MORNING & AFTERNOON JEEP SAFARIS
Adventure lovers and to explore the wild life nicely, Kanha National Park is the best place. Apart from the different species of wild animals, Kanha national park is the combination of Sal forest, lovely grassy meadows and dense bamboo. The beauty of Kanha National Park is mesmerizing and whoever visit this park becomes speechless. The beauty of this Kanha National Park is so attractive that the tourists from different corners of the world visit this park as per their suitability.
The best way to explore the Kanha tiger reserve is in a 4 Wheel-drive Open Jeep safari that travels through the lush green forests basking in the elegance of Kanha. The safaris in Kanha National park are held in the mornings and afternoons. The Kanha wildlife safari is held in four different zones including Kisli, Mukki, Kanha, and Sarhi. During monsoon season, the safaris of core zones are shut down but you can always explore the Buffer zones of this national park any time of the year. The buffer zones mainly include – Khatia Zone, Khapa Zone, Phen Zone, and Sijora Zone.
Kanha is home to some 22 species of mammals that include royal Bengal tigers, leopards, striped palm squirrel, common langur, jackal, wild pigs, Chital, Barasingha or swamp deer, blackbuck, and sambar. Interestingly, Kanha Tiger Reserve is also respected globally for saving the barasingha from near extinction. Thus, ‘Bhoorsingh the Barasingha’ became the official mascot for Kanha National Park. Apart from these majestic animals, patient watching can also reward a sight of Indian hare, dhole or Indian wild dogs, barking deer, Indian bison or gaur, Indian fox, sloth bear, striped hyena, mouse deer, four-horned antelope, ratel and porcupine. Kanha Kisli National Park is also famous for 200 species of birds that include cattle egret, pond heron, black ibis, common peafowl, crested serpent eagle, racket-tailed drongo, hawk, red wattled lapwing, flycatcher, woodpecker, dove, babbler, Indian roller, white-breasted kingfisher, grey hornbill, and the mysterious Red-headed vulture.
Kanha is one the oldest protected areas of India, being declared a reserve forest in 1879 and a National Park in 1955. It was also among the first nine Tiger Reserves of India when ‘Project Tiger’ started in India because of its rich population of Tigers and being one of the prime habitat for them. Apart from supporting a viable population of the tiger, the National Park has also distinguished itself in saving the highly endangered hard ground Barasingha from extinction, and for close to five decades had the unique distinction of harboring the last world population of this deer species. Its in the recent years that this species has been successfully reintroduced in other national parks of Madhya Pradesh like Satpura Tiger Reserve and Van Vihar National Park.