Elephant Safari in Kanha

Kanha is one of the most beautiful nature reserves, and the landscape harbors amazing flat - topped hills, valleys and slopes and the most splendorous grasslands. The veg-green majestic sal with its equally grand associates and the dense growth of bamboo ensure a mesmerizing effect on one throughout the year. The distant hazy Maikal hills in the background only add to this breathtaking panorama.

Despite these aesthetic attributes and a wide range of wildlife species, including a rich bird life, every visitors here yearns to catch a glimpse of the most regal and majestic animal, the spirit of the Indian Jungle - the tiger. The national park is renowned for a very high probability of sighting tigers almost every day, attracting tourists from all over the world. Regarded as the "star attraction" of the wildlife tourism of Kanha, watching tigers in the wild is a most unforgettable experience to cherish. The management understands visitors' longing and excitement to see a tiger in the wild. Besides, it also knows that the sighting of a moving tiger also inculcates tremendous awareness of wildlife conservation in the public.

Kanha Elephant Safari : To achieve the twin objectives of entertaining and inspiring visitors, the management arranges well regulated tiger viewing from elephant back in the tourism zone. Tokens for viewing tigers are issued on a "first come first serve" basis. The vehicles carrying visitors reach the tiger spot in a systematic way and wait for their turn. An adult elephant can accommodate 4 visitors at a time in the seat fastened on its back, called hauda, and ferries them to the tiger spot where the tiger is seen at its most natural. The management ensures well controlled and hassle free tiger viewings for the visitors and least disturbance to the tigers.

Kanha National Park won the 1999 - 2000 Best Tourism Friendly National Park Award of the Department of Tourism. Government of India.