GV,

My game viewing experiences in parts of India are that a Shikar there in the good old days would have been very much similar to an African safari.

Different species. Very different culture. Buta very similar hunting experience.

Though hunting from a machan would be more prevalent than in Africa.

And hunting from on top of an elephant is far different.

Some areas of India had wild elephant, gaur cattle, water buffalo, tiger, leopard, some had lions, sambar deer, chital axis deer, barasinga deer, other deer species, chingara antelopem Black buck, Nilgai, wild boar, wild dogs, jackals, peacocks, wild cock, geese, ducks, all sorts of birds. Much more.

Hunting in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia might be different with smaller areas, but lots of varying species.

You experiences there are enviable.

One can again do limited hunting, water buffalo and other game in Malaysia, Borneo.