Bandhavgarh Tourism and Safari Booking

Well known for tiger tourism Bandhavgarh National Park is a wilderness on par with paradise on Earth. This is the destination where holiday makers, wildlife enthusiasts and photographers arrive every year to spend holidays, film and photograph tigers and other mammals. Though the destination is often seen as a place of recreation in wilderness and adventure combined it is home to incredible biodiversity.

Naturalists and wildlife enthusiasts come here to study and marvel at the diversity of life while researchers come here to unravel mysteries and hidden secrets of animals, insects, birds and reptiles. Few botanists come here to study the floral elements and publish accounts on scientific journals.

Nevertheless it is the holiday makers who make up the vast number of visitors that arrive here. They come here to see the tiger in the wild. They also come for recreation that Bandhavgarh hotels provide besides accommodation. Hence the park is focused on tourism and looking at the large number of jeeps entering the park regulations have been framed governed by rules that prevents disturbance to animals and crowding in the park with could hinder natural instincts of the animals and birds.

Since the big cats are elusive those who wish to see them for sure stay a number of days and visit the park on number of safaris. This assures sightings of the big cats besides enchanting animals the frequent the grasslands and thick jungles. The rules and regulations are essential for excursions in the park but do not hinder sightings of animals and enjoying the exotic landscape that prevails all over the park.

Circumspection is necessary hence in order to limit tourism only twenty percent of core area is subject to excursions by open jeeps and canters. These vehicles are registered with the forest department. The park is divided into core area as well as outer ring known as buffer. The latter offer excursions of safari as well but since the sighting are poor it is less preferred. There is always a rush for visiting the core or critical tiger habitat. Hence a permit system prevails on first come first basis. The permits have to be booked online at MP Online website. Though permits are available at the entry gates as well but are not available as soon as the limit is crossed. Hence in order to assure entry in the core the booking is done well in advance. The safaris are organized once in the morning and then another in the evening and a permits is required for each.

The park tourism zone in the core is divided into three zones. Namely:

• Tala• Magadhi • Khitauli

Only one zone is allotted in a permit and excursions have to be conducted only in that zone. When you are booking safari at Bandhavgarh choose the tourism zone wisely. You should be aware of movement of tigers in a zone before booking. You have a choice to secure permit for a zone on each excursions on the MPOnline Portal. Hence a tourist can easily visit all the zones provided he is on an extended stay.

The park is situated in Central India and is accessible from Jabalpur Airport. One needs to drive four hours from Jabalpur City in order to reach the park.

Uday writes often on Indian wildlife especially about the tigers. He works as a naturalist and is fond of travel. Uday also provides search engine optimization service and website contents in English.