Wildlife Photographer & Storyteller · India

Not just safaris.
Hear the forest.

Slow, small-group photographic journeys through India's forests, wetlands and grasslands, led by a storyteller who changed the setting, not the craft.

The story so far
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Abi Tripathi in the field
Abi Tripathi · In the field
A note from Abi

A storyteller who changed the setting, not the craft.

Stories have always been central to how I see the world: through literature, through marketing, and through the wild. I spent much of my professional life building brands and working with narratives for a living. That world taught me clarity, structure and restraint. Alongside it, my life was quietly moving in another direction.

I am married to marketing and flirting with wildlife. Soon that flirtation turned into a lifelong commitment.

What began as time outdoors became years of moving through forests, wetlands and river corridors across India. It was never a break from my work. It was a continuation of it, with the same craft of storytelling and only the setting changed. Today I photograph the wild and lead small groups into it, and I'm co-founder of Eagle Safaris, one of India's leading wildlife tourism agencies.

Abi Tripathi Wildlife photographer & storyteller · 15+ years
The approach

Depth over volume. Experience over expectation. Access over abundance.

Not conventional safaris, but a different way of moving through the wild.

Most wildlife travel rewards speed: arrive, drive, look, tick off sightings, move on. My journeys are the opposite. We slow down. We wait. We learn to read the living systems most people rush past.

Tiger
i.

Never rushed

You will not be hurried from one sighting to the next. Time is the whole point.

Elephant
ii.

Small groups

Six travellers to a journey, so we can move quietly and change pace at will.

Leopard
iii.

Context & space

You are given time, context and space, not told what you are supposed to feel.

Rhino
iv.

Understanding

Not about collecting moments, but understanding where those moments come from.

Selected work

The field archive.

Frames carried home from India's forests, wetlands and grasslands. Hover to read each note.

Tiger in Ranthambore
Bengal Tiger · Ranthambore
The stare that empties a forest of sound.
Rhino in the Terai Lowlands
Greater One-Horned Rhino · Terai Lowlands
Armour worn by the oldest of the grasslands.
Leopard in Jawai
Leopard · Jawai
The one you feel before you see.
Elephant in Dhikala
Tusker · Dhikala
The grassland's oldest gardener.
Tiger in Ranthambore
Tiger · Ranthambore
Four seconds of thunder.
Leopard in Jawai
Leopard · Jawai
A throne of stone and shade.
Tiger in Ranthambore
Tiger · Ranthambore
The forest holds its breath.
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Journeys ahead · 2026 – 27

Fixed departures,
small groups.

Set dates across India's most storied landscapes, six travellers to a journey. Request a place and I'll confirm availability personally.

From the field

Reels & moving frames.

Short films from the forest floor. The moments between the photographs.

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In their own words
Where we go

Landscapes I know by heart.

I only lead journeys to places I return to again and again, where I can read the light, the seasons and the movement of the wild.

Begin the conversation

Come and stand
inside the story.

Tell me which landscape is calling, or simply say hello. I reply to every note personally, usually within a day.

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