Here is information on Penn National Park and Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh -: Along with Kanha, Pench National Park shares the honour of being the original setting of Rudyard Kipling's famous work, The Jungle Book. Its natural wealth and richness of its flora and fauna have been mentioned in Abu'l Fazl's Ain-i-Akbari.
Once a part of a huge contiguous forest that included Kanha, Pench National Park, formally called Indira Priyadarshini Pench National Park, lies southwest of Kanha on the Pench River, which meanders through the Park. It is spread across Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
The Park is dominated by a fairly open canopy surrounded by mixed forests, a considerable shrub cover and open, grassy patches. This is perhaps the reason why the herbivore population is significantly higher here as compared to Kanha and Bandhavgarh. The high habitat heterogeneity favours a high population of chital and sambhar, the prey base for the tiger.
The teak forest of Pench is rich in wildlife and is especially famous for large herds of gaur (Indian bison), chital, sambhar, nilgai, wild dog and wild boar. The key predators here include tiger, leopard, wild dog and wolf. Other animals include sloth bear, chausingha, chinkara, jackal, fox and palm civet among others.
The prey concentration is highest along the banks of river Pench. The undulating topography supports a mosaic of vegetation ranging from moist, sheltered valleys to open, dry deciduous forests. Over 1,200 species of plants have been recorded from the area including several rare and endangered species as well as plants of ethno-botanical importance.
Pench Tiger Reserve is also among the best areas for bird-watching. Four species of the now endangered vulture – white-rumped, long billed, Egyptian and red-headed vultures - can be seen in good numbers inside the Reserve. There are over 285 species of resident and migratory birds including the Malabar pied hornbill, Indian pitta, osprey, grey-headed fishing eagle, white-eyed buzzard etc. In winter, thousands of migratory waterfowl including Brahmini duck, pochards, bar-headed geese and coots, are found in the Pench reservoir within the Park.
Best time to visit: October to June, Closed July-September
Timings: Sunrise to 12pm, 3pm to sunset
Entry Fee: Rs 100 (Indians); Rs 500 (foreigners)
Jeep hire: Rs 1,000
Guide fee: Rs 700 Additional charges for still photography and videography.
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