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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 National 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 around 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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