Information about Pench Tiger Reserve and other Wildlife Packages

Pench National Park is situated in the lower southern reaches of the Satpuda hills. It is named after the Pench River which flows majestically through the park from North to South.
Pench tiger reserve which has its glorious mention in history was the original setting for Rudyard Kipling’s most famous work – The Jungle Book. The natural wealth and rich yields of this forest are mentioned in Ain-i-Akbari. Pench National Park spans a vast 758 sq.km of which 299 sq.km are the core area. It is located on the southern boundary of Madhya Pradesh and borders Maharashtra in the districts of Seoni, Chhindwara and Nagpur. Pench National Park has the highest density of herbivores in India (90.3 animals per sq.km), mainly chital and sambar. The rich undulating topography supports a vast heterogeneous range of vegetation from moist sheltered valleys to open, dry deciduous forests. It is characterized by open canopy mixed forests with considerable shrub cover and grassy patches. Over 1200 species of plants have been recorded from the area including several rare and endangered species of ethno-botanical significance.

Distance from Nagpur : 105 Km