About Kanha
All about Kanha National Park, a tiger reserve with beautiful highlands presenting the picturesque wildlife of central India.
Memorable Safari
Kanha offers safaris in 4x4 vehciles into the national park divided in to safari zones. These zones are booked on first cum first serve basis. Safari zones are further divided into gypsy routes.
Amazing Landscape
Kanha offers a mix of grasslands and hills terrains along with dense trees. Making it a paradise for the jungle enthusiasts.
Nature Prizes
Nature has gifted our national park - Kanha abundantly. From trees that have medicinal value to wildlife that stands close to the best gifts natute can provide.
Educational Travel
Kanha is an educational as well as wildlife destinations. The stories and efforts taken to reach epitome of sustainability are remarkble and best to learn from.
About Kanha National Park
Kanha National Park is one of the most refined wildlife sanctuaries not only in India but throughout Asia and it has come out successfully as one of the clear success stories of India in wildlife.
Officially established on June 1, 1955, covering a massive 940 sq km area of Madhya Pradesh, which runs into the districts of Mandla and Balaghat, this picturesque reserve also represents the backwaters of the far larger Kanha Tiger Reserve, itself a stretched-out span of around 1,949 sq kms if you consider buffer area.
SOME INSIGHTS
Kanha Not Just a Tiger Safari Park
History
The history of the park can be associated with the Gond tribal land or Gondwana (Land of Gonds). These thick forests have been home to the hunter-nomad ancestors of the indigenous Gond and Baiga tribes who for over thousands of years lived in tune with nature and viewed the forest as a shrine. In the British colonial days, there was a lot of commercial exploitation, so the wildlife crashed. However, the forests of Kanha became a reserved forest in 1879 and the wildlife sanctuary in 1933, which marked the foundation for the Kanha National Park.
Project Tiger
The park became the centre of attention internationally when it was named one of nine reserves sold under Project Tiger in 1973, India’s now-ambitious tiger conservation accuracy. This became a keen turning point for Kanha’s conservation story, as strict anti-poaching measures and habitat restoration measures have led to an impressive surge in tiger numbers.
Wildlife Conservation
Kanha National Park is renowned as much in Indian literature as in global wildlife conservation. It is said that these mystical forests are world renowned for having been the inspiration behind Rudyard Kipling’s eternal classic “The Jungle Book” with the park’s vistas forming the lush green landscapes in the backdrop of Mowgli’s adventures. The park became the first in India to have an official mascot “Bhoorsingh the Barasingha” to creatively increase morale and symbolise the unparalleled conservation efforts and successes in saving the central hard-ground swamp deer from extinction!
Topography
The landscape of the park is a mix of moist sal and bamboo forests, grassy river valleys, moist deciduous forests and bamboo covered hills, and over 300 species of birds as well as many animal species can be found in the park. Of the three core safari areas, Kisli, Mukki and Sarhi, Mukki Zone has recorded the highest tiger sightings as per latest Tiger Sighting Index. Known for its high density of tigers, and regular sightings, Mukki Zone towards the southern periphery of the park would be a preference for wildlife enthusiasts looking for tigers. The Kisli Zone is also a good zone to spot a tiger and has a variety of landscapes to cover, like sal forest and meadows. Sarhi Zone is famous but relatively low on tiger sightings than Mukki.
Ranked Best Wildlife Reserve - Rich Bio Diversity
Today, Kanha National Park ranks among the very best wildlife reserves in the world, well-known for its rich biodiversity, high achieving conservation programmes and efficiently managed eco-tourism. The importance of this park goes beyond frontiers, providing a motif for a sustainable wildlife management and for community involvement in the conservation of wildlife throughout India.