Monday, February 13, 2006

Tiger tiger burning bright... in the forest of the night...


Visited the Kanha tiger reserve between the 25th and 30th of January 2006.












The entire National Park area is 940 sq. km. located in the Maikal hills of the Satpuras, parts of Mandla & Balaghat districts of Madhya Pradesh.Apart from a healthy population of tigers, the reserve is the only habitat of Barasingha or Swamp Deer.

Fauna Found at Kanha
Mammals:
Chital
Sambar
Barasingha
Gaur
Wild boar
Sloth bear
Langur
Tiger


Birds:

The Reserve supports around 300 species of birds.Storks

Eagles
Drangos
Parakeets
Herons
Teals/Ducks
Green bee eater

Getting There
Road : Kanha National Park is connected by road with Jabalpur 175-kms and Nagpur 266-kms.

Temperature
Minimum : 2°C
Maximum : 43°C

Visiting Seasons
April to June (Summer)
November to January (Winter)
The park remains closed between July and November (Monsoon)



Flora Found at Kanha

Moist Peninsular Sal Forests

Southern Tropical Moist Mixed Deciduous and Dry Deciduous Mixed Forest


3 comments:

vashok said...

Hmmmmm.....

Very nice pics...seems like a nice trip...
Havent talked to u in a while.
Talk 2 u soon

donthecat said...

Great snaps madam. Got some more?

Vasu the terrible said...

so you spotted a tiger ???

lucky... I think it is a high point in anyone's life if you spot one in the wild.

with a dwindling population and all..

great pic!!

vasu