Water where the forest needs it.
At Aamaghati, a hub-and-spoke pipeline system uses solar power to feed a freshwater point inside a non-tourism area of Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve—supporting wildlife beyond the familiar safari circuit.
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Conservation,
carried quietly.
Practical support for the landscapes we travel through and the people who protect them.
Safari Crafters archive · Ranthambhore
Our position
A responsibility that
continues beyond the journey.
Safari Crafters supports conservation through Astral Foundation as an ongoing commitment, funded independently and never presented as an obligation to our guests.
The focus is practical and long-term: strengthening field capacity, caring for habitat, supporting research and investing in the communities that share these wildlife landscapes.
A decade in the field
The measure of
long-term work.
Figures published by Astral Foundation across its forest conservation and climate-resilience programmes in India.
- 10+
- years supporting forest conservation and climate resilience
- 20+
- protected parks and key wildlife landscapes across India
- 30,000+
- hectares improved through renewable energy and infrastructure
- 500+ kW
- of green power installed through Project GreenWater
- 250+ km
- of solar-powered water distribution inside tiger reserves
- 800+
- solar-powered water bodies restored across forest habitats
- 100M+ L
- of rainwater harvested annually through sustainable systems
- 4,000+
- forest guards supported across more than 700 camps
The field record
Where support
becomes useful.
The work is often quiet by nature: infrastructure, training, monitoring and habitat care. Its value lies in what it enables over time.
Knowledge built in the field.
Astral Foundation supported the Gharial Ecology Project, helping researchers monitor more than 45 radio-tagged gharials across over 400 kilometres of protected river habitat in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
Following water uphill.
In Ranthambhore’s elevated Rann area, solar pumps and HDPE pipelines move water from Khemchakund to terrain more than 450 metres higher. The system helps retain prey and predators within the landscape through the driest months.
Mobility for the front line.
Four patrol vehicles were provided to the Forest Department at Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, strengthening everyday monitoring, wildlife protection and the response to human–wildlife conflict across the reserve.
A national footprint
From tiger reserves
to migration corridors.
North & westRanthambhore · Sariska · Jhalana · Kutch · Gir · Kashmir markhor landscape
Central IndiaPanna · Kanha · Pench · Bandhavgarh · Satpura · Gandhisagar
South & eastNagarhole · Bandipur · BRT · Sathyamangalam · Meghamalai · Brahmaputra landscape
Species supported through these programmesAsian elephant, tiger, lion, caracal, one-horned rhinoceros, markhor, otter, leopard, fishing cat, sloth bear, gharial, vulture, wolf, golden jackal, deer and great hornbill.