| More about Kanha National Park | | | | Safari at Kanha National Park |
| Kanha National Park is a Tiger Reserve and a park | | | | The elephant safari and jeep safari are the 2 options |
| situated in Balaghat and Mandla districts in Madhya | | | | for spectacular viewing of wild animals in the park. |
| Pradesh, India. This park covers an area of about | | | | These are available any time during your visits. The |
| 940 square kilometers in the 2 districts including | | | | right time for viewing animals is during late night and |
| Balaghat and Mandla. It forms the Kanha Tiger | | | | early morning when they are usually wide awake. |
| Reserve together with the Phen Sanctuary adjacent | | | | The safaris are available in 6:00 am to 12:00 noon and |
| 110 square kilometers and a surrounding 1,009 square | | | | 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm in the afternoon. |
| kilometers buffer zone. This park has an important | | | | Other Attraction aside from Kanha National Park |
| population of Barasingha and Royal Bengal Tiger. | | | | Kanha Museum |
| Fauna | | | | This museum is situated inside the Park. The museum |
| Kanha National Park has a large population of tiger | | | | is the perfect place to know the topography and |
| estimated to about 121 in June 2006. It also has a | | | | several interesting aspects of the park which could |
| significant population of Indian wild dog, leopards and | | | | boost your experience of visiting the Park. |
| the sloth bear. There is an estimated number of 396 | | | | Bamni Dadar |
| Indian wild dogs, while leopards are estimated to be | | | | This place is also called the "Sunset Point" and the |
| at about 80 in all. The sloth bear is estimated to 111 | | | | most attractive area inside the Park. Animals including |
| individuals in the year 2000. | | | | four-horned antelope, gaur, barking deer and sambar |
| Most prey species of a large predator is chital or | | | | deer can be viewed around the area. |
| spotted deer. This is estimated to be 20,000 in the | | | | Raja Rani |
| Park. The 2nd largest population of deer is Cervus | | | | This area is situated close to the visitor center in |
| Unicolor or sambar which constitutes significant prey | | | | Park. |
| base of the tiger. Several usually observed mammals | | | | How to Reach Kanha National Park |
| are the grey langur estimated to be 6,668 in | | | | Jabalpur is the closest airport about 6 hours drive |
| population, wild boar at about 8,534, sambar at more | | | | from Park. There are daily services to Nagpur and |
| than 3,621 and the gaur estimated to be more than a | | | | Raipur from other airports in India. |
| thousand in the year 2000. | | | | There are 2 ways to reach the Kanha National Park |
| Other superior species of the Kanha Park are the | | | | via Kisli or via Khatia. There are also regular services |
| Indian gray mongoose, small Indian civet, honey | | | | to this park from Jabalpur. From Raipur, Jabalpur and |
| badger, smooth-coated otter, Bengal fox, golden | | | | Bilaspur one could hire taxis to this park. Cars are not |
| jackal and rhesus macaque. It also includes the Indian | | | | allowed inside Kanha Parkafter dark. |
| hare, Indian porcupine, Indian pangolin, spotted | | | | The suitable railheads from Kanha Park are Nagpur |
| chevrotain, leopard cat, jungle cat and the striped | | | | and Jabalpur. These 2 are well connected by |
| hyena. | | | | superfast and fast trains. |