marbled Cat, Golden Cat, Fishing Cat, Rusty Spotted Cat and the Clouded Leopard

Other must see species arethe Wild Ass,Indian Fox,Striped Hyena and the Indian Wolf

India is home to over870 endemic species

India is home to 4 of the 8 species of bears found in the world - Sloth Bear, Sun Bear, Brown Bear and the Himalayan Black Bear

The Gaur (Indian Bison) is thelargest Bovid on the planet,Males weighing in at 1000 kilos

Sri Lanka is one of the bestplaces in the world to seethe Leopard and for WhaleWatching

There are 7 Natural WorldHeritage Sites in India includingthe Western Ghats which is home to many endemic species

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