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Pench Kanha

Kanha National Park · Pench National Park
Duration
8 Days · 7 Nights
The route
Kanha National Park · Pench National Park
Style
Tigers & wild forest
Best season
Oct–Jun · best Mar–Jun
What you're tracking

What you'll see

Tiger
Pench's teak-forest cats.
Indian wild dog
Indian wild dog
Hunting in packs.
Birdlife
Birdlife
One of central India's best parks for it.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Nagpur → Pench

Into Pench

Out at first light.

Drive in from Nagpur and head out on an afternoon drive along the Pench river.

02Pench

River and teak

Cats before the heat.

Morning and afternoon safaris in the teak forest and along the river, strong on tigers, deer herds and birds.

03Pench

River and teak

The forest wakes.

Drives built around the river and reservoir, with raptors and the chance of tiger and wild dog.

04Pench → Kanha

On to Kanha

Patience, then a sighting.

Transfer to Kanha and settle in, with an afternoon outing to get your bearings.

05Kanha

Across the meadows

Slow hours, sharp eyes.

Morning and afternoon safaris across Kanha's sal forest and meadows, with barasingha, gaur and the chance of tiger.

06Kanha

Across the meadows

Out at first light.

Long drives through the core, working the meadows at first light for predators on the move.

07Kanha

Across the meadows

Cats before the heat.

Morning and afternoon safaris across Kanha's sal forest and meadows, with barasingha, gaur and the chance of tiger.

08Kanha → onward

Departure

A last morning, then the road home.

A final morning in onward — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.

When to travel

The season changes what you see.

Mar – Jun

Peak tiger season

Hot and dry, when the forest thins and tigers come to water — the strongest sightings.

Oct – Feb

Cool and green

Comfortable drives and good general game; core zones reopen by October after the monsoon.

Destinations

Where this journey goes

Wildlife you may see
Tiger

Make it yours.

Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.

Field notes, now and then.

Where to go · When to go · Wildlife in season

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