DESTINATIONS

Where we run safaris

14 destinations across Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, each with its own terrain, season and pace. Use the filters below to narrow things down, or browse everything and read the detail page for the parks that catch your eye.

Bengal tiger

Chandrapur, Maharashtra

Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve

Maharashtra's oldest and largest national park, Tadoba is also its most reliable for tiger sightings — a compact core zone of dry teak forest and open meadows where territorial tigers are unusually easy to find. It's the park we send guests to when a sighting matters more than solitude.
MOH-01140 km · approx. 3 hrs by road
Bengal tiger

Nagpur District, Maharashtra

Pench Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra)

The quieter, southern half of the same Pench forest belt — teak and bamboo country just across the border from Madhya Pradesh, entered through the Sillari and Khursapar gates. Fewer vehicles per zone than the MP side, with the shortest drive of any tiger reserve from Nagpur city.
SIL-0180 km · approx. 1.5 hrs by road
Bengal tiger

Seoni & Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh

Pench National Park (Madhya Pradesh)

The teak-and-bamboo valleys that inspired Kipling's Jungle Book. This is the larger, Madhya Pradesh side of Pench — our default first-safari recommendation, with strong sightings without Tadoba's crowds, and the shortest transfer from Nagpur of any Madhya Pradesh reserve.
TUR-0190 km · approx. 2 hrs by road
Bengal tiger

Mandla & Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

Kanha National Park

The largest of Madhya Pradesh's tiger reserves, and the one that saved the barasingha (hard-ground swamp deer) from extinction. Vast sal forest opens onto wide grassland meadows — the closest thing to the classic postcard image of a Central Indian safari.
KIS-01260 km · approx. 5 hrs by road
Bengal tiger

Gondia, Maharashtra

Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary

A smaller, quieter sanctuary of dense forest and forest lakes, long known among Maharashtra's birders before its tiger population drew wider attention. We route guests here specifically to escape crowds without giving up on sightings.
NGZ-01120 km · approx. 2.5 hrs by road
Bengal tiger

Nagpur & Bhandara districts, Maharashtra

Umred Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary

The closest wild tiger habitat to Nagpur itself, Umred Karhandla became a serious destination after a well-known tigress and her cubs settled the area in the 2010s. It's the easiest reserve to slot into a short layover before or after a flight.
UMR-0170 km · approx. 1.5 hrs by road
Bengal tiger

Umaria, Madhya Pradesh

Bandhavgarh National Park

Home to the highest tiger density of any reserve in India, set beneath the ruins of a centuries-old fort that still watches over the core zone. Bandhavgarh trades acreage for concentration — a smaller park where territorial tigers are unusually easy to find, especially around the Tala zone.
TAL-01430 km · approx. 8 hrs by road, or fly to Jabalpur (1 hr) + 4 hrs road
Bengal tiger

Panna, Madhya Pradesh

Panna National Park

A UNESCO Biosphere Reserve carved by the Ken River gorge, Panna is Central India's great tiger comeback story — the core zone lost every resident tiger by 2009 and was rebuilt from a handful of reintroduced cats into a thriving population within a decade. Add dramatic sandstone cliffs, waterfalls and one of India's best vulture colonies, and it's a reserve with as much scenic drama as wildlife.
HIN-01620 km · approx. 11 hrs by road, or fly to Khajuraho (1.5 hrs) + 1 hr road
Asiatic cheetah

Sheopur & Morena, Madhya Pradesh

Kuno National Park

India's newest wildlife headline — Kuno is the site of Project Cheetah, the country's reintroduction of the Asiatic cheetah after a 70-year local extinction. Open grassland and dry deciduous forest make it a different kind of safari from our tiger reserves: lower density, but a genuinely rare chance to see a species found nowhere else in India's wild.
AHE-01620 km · approx. 11 hrs by road, or fly to Gwalior (1.5 hrs) + 2.5 hrs road
Bengal tiger

Narmadapuram (Hoshangabad), Madhya Pradesh

Satpura National Park

India's only tiger reserve where guided walking and canoe safaris are officially permitted alongside the standard gypsy drive — rugged Satpura hill forest, the Denwa backwaters, and a noticeably different pace from our other reserves. We built a dedicated Adventure & Trekking tour around exactly this.
MAD-01260 km · approx. 5 hrs by road, or fly to Bhopal (1 hr) + 3 hrs road
Bengal tiger

Wardha, Maharashtra

Bor Tiger Reserve

India's smallest tiger reserve, barely an hour from Nagpur, built around a reservoir that draws wildlife to its shoreline through the dry season. Compact enough to safari thoroughly in a single well-planned day.
BOR-0160 km · approx. 1.25 hrs by road
Bengal tiger

Amravati, Maharashtra

Melghat Tiger Reserve (Gugamal National Park)

One of India's original nine Project Tiger reserves, declared in 1973–74, set in the rugged Satpura hill range of northern Maharashtra. Steeper and more forested than our other Maharashtra parks, Melghat rewards patience over guaranteed sightings — a genuine wilderness rather than a polished safari circuit.
SEM-01220 km · approx. 4.5 hrs by road
Bengal tiger

Yavatmal, Maharashtra

Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary

A compact sanctuary that punches well above its size — a small, dense tiger population in a tightly defined core zone makes for some of the shortest average sighting times in the region. We recommend it to guests who want intensity over acreage.
MAR-01180 km · approx. 3.5 hrs by road
Bengal tiger

Nagpur city

Gorewada International Zoo & Safari

Not a wild reserve — a large managed zoo and safari park inside Nagpur itself, built around separate drive-through zones for tigers, lions, leopards and herbivores. We suggest it for a layover day, a family-friendly warm-up before wild safaris, or when weather closes the core zones elsewhere.
TGR-0112 km from Nagpur city centre · approx. 30 mins

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Distance from Nagpur

DestinationFrom NagpurBest months
Gorewada International Zoo & Safari12 km from Nagpur city centre · approx. 30 minsNov · Dec · Jan · Feb
Bor Tiger Reserve60 km · approx. 1.25 hrs by roadFeb · Mar · Apr · May
Umred Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary70 km · approx. 1.5 hrs by roadMar · Apr · May
Pench Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra)80 km · approx. 1.5 hrs by roadApr · May · Jun
Pench National Park (Madhya Pradesh)90 km · approx. 2 hrs by roadApr · May · Jun
Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary120 km · approx. 2.5 hrs by roadMar · Apr · May
Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve140 km · approx. 3 hrs by roadMar · Apr · May
Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary180 km · approx. 3.5 hrs by roadFeb · Mar · Apr
Melghat Tiger Reserve (Gugamal National Park)220 km · approx. 4.5 hrs by roadMar · Apr · May
Kanha National Park260 km · approx. 5 hrs by roadApr · May
Satpura National Park260 km · approx. 5 hrs by road, or fly to Bhopal (1 hr) + 3 hrs roadApr · May · Jun
Bandhavgarh National Park430 km · approx. 8 hrs by road, or fly to Jabalpur (1 hr) + 4 hrs roadApr · May · Jun
Panna National Park620 km · approx. 11 hrs by road, or fly to Khajuraho (1.5 hrs) + 1 hr roadMar · Apr · May
Kuno National Park620 km · approx. 11 hrs by road, or fly to Gwalior (1.5 hrs) + 2.5 hrs roadNov · Dec · Jan · Feb