Manas
Manas Safari, Bhutan Border River & Bodo Culture Experience
Manas Safari, Bhutan Border River & Bodo Culture Experience
Two days of Manas safaris, the Bhutan border river, and a Bodo cultural evening.
About this experience
Highlights
- Bansbari Core Zone - pre-dawn jeep safari for Pygmy Hog, Golden Langur and Wild Water Buffalo
- Mathanguri - crystal-clear Manas River entering India from Bhutan over a white gravel bed
- Night Safari - one of India's few permitted spotlight drives, for civets and jungle cats
- Bodo Village - buffer zone walk and Bagurumba dance performance at the park's edge
- Tea Estate Buffer Walk - birding walk through Bodo smallholder gardens near Bansbari
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Inclusions & Exclusions
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Itinerary
Core Zone Jeep Safari, Mathanguri Border River & Night Safari
The fullest wildlife day of the experience - a pre-dawn jeep safari into Manas' core grassland, an afternoon drive to Mathanguri's Bhutan border river, and an evening night safari.
Tea Estate Buffer Walk & Bodo Cultural Evening
A gentler second day - a guided walk through Bodo smallholder tea gardens on the park buffer with a final birding window, followed by a Bodo village walk and Bagurumba dance evening.
Requirements
What you’ll need and key rules before you go.
- Valid government photo ID for Forest Dept permits at every safari
- Earth-tone clothing for all safaris - no bright colours or patterns
- Warm layers for the pre-dawn and night safaris
- Manas-area accommodation booked independently before this experience
- Binoculars 8x42+ for Golden Langur and foothill birdlife
- Telephoto lens 300mm+ for wildlife photography
- Red-light headlamp for the night safari
- Jeep safari: remain seated on Bansbari Range tracks, no exiting the vehicle
- Night safari: no flash photography or white light - disturbs nocturnal wildlife
- Bodo village walk: ask guide before photographing residents or entering compounds
Policies
Cancellation & Refunds Policy
Effective date: 15 Oct 2026
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Paying for your trip
Guided Experiences: full price at booking; Part Payment not available.
If you cancel
Cancellation charge on package price; cash refund from amount paid; never pay the difference if charge exceeds amount paid.
If you cancel within 24 hours of booking
Cancel within 24 hours when the experience starts at least 48 hours after booking. Cash: everything except platform fee. Travel Credit: everything paid.
Guided Experiences
Paid in full at booking.
- Within eligible 24-hour window: platform fee only
- After 24 hours to 7 days before start: 10% of package price
- 7 to 3 days before start: 50% of package price; Travel Credit 55% of the package price, or your cash refund plus Rs. 5,000, whichever is lower
- Under 72 hours, at least 24 hours before start: no cash; 10% of the package price, up to Rs. 10,000.
- Under 24 hours or no-show: no refund or credit
A quick example
Part Payment cancellation example and charge-exceeds-paid rules on evynx.com/cancellation-refund.
Travel Credit
Use on any eligible Evynx booking. Book within 3 months; travel within 12 months after that. One conversion per cancelled booking. Late-cancellation credit bands on evynx.com/cancellation-refund.
Changing your travel date
First date change free at least 7 days before travel (same operator and trip). Second change or change within 7 days: 10% of the package price plus unrecoverable costs where applicable. Cancellation bands do not restart on reschedule.
If you do not pay the balance
Private balance due 21 days before travel; Group 14 days. Unpaid after reminders: cancelled at 10% of the package price; no extra bill if charge exceeds amount paid.
Platform fee
Once per package; not refundable to cash except where operator cancels. Evynx absorbs payment-provider refund charges.
Costs that may not be refundable
Non-recoverable permits, tickets, passes and third-party reservations once committed in your name.
If some travellers withdraw
No fixed percentage; operator assessment within 3 working days; recovered amounts passed to you in full.
If you add travellers
Additional travellers at price when added; platform fee not charged again.
If your operator cancels
Full refund including platform fee, or reschedule at no additional cost.
If the trip cannot go ahead
Reschedule first where possible; otherwise refund rules in policy section 16.
Changing a traveller's name
Private/Group: up to 48 hours before departure. Guided Experiences: 24 hours before start.
How to cancel and when your refund arrives
My Bookings or contact from booking page. Confirmation within 1 working day; refund released within 24-48 hours; bank/UPI 3-10 business days.