Bandhavgarh Tourism: Hotels, Reviews, Packages, Photos, Maps, Experience, Itinerary

Bandhavgarh National Park is located in Umaria district on the extreme north- eastern border of Madhya Pradesh. Although Bandhavgarh is a small forest reserve, in the last few years, it has become one of the most prominent National Parks, owing to the high density of its tiger population. The mixed forests of Sal and bamboo and the abundance of water and prey create a very conducive atmosphere for the tiger population here. Bandhavgarh was declared a National Park in 1968 with an area of 105 sq. kilometres. The park is open from October to June every year and closed during the monsoons. There are three ways of exploring the forest here: vans, open jeeps or on elephants back. Apart from tigers you can also see sambar, chital, chinkara, barking deer, wild boar, leopard, and sloth bears. The area also has an extremely ancient fort, the Bandhavgarh Fort, which contains inscriptions from 300 AD on one of its