Pench National Park - A Land Of Mowgli and Tigers
"Jungle -Jungle Baat
Chali Hai Pata Chala hai, Areee Chaddi Pehen ke phool khila hai phool Khila
hai"
I am sure everyone has a memory about this famous jingle from
Famous Kids Show “The Jungle Book” which is based on a Character whose name is
Mowgli who stuck in a Jungle and stayed there with all the Jungle animals and
adapted their living styles.
In this Story I am going to cover that place which is assume
to be Mowgli’s place and he had so many Jungle Friends. Yes, it is Pench
National Park which is in the Middle India and on the border of Maharashtra
& Madhya Pradesh. Its Major area comes in Madhya Pradesh and some of the
part is in Maharashtra.
This is Called Land of Tigers, Beautiful Birds, Bisence, Leopards,
Elephants and many more Species home. I had got a chance to visit with some of
my friends during the April' 2018 and was wonderful experience and got many
sightings of tigers and other animals and bird there.
So the story begins with the journey to Nagpur from Mumbai.
This was well planned by one of a awesome friend and itinerary was even better
than the previous National Park visits. We took a train from Mumbai to Nagpur
and from Nagpur we traveled to Pench by Cab. Cab takes around one n half hour
from Nagpur station.
Most of the area of this National Park is in Madhya Pradesh
and some are is in Maharashtra. We had a small, but beautiful resort booked
near the gate of Pench National park. It was a machaan (Tree house sort) and a
very calm place. The rooms are made of wood and was surrounded by dense trees.
Lot of Species of Birds were chipering in the compound and in our balcony of
the room. Well it was Noon and we had to leave for our very first safari and
for this we had to have freshen up. After fresh n up we had our lunch and we
were all set for the safari. Our jeeps were waiting outside our resort and we
boarded our jeeps with our Identity Proofs (It is must to have the Photo
identity proof which you gave at the time of Safari booking.)
So it was the time to spend approx 3 hours in the home of
beautiful Animals in Pench National Park.I always cherish the Visit to Pench
National Park as it has maximum chances to sight the Tigers and other Animals.
We entered in the gate and after the tar road we took the off
road. we were eight people in the jeep including 1 guide and one driver dada. We
all were looking around to find and sight tigers as sighting tiger was the
ultimate goal for the visit. We went through the lake side and tried to spot at many places. We
hhad a wonderful guide and there is way of finding the tigers presence which is
call by Langoors and Sambar deer. they get to know where the tigers are and they
give it a call to other animals if the tiger is coming towards them. This is an
unique this which gives an idea to guide and driver of the jeep and they move
towards the call direction. Sometimes we waited for almost half n hour to check
if tiger is coming towards that direction where we were waiting. One need
patience if you are want to witness the wildlife or in to wildlife photography.
We were ok as everyone in our group was interested in wildlife in someway. Finally
we get to hear some call and we moved towards that. And her we found the Langadi
and also the Raiyakassa The full male tiger.
Tigress Baras
We were lucky to have a superb gimps of Raiyakassa, Langadi, Tigress Baras .It was really satisfactory visit to Pench and got superb shots
of incredibly beautiful Big Cat’s.
We stayed there for 2 nights and did 4 safari;s including 3
from Turia gate which comes in Madhya Pradesh and 1 from khursapar gate which
comes in Maharashtra.
Kursapar side is core area which is small and more dense in term of bushes and
trees and have more chances of sighting
tigers in this area.
Pench national park is Highly recommended if you are wildlife
lover and would love to get glimpse of Tigers and other animals.
Check some shots taken during the Visit To Pench .
