Indian safari seems to have come of age, with Taj Hotels, ITC and Leisure Hotels scouting for properties to promote high-end tours Ravi Teja Sharma NEW DELHI THE wildlife lodges segment has caught the fancy of hospitality companies. While Taj Safaris, a JV between Taj Hotels and CC Africa, has opened two luxury wildlife resorts in Madhya Pradesh, Leisure Hotels, which has a large presence in Uttarakhand, is now entering the wildlife lodges segment with a lodge to boot in Madhya Pradesh. "We do have a mandate to add five new properties in the next three years,' says Taj Safaris director (operations) Mridula Tangirala, adding: "We are looking for new locations.' CC Africa marketing director Nicky Fitzgerald was recently reported as saying that his company was looking at setting up four new safari lodges in India