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Kipling
Camp ,Kanha
About
Kanha National Park
Kipling Camp a Jungle Lodge that was established in 1990
on the edge of Kanha Tiger Reserve (Village Mocha near
Kisli Gate) in Madhya Pradesh. The camp is open to
naturalists, conservationists and those who wish to relax
in idyllic surroundings. It is also the home of TARA, the
much-loved elephant who starred in Mark Shand's best
selling epic "My Travels on an Elephant". Kipling Camp is
a simple and comfortable Forest Lodge with an excellent
cuisine and bar.
In order to ensure good sightings of tiger and other
wildlife, a stay of at least 3 nights is recommended.
Visitors are taken out by open four-wheel drive vehicles
to see and photograph wildlife at dawn and in the
afternoon picnics and bird walks are arranged.
Accommodation
Kipling Camp has cottages with 24 comfortable double
rooms, all with attached bathrooms. There is electricity
and excellent home cooking.
How to Get there
There are daily flights to Nagpur & Jabalpur from Delhi &
Mumbai(Bombay), & from Kolkata(Calcutta), Chennai(Madras)
& Hyderabad.
There are also daily express trains from Delhi, Bombay,
Madras & Calcutta to Jabalpur, (a 4 hour, 160 km. drive)
Nagpur, (a 7 hour, 260 km.drive) & Bilaspur, (a 6 hour,
240 km.drive).
Transport at actual cost from airport or railhead can be
arranged at extra costs.
About Kanha National
Park
Kanha Tiger Reserve comparieses
parts of the Mandla, Balaghat, Kwardha and dinodor
distrcts fothe Indian state fo Madhya Pradesh. It is
located in the Malkal hills of the Satpura hill range
Kanha is internationally renowned for its rich floral and
faunal attributes.
The Reserve is an excellent interspersion of the Dadars
garassy expanses, dense forest and riverine forest. It is
very rich in floral largely due to the combination of land
forms and soil types apart from the most character of the
regaion. The rich habitat diversity of the Reserve
suuports abundant animal communities and the lesser life
forms, The Reserve is the sanctum sanctorum of typical
Central Indian Fauna.
Kanha has distinguished itself in saving the endangered
Centeral Indian Barasingha (Cervus duvauceli branderi)
from extinction and harboring the only population of this
deer species in the World. Phen Wildlife sanchary (Phen
WLS) in the North East of Kanha has been made the mini
satellite core of the Reserve.
Southern tropical Moist Mixed Decidous Forest
Southern Tropical dry Decidous Mixed Forest
General Information
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Best Time to Visit: March to June
Nearest Town : Mandla (65 Km)
How to Get Here
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Air : Jabalpur (170 km), Nagpur (270 km)
Rail : Jabalpur (170 km), Nagpur (270 km)
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