Kedar Bhat, an award winning photographer and expert, joins the team to lead Photography - Trips for our members. Kedar is a professional photographer and has been covering varied genres of photography that range from Editorial, Commercial, Wildlife, Travel and Astrophotography to name a few.

Kedar brings with him more than a decade of experience and robust technical expertise to the table. He has worked with Outlook group of publications and has been a major contributor to various publications like Times Group, PTI, Indian Express, Jet-wings, and Discover India etc.

A winner of the “Pro-Division - National Wildlife Photo Contest” in 2009, Wildlife Photographer of the year for “Mumbai Press Club”, Kedar has earned several other accolades in the past decade. A visiting faculty for various reputed photography institutions; he has been a part of the judging panel for “Better Photography – Photographer of the Year” and “WWF - Young Environmentalists Program”, MTDC etc.

Gaurav Athalye, is the founder and Director of Jungle Lore. A travel expert with years of experience in the unknown realms of Himalayas and the Indian wilderness, Gaurav has been featured in the lifestyle travel section by many publications.

Gaurav loves photography and has been pursuing it for the last 4 years. His clicks have drawn great appreciation by many in the exhibitions featuring Travel, Culture and Indian/African wildlife. He loves to photograph mammals in their various moods and has collected a variety of rare moments over the period, though portraits remain his favorite subject.

An experienced naturalist, having spent a lot of time in forests, Gaurav has an uncanny habit of making sightings happen. He is passionate about felines and with his dedicated team of naturalists and drivers, a unique safari experience is guaranteed. His valuable experience as a Travel Guru brings the concept of 18-55 from blueprints to reality.