Kanha National Park

Kanha National park is located in the Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh and it extends over an area  of over 1,940-sq-kms. The major feature of this region's interesting topography is the horseshoe shape valley and the whole park area is surrounded by the spurs of the Mekal. By a special statue in 1955, Kanha national park came into being since then, a series of stringent conservation programmes for the protection of the park’s flora and fauna has given Kanha its deserved reputation for being one of the finest and best  administered national parks in Asia, an irresistible attraction for all wild life  lovers a true haven for  its animal and avian  population. Kanha national park has 22 species of  mammals. Those most  easily spotted are TIGER, Indian hare, Indian wild dog, the Stripped Palm  Squirrel, Common  langur, Jackal, Wild Pig, Chital or Spotless deer, Barasingha or Swamp deer,  Sambar and black  Buck.

Patient watching should reward the visitor, with a sight of Indian Fox, Sloth bear, Striped hyena, Jungle cut, Lepord, Mouse Deer, Chausingha or four horned antelope, Nilgai, Ratel and Porcupine.

 Avian Species: Kanha National Park has some 200 species of birds. Watchers should station themselves in the hills, where the mixed and bamboo forests harbour many species and in the grassy forest clearings. Water birds can be seen near the park’s many rivulets and at Sarvantal, a pool that is frequented by water birds and the area in front of the museum.