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Bandhavgarh
“When a man wants to murder a tiger, he calls it sport; when the tiger wants to murder him, he calls it ferocity. The distinction between crime and justice is no
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With a coastline of 7,517 kilometers disparate topography that spans the Himalayas, Ghats, Thar Desert and Sundarbans and four distinct climates, India is indeed a great continent. Rich and precious biodiversity runs through the country from the Arabian Sea to the Bay of Bengal and from Kashmir to Kerala.
India has close to one hundred awesome national parks with incredible forests, rivers, mountains and is rife with an unimaginable wild life. The country’s national parks to display a side seldom seen.
As per my experience the probability of tiger sightings are high especially between April-June (in order of preference) in:
Bandhavgarh, Ranthambore, Kanha , Tadoba and Pench.
Elephant along with tiger co-exist at Corbett, Nagarhole (Kabini), Periyar, Kaziranga. The simple reason that water availability across jungle is limited (man made artificial water holes in most forests) and the tiger comes to the water body to quench its thirst. However the temperature can be high in summer which is the best season. The forests like Kanha / Bandhavgarh are having much open space where tiger spotting is easier than a dense forest like Nagarhole /Corbett and Namdapha. However the temperature can be high. However,the role of the guide and driver are very important. One needs to be patient and it also depends on your co-tourists in the jeep.
The Superb National Parks in India to sight tigers |
| Bandhavgarh |
1/ Bandhavgarh National Park
The Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh state is a popular destination because of Bandhavgarh National Park. Tigers dominate the 437 km² reserve in numbers rarely seen on the subcontinent. As with so many other national parks in India, Bandhavgarh also has a fair share of cultural attractions as well.
http://www.bandhavgarh-national-park.com/ |
| Ranthambore |
2/Ranthambore National Park
Ranthambore National Park is one of the biggest and most renowned national park in Northern India. The park is located in the Sawai Madhopur district of southeastern Rajasthan, which is about 130 kms from Jaipur.
http://www.ranthamborenationalpark.com/ |
| Kanha |
3/ Kanha National Park
The lush sal and bamboo forests, grassy meadows and ravines of Kanha provided inspiration to Rudyard Kipling for his famous novel "Jungle Book". The Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh came into being in 1955 and forms the core of the Kanha Tiger Reserve, created in 1974 under Project Tiger. The frequent sightings of Tigers roaming in the wild at Kanha Wildlife Sanctuary remain the most popular draw.
http://www.kanhanationalpark.com/ |
| Tadoba |
4/ Tadoba National Park
Tadoba is the oldest National Park of Maharashtra. It is a compact National Park of about 120 sq.km. perched at an altitude of 200m and is placed 100 km south of Nagpur and 45 km north of the district headquarter and industrial town of Chandrapur. Tadoba is also one of the India's 28 Project Tiger Reserve. Tadoba has around 50 tigers along with some rare Indian wildlife such as, Leopards, Sloth Bears, Gaur, Wild Dogs, Hyenas, Civet and Jungle cats, and many species of Indian deer like Sambar, Cheetal, Nilgai, and Barking Deer.
http://www.tadobanationalpark.com/ |
| Pench |
5/ Pench National Park
Pench National park, nestling in the lower southern reaches of the
Satpuda hills is named after Pench river, meandering through the park from north to south. It is located on the southern boundary of Madhya Pradesh, bordering Maharashtra. The key predator is the Tiger followed by Leopard, Wild Dog and Wolf. Other animals include Sloth Bear, Chousingha, Chinkara, Barking Deer, Jackal, Fox, Palm Civet, Small Indian Civet, Jungle Cat, Hyena, Porcupine etc.
http://www.penchnationalpark.com/Elephants and national parks!
Seeing elephants automatically means south india (exclusing andhra pradesh). some of the finest National Parks are located here --
Nagarhole, Mudumalai, Bandipur and Wayanad to name few.
The elephant is undoubtedly the king of the Indian jungle and there is no other place than the lush hilly jungles of south India are they at their greatest glory!