2026 editionNo. 93
Samode Safari Lodge
Bandhavgarh National Park, India
Why Samode Safari Lodge is one of The World’s Best 100 Lodges 2026.
Samode Safari Lodge offers twelve individual villas near Bandhavgarh, balancing strong naturalists and long game drives with private terraces, pools and an unusually residential main house. Thoughtful Indian cooking and warm service keep the lodge rooted in place rather than borrowing a generic African safari vocabulary.
The essentials.
- Destination
- Bandhavgarh National Park, India
- Property
- Wildlife lodge
- Operator
- Samode Hotels
- Opened
- 2009
AddressSafari Samode Lodge, Bandhavgarh National Park, Manpur Tahsil, Umaria, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaOpen map ↗
Edition factsThe record at a glance
- Position
- No. 93
- Lodge type
- Wildlife lodge
- Destination
- Bandhavgarh National Park
- Country or region
- India
- Management in 2026
- Samode Hotels
- Opening year
- 2009