Kanha National Park Travel Information
Distances from important cities / towns
Overland
Jabalpur: 230 km 5 hours
Nagpur: 300 km 6 hours
Raipur: 230 km 5 hours
Bandhavgarh : 325 km 7 hours
By Air:
Jabalpur : 230 km 5 hours
Raipur : 230 km 5 hours
By Rail
Umaria : 35 km 1 hour
Satna : 130 km 3 hours
Jabalpur : 200 km 4 hours
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Kanha National Park
Kanha National Park is located in Banjar and Halon valleys in the Mandla / Balaghat districts of the state of Madhya Pradesh. Kanha National Park is one of the India’s finest tiger reserves. It is spread more than 940 sq km in a horse shoe shaped valley bound by the spurs of the Mekal range the park presents a varies topography.
Kanha national park is more famous for its wildlife, the natural beauty of its landscape is just as fascinating. One of the best locations to enjoy that bounty is Bammi Dadar, also known as the sunset point..
Bammi Dadar, also known as the sunset point..
Kanha also shelters one of the largest populations of the tigers in the country. Some of the other larger animal species found in the park are sloth bear, leopard, striped hyena, spotted dear, wild boar, jungle cat, jackal and a variety of monkeys. Over 200 spices of birds have been spotted in the park. There are many folklore about how it got kanha name. Some say it came from kanha, the clay like soil of the river bottoms, Other say the area is named for kanha a holy forest sage, who once lived here and was the father of shakuntala, whose son was Bharat and whose story was told in our legends.
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