About Kanha National Park

Kanha is tucked away in the Eastern part of the Central-Indian Satpura Range. Legendary for its wilderness and tiger sightings, the reserve was immortalized by Rudyard Kipling, who set his 1894 Jungle Book adventure of Mowgli in these very forests. The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the world's premier conservation institute, have rated Kanha as the best managed park in Asia. It stretches over an area of 940 km² in the two districts Mandla and Balaghat. Together with a surrounding buffer zone of 1009 km² and the neighboring 110 km² Phen Sanctuary it forms the Kanha Tiger Reserve.

Immensely rich in game, Kanha has the distinction of harboring the last of the highly endangered Hard Ground Barasingha. The vast size of the park makes extended explorations possible and Kanha is a favourite with photographers for its sheer quality of wildlife viewing. Tiger sightings are frequent and meadows abound with large herds of Chital and Barasingha. The park is also a good place to see the Leopard, Sloth Bear, Asiatic Wild Dog and Indian Bison.

Wild Animals and Birds at Kanha

Animals : Common Langurs, Rhesus Macaque, Asiatic Jackal, Bengal Fox, Sloth Bear, Ratel, Gray Mongoose, Striped Hyena, Jungle Cat, Leopard, Spotted Deer, Sambar, Chausingha, Nilgai, Chinkara and Tiger.

Birds : Browed fantails, Steppe eagles, Green pigeons, Grey Malabar Hornbills, Blossom headed Parakeets, Blue bearded bee eaters, Green bee eaters, White bellied drongos, Owls, Minivets, Woodshrikes, Paradise flycatchers, etc.