Ranthambore Safari Facilitation Fee

We charge the Facilitation Fee per person. It generally follows a standard rate, although it may change during peak season, festival dates and periods of heavy demand.

You can see the price in two places on our website. The safari booking page shows the total per-person amount, including applicable taxes. The booking form shows the individual cost components before payment.

If anything in the breakdown is unclear, ask us before paying.

Our work starts with the details you share: your travel date, group size, preferred safari and hotel location, if you have already booked accommodation.

We discuss suitable zone options, check permit availability and review the visitor information needed for booking. Once those details are ready, we use them to book through the Forest Department’s booking system.

This includes checking options during busy weekends and festival periods. Availability remains with the department; paying our fee does not guarantee a sold-out permit or a particular zone.

After confirmation, we send your safari permit and Jungle Safari India booking voucher by email or WhatsApp. The voucher includes your safari coordinator’s contact number.

We also coordinate the reporting arrangements and share your confirmed pickup location with the assigned driver or relevant local team. This helps avoid confusion about where you will join the vehicle.

Pickup and drop from nearby hotels are included in the quoted safari price, subject to the arrangements confirmed for your booking. “Nearby” means within the pickup area around the relevant safari gate—not every hotel in Ranthambore.

Share your hotel name and location with us before booking wherever possible. A hotel that is convenient for one zone may be far from another.

If your property is outside the pickup area, you can travel to the meeting point yourself or ask us to arrange a paid transfer. Any additional transfer charge should be confirmed before you agree to it.

After reaching Ranthambore, call the coordinator listed on your voucher. Depending on your location and the vehicle arrangements, you may be collected from the hotel or asked to report at a designated pickup point.

The Forest Department assigns the safari vehicle, driver and guide. Our role is to coordinate your booking and reporting arrangements with the assigned team.

If you want to request a particular vehicle, driver or guide, discuss it with us before booking. Where the department permits such a selection, additional charges may apply. These can vary by zone and request, so the cost and availability need to be confirmed separately.

A preference should not be treated as confirmed until it has been accepted. The standard Facilitation Fee does not include these additional selection charges.

Guests do not always reach Ranthambore during office hours. Our team also responds to booking and reporting questions after office hours, including up to 11 PM. We do not describe this as a 24-hour service.

Please plan to report at least 30 minutes before safari entry time, or earlier if instructed by your coordinator.

If you are running late, call immediately. We can contact the relevant team and request entry where possible, but late entry is not guaranteed. The final decision rests with the Forest Department.

If you reach the wrong pickup point, we explain where you need to go. If a required document is missing, we guide you on arranging the correct document. We cannot waive entry requirements or promise admission without the necessary identification.

Sometimes the problem is simply a weak mobile signal or a missed call. The driver may be trying to reach a guest who is waiting at the hotel, unaware that the vehicle is ready.

In these situations, we try to contact the guest directly. If we have their hotel details, we also call reception and ask them to pass on the message.

There have been occasions when a safari vehicle had already left and our team took the guest to the gate in our own car to meet it. That is an example of how we have resolved a problem when circumstances allowed, rather than a guaranteed replacement transfer for late arrivals.

Keeping your phone reachable and sharing the correct hotel details makes this coordination much easier.

We have been handling Ranthambore safari bookings since 2019. Our work involves both the reservation itself and the practical arrangements that follow: sending the documents, confirming the meeting point and keeping guests and the safari team in contact.

M/s. JUNGLE SAFARI INDIA is recognised by the Department of Tourism, Government of Rajasthan, under the category “Travel Agency / Excursion Agency / Safari Operators.”

Our Certificate of Recognition, reference TES/2025-26/288, is valid from 15 April 2026 to 14 April 2029. This tourism recognition does not make us part of the Forest Department or give us control over permit availability and entry decisions.