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Kanha National park is located
in the Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh and it
extends over an area of over 1,940-sq-kms. Kanha
National Park was created on 1 June 1955. The nearest
airport and railhead is at Jabalpur, around 175 km
away(6 hours by road). Kanha National Park, part of
Project Tiger.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. Kanha is home to about 22 species of
mammals and about 300 species of birds. Commonly
observed mammals include the Common Grey Langur,
Chital, Chousingha, Sambar and Barasingha or Swamp
deer. Barasingha were only 60 left in this planet when
measures were taken to prevent extinction. As of June
2006, the count is around 1200. An attempt to raise
the black buck here has failed. This is tiger country
. One can also find leopards, the Sloth bear and
Indian wild dog.
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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. Kanha
National Park has some 200 species of birds. So if you
happen to be bird watcher, look forward to a full bird
show. While searching for the king of the jungle -
tiger, you can have a quick look at gray langurs,
nilgai, porcupines, hyena, chousingha, mongoose,
leopard, wild pig, jungle cat, chital or spotted deer
and gaur or Indian bison.
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 Kawardha just east of the
Maikala Range to the south east of Kanha
National park, In this remote area Maharaja Viswaraj Singh has
recently opened his palace to visitors. It provides a
delightfully quite unspoiled contrast with India’s big
cities and
with the much busier tourist circuit of Rajasthan’s
‘palace circuit’
who live in forest surrounding the town, and these are
several eleventh century temples in the immediate
region.
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