Location: Umaria District, Madhya Pradesh
Main Wildlife: Tigers, Leopards, Bears
Area: 105.40-sq-kms
Bandhavgarh National Park Short Review
Bandhavgarh National Park is one of the Indian wild life sanctuaries located in Indian state Madhya Pradesh. The national park is situated at 197 km away north-east of Jabalpur. The thick forest of Bandhavgarh National Park sits in a bowl encircled by cliffs and wooded Vindhyan mountains, and its plains have a number of grass and reed covered wetlands where Kingfishers dive and Egrets sit poised, hunch-backed, in the shallows. Up above, vultures nestle in holes in the sheer cliffs.
Flora In Bandhavgarh
Initially just 105.40-sq-kms in area, Bandhavgarh with 25 resident tigers, was noted for its high-density tiger population. Today, it has been extended to an area of 437-sq-kms. About half the Bandhavgarh park is covered with fine trees of Sal, while mixed forests are found in the higher reaches of the hills. Stretches of bamboo and grasslands extend to the north. The main wildlife viewing is still done in the core of the park with its 32 picturesque, wooded hills.
Major Wildlife Attractions of Bandhavgarh
Once a hunting reserve of the royal family of Rewa, Bandhavgarh was declared a park in 1968. This is also the site where the fanmous WHITE TIGERS of Rewa were discovered. Through an elephant safari into jungle, the chances of seeing a tiger are quite good. Other wild attractions include, Nilgai, Chausingha, Chital, Chinkara, Wild Boar and sometimes a Fox or Jackal.
Jeep and Elephant Safari in Bandavgarh
early morning hours till evening. A forest department guide is always their with the visitors on these jeep trips taken inside the park. Elephant safari trips are organised for tiger tracking early in the morning.
Best Time to Visit
Park Remains closed during monsoon from July to Early November. The visiting season of Bandhavgarh national park starts from Mid-November to June.
How to Reach
Air: Khajurao at 230-kms is the most convenient airport connected by various domestic airline.
Train : The nearest railhead Umaria at 30-kms is on the Katni-Bilaspur section of South-Eastern Railway. Another convenient railhead Satna (117-kms) is on the Bombay-Howrah main line of the Central Railway.
Road: Some of the important road distances are: Khajuraho (via Satna)230-kms, Varanasi (via Rewa) 340-kms, Katni 75-kms, Rewa 115-kms, Umaria 30-kms, Kanha 250-kms.
