Kanha National Park

Kanha National Park and its Tiger Reserve have considered as one of the best protected areas of Asia and maybe it has best spot across the world to see tigers in the jungle. Kanha national park has been became a wildlife sanctuary in 1933. Kanha’s 318 sq km area was declared a National park in 1955 and 940 sq km of area was became one of the first nine Project Tiger Reserves in the year 1973.

Kanha National Park was being expanded in 1976, now the 940sq km of area is core area of the Kanha National Park and a buffer zone is 1005 sq km. 

Kanha National Park is located in the Maikal hills and it is located at the Satpura range of the central Indian highlands state of Madhya Pradesh. The land increases from 450 to 950 m. above sea level. Kanha is located at 160 kms of distance from Jabalpur.

Best time to visit

The famous Kanha National Park has open every day from month of October to June. The opening hours are scheduled to consent roughly with changes in climate and the length of the day at several seasons. There is always a mid - day break for employees, so that they may eat their lunch and take rest and the animals may have been relief too. 

Purpose

Most of people visit a national park with preset plan and expect to see some selective and highlighted animals likes most of visitors to visit tiger reserves with single mind-set to see tigers in forest and safari was declared wastage of time if not seen any tiger. We should visit for jungle safari with blank mind and try to coordinate with companion guide and we should collect all the information provided by guide. In jungle, there has something different and amazing in every step. Nature is something to feel nut not more to see. 

Driving

Drive slowly and with due to self care in any jungle safari. Drive in jungle safari is very different from drive in cities or open highways. If slow and steady drive won’t be disturb nearby resting or walking animals and it have to create scope for very good sighting photography from close to animals. Slow drive will also avails time to concentrate on jungle as well as to see several animals and notifying things more comprehensively.