Kanha Tiger Reserve
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Kanha Tiger Reserve
Kanha National Park is nestled in the Maikal range of Satpuras in Madhya Pradesh, the heart of India that forms the central Indian highlands.
The national park is being popularized as the Tiger reserve and interestingly is being declared as one of the finest wildlife areas in the world. Spreading across two revenue districts the Mandala and the Kalaghat, Kanha National Park was declared a reserve forest in 1879 and revalued as a wildlife sanctuary in 1933. Its position was further upgraded to a national park in 1955. Kanha Tiger Reserve languorously spread across a wide spread area of 1,949 sq. km, with 940 sq. km of core area and 1,009 sq. km of buffer zone; is one of the best habitats for tigers in India.
Lies in the heart of some of India's finest tiger habitat
Highlights of the park
- Kanha Tiger Reserve languorously spread across a wide spread area of 1,949 sq. km, with 940 sq. km of core area and 1,009 sq. km of buffer zone; is one of the best habitats for tigers in India.
- Kanha’s undulating landscape is dotted with dense groves of vegetation, hillocks and meadows. Of all these habitats, it is Kanha’s meadows that are its lifeline, as they sustain large numbers of Chital, Sambar, Barasingha and Gaur, which in turn support populations of predators and co-predators like Tigers, Leopards, Wild Dogs, Jungle Cats and Foxes.
- The park is primarily a moist Sal and moist mixed deciduous forest where Bamboo, Tendu, Sal, Jamun, Arjun and Lendia flourish. It is home to over 1,000 species of flowering plants and about 300 species of birds and one of the best park for tiger safari in India.
- Kanha National park is considered to be one of the finest wildlife areas in the world. Not only Kanha even the nearby destinations next to Kanha like Bandhavgarh, Pench etc. are the magnificent locations for the wildlife & nature lovers.
- Kanha brings the best destination for the wildlife lovers especially during the months from October to June. Being the central highlands of the Indian tropical zone, Kanha Reserve brings the most fascinating jungle tour to catch the glimpses of the rare wild creatures like Barasingha, wild Dog and Indian tiger.