Overview - Snow Leopard Safaris

World Big Cat Safaris offers small group snow leopard safaris and private tailored made snow leopard safaris to the Indian Himalayas to track the endangered snow leopards.

Snow Leopards are one of the rarest Big Cats in the world, with only about 6000 – 7000 animals living in the Central Asian Mountains. Poachers target these beautiful cats for their thick coats as well as their organs which are used in traditional Chinese medicines. Although they live in very remote areas of Asia they still come into contact with local herdsmen who on occasions have been known to kill them to protect their livestock.

One of the best areas to see the snow leopard is around the mountainous regions of Ladakh in Himalaya India. During the winter months snow leopards move to lower altitudes as they follow their prey species to their feeding grounds. This gives us the best opportunity to see these elusive cats.

Snow Leopard Safaris in general are very hard work in very cold conditions and this should be taken into consideration when booking. Due to the remoteness of the region and the logistics and services that we have to employ in order to guarantee our high level of services, snow leopard safaris are towards the higher end of the financial spectrum.