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Travel to Kanha National Park

Travel to Jungle Book country when you travel on an Incredible India Travel wildlife itinerary to Kanha National Park. You'll find yourself making a journey into the land described in the pages of Rudyard Kipling's classic book for children The Jungle Book.

Located in Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh in central India, Kanha national park is regarded as among the best-managed national parks in Asia. Spreading over 316 sq Km Kanha National Park was originally called the Banjar Valley Sanctuary. The landscape of the sanctuary consists of hilly ranges surrounding a grassy meadow. Dry deciduous forest with a large number of Sal trees covers most of Kanha national park, though bamboo clumps, marshy patches and swamps are also found. Kanha is known for the Swamp Deer or Barasingha, an endangered species, which are found here in significant numbers.

Some of the animals you will see on your Incredible India Travel to Kanha are tigers, leopards, deer including Barasingha, jungle fowl, peacock, wild boar, gaur or Indian bison and many species of birds. You can travel within Kanha National Park on elephants of the forest department and view wildlife from up close. The machans within the park are also good observation paosts from which you can view animals approaching watering holes to drink. Travel to the Sunset Point or Bamni Dadar in Kanha National Park for a breathtaking view of the sunset, with the last rays of the sun lighting up the broad meadow surrounded by hills in twilight.

Travel to Kanha during the winter for the best weather and views of animals on your Incredible India Travel wildlife itinerary. Kanha National Park is closed during the monsoon season during the months of July to November.