Kanha National Forest India Madhya Pradesh Quick Guide

 

1.       Visit to Kanha National Reserve Forest in Madhya Pradesh, India has its extreme charm which can only be achieved through a meticulous planning.

2.       I will elaborate my experience in Dec 2021 with possible suggestions as below .

3.       The broad divisions will be :-

a)      Generic Map of Kanha forest with various entry points and dependent planning

b)      Dependent Bookings

c)       Generic suggestions

4.       It is important to understand that the core forest is divided into 04 Safari / travel zones.

a)      Mukki  b) Kilsi  c) Sarhi  d) Kanha

b)      It also has 04 more Buffer/ Outer zones with Safari / Travel facilities . Best Tiger sightings are in core zone and buffer zone has its own ecosystem .

Once inside all zones are same , inter connected and jeeps have to move to assigned zones through another zone/s.

5.       Planning should commence with first looking for availability of online Safari facilities cum its bookings. The site is -- https://forest.mponline.gov.in/Search.aspx?park=2    .   There are 02 safaris per day a) Morning 0630 to 1030 hrs    b) Afternoon 1430 to 1800 hrs with a weekly rest/ off day on Thursday .

6.       Best is to book a Full vehicle Safari Ticket / Permit with max 06 pax in a Jeep, which once booked is unalterable / no more persons can be accommodated later . This charge is with one guard cum guide in jeep . In addition you have to incur expenditure for Safari Jeep costing as on today/ Dec 2021 Rs 3000/-

7.       Booking of Jeep for Safari is fixed through local Union and plenty are available which can be also easily arranged through local hotels .

8.       After all these book the Hotels which sometimes can be challenging for upper class travellers. Plenty accommodation are available for budget travellers. Point to remember here is to book Hotel depending on nearness to entry gates.

9.       Nearest access points from north is Jabalpur 260 Km away (06hrs ) with Airport & Rail facilities  and in the east is Raipur 250 Km away (06hrs ) with Airport and Rail facilities for travel to Kanha.

10   Network connectivity is still poor to slow .

11   In case you desire to book Hatchback from Raipur , may contact Driver cum owner Mr Gupta -9630896864 (Whatsapp Hindi & Broken English only). Expected rate as on Dec 2021 is Rs 1000/- driver cost plus @Rs10/- per km or Rs 3000/- per day (idling) .

12   Can also contact Guide cum local assistance for Booking & Stay- Mr Krishna Kumar- 9425483725 and for Jeep booking Shri Dhani Ram- 7067395067 .

1F   For Stay / accommodation, MP Tourism Guest House / Hotels are value for money where AP package ( 03 meals is good option ) .