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Location:
Sahdol District, Madhya Pradesh
Area : 105.40 sq. kms.
Wildlife Tourist Attractions: Home to a wide range of
animals like Tigers, Leopards, Bears.
Best Activities: Wildlife watching and sightseeing.
Nearest Tourist Destinations: Umaria and Kanha.
When to Visit: Mid November to June
About Bandhavgarh National Park
The Bandhavgarh National Park is located within the district of
Sahdol in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The
Bandhavgarh National Park is encircled by cliffs and wooded
Vindhyan mountains, having dense forests. Its plains own
a number of grass and reed covered wetlands where one can see
Kingfishers dive and Egrets sit poised, hunch-backed, in the
shallows. Vultures have their nests in the holes of the sheer
cliffs.
The Bandhavgarh jungle has its own climate, atmosphere, water
and nutrition, a living self-sustaining organism recharged
through its recycling systems. It even has a sleep wake cycle.
As more light fills the sky, Bandhavgarh begins to awaken.
The Park consists primarily of Sal forests, which is one of the
main tree-cover found in the entire park along with Bamboo. It
was finally declared a tiger reserve under Project Tiger in
1993.
Major Attractions in Bandhavgarh National Park
The Vegetation
Most of the Bandhavgarh park is covered with fine trees of Sal,
while mixed forests are found in the higher reaches of the
hills. Bamboo and grasslands are found in the north. The
wildlife can be viewed from 32 beautiful hills in the core of
the park.
The Animals
Bandhavgarh Nati onal
Park in its early days was just 105.40-sq-kms in area, but it
extended to an area of 437 sq. kms. The park had just 25
resident tigers in the past, but now it has high-density tiger
population. Bandhavgarh was once a hunting reserve of the royal
family of Rewa, but recently Bandhavgarh was declared a reserve
park in 1968. This is also the site where the famous White
Tigers of Rewa were discovered.
Just roam through the Bandhavgarh national park on an Elephant
Back and the chances of seeing a tiger are quite good. Among the
other wild attractions include, Nilgai, Chausingha, Chital,
Chinkara, Wild Boar and sometimes a Fox or Jackal can also seen.
The Birds
Bandhavgarh, with a total of aroun d
150 species of birds is a bird lover's paradise. Birds that can
be found here are white browed fantails, steppe eagles, green
pigeons, grey malabar hornbills, black and white malabar
hornbills (quite a rare sighting), blossom headed parakeets,
parakeets, blue bearded bee eaters, green bee eaters, white
bellied drongos, owls, Jerdon's and gold fronted leaf birds,
minivets, woodshrikes, etc.
Other attractions in Bandhavgarh are Kalchuri Archeological
Remains, Bandhavgarh Fort and Jeep & Elephant Safari.
Getting There
Air : Khajurao at 230-kms is the most convenient airport
connected by various domestic airline services with Agra, Delhi,
Varanasi.
Rail : The nearest railway station is at Umaria at a
distance of 30-kms, it is on the Katni-Bilaspur section of
South-Eastern Railway. Another convenient railway station Satna
(117-kms) is on the Bombay-Howrah main line of the Central
Railway.
Road : Bandhavgarh National Park is situated on the
Satna-Umaria & Rewa-Umaria highway. Some of the important road
routes are: Khajuraho (via Satna)230-kms, Varanasi (via Rewa)
340-kms, Katni 75-kms, Rewa 115-kms, Umaria 30-kms, Kanha
250-kms. Madhya Pradesh State Transport Bus Services is also
available from Rewa, Satna, Katni and Umaria.
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