The most popular tourist attraction in Kanha is the Kanha National Park. Located in the Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh Kanha is considered to be the best maintained Tourist Friendly Park in India. Kanha is supposed to have been the inspiration and setting for the Indian novels of Rudyard Kipling, especially the popular Jungle Book. In 1955 the Kanha Park was converted into a National Park. With the launching of the Project Tiger, the park was declared a tiger reserve in 1974.Today Kanha is among the few most scenic and beautiful wildlife reserves in Asia.

Kanha National park is open from November to June, with each season imparting its own beauty to the park. The highpoint of your visit would be the unique privilege of sitting atop an elephant and watching the fascinating Royal Bengal tiger in its natural surroundings. While on the tiger trail you are bound to come across other animals in the open grassy meadows. Kanha has some 22 species of mammals, of which the most easily spotted are the Striped Palm Squirrel, Common Langur, Jackal, Wild Pig, Chital or Spotted Deer, Barasingha or Swamp Deer, Sambar and Black Buck. Kanha also has some 200 species of birds. Water birds can be seen near the rivulets and Sarvantal, a pool that is frequented by water birds. However, if one animal species were to represent Kanha, it would probably be the barasingha, or the swamp deer. The barasinghas at Kanha are unique, being the hard ground variety, which populate the large open tracts of grass amidst the forests of teak and bamboo. Twenty years ago, the barasingha was faced with extinction but some desperate measures including the fencing-off of some animals helped save them. Kanha National Park also has the Kanha Museum within the premises of the park. It displays the functions of the park and also has exhibits, which portray the tribal culture of the state of Madhya Pradesh.

Excursions from Kanha

Excursions can be made from Kanha National Park to places in and around Kanha.Bamni Dadar, also known as Sunset Point, is one of the most beautiful areas of the park, which affords the spectacular delight of watching a sunset. It also gives a beautiful view of the luxuriant Kanha forests. Animals can also be sighted from here. On your way to Kanha or back you can stop at Nagpur, located at a distance of 260 kms from Kanha National Park.Nagpur is an ancient city which has a number of interesting temples, forts and parks worth visiting. Nagpur is also the orange city, known for its orange orchards. Jabalpur is also another city, which is at a distance of 145 kms via mandla and is known for historical and archeological sites. Jabalpur is also famous for its highly revered Tilwara ghat where Mahatma Gandhi's ashes were immersed.

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