Bandhavgarh National Park is one of the wild life sanctuaries in the Indian state Madhya Pradesh. The national park is situated at 197 km away north-east of Jabalpur. This wild life park derived its very name from an ancient fort in the area. Bandhavgarh National Park belongs to the Vindhyan mountain ranges of central India and it boasts to have the highest density of tiger population in the country. Now there are about 46 to 52 tigers one can spot here.Best time to visit park in month of May, June. Park remains close from July to September for there breeding.
Travelling to Bhandhavgarh is little bit unhygienic as there r less trains. Nearest station Katni 100kms from Bandhavgarh National Park. Accomodation can be easily arrange as the park area is surrounded by Resorts. Resorts can be choosen according to your budget. Resort themself provides you the safari in park. Park timings are 6 to 9.30 in morning and 4 to 6.30 in evening.
At entrance of park we r provided guide by the park people and specific route & area to track down the Tigers. If u r lucky u may get clever guide which can really help out to track down tiger. After 30-45 mins search, sums of groups spot the tiger and this news is spread like fire from one jeep to another. All rush towards that spot and fight for a good place to park the jeep and take photographs.
When i saw it was really amazing & beautiful to see a Royal Bengal Tiger in his natural habitat. One thing is that u have very less time, so better to keep ur camera settings ready in burst mode with telephoto lens.
At end of my trip i visited to Bhandhavgarh Fort which in middle of the park. For visit to fort we need to pay seperately. As there is nothing to see much, vulture point, fort & temple which is not maintain properly. But still if u r lucky u may encounter with tiger. Once in a life try to visit Bhandhavgarh & try to save this animal.
