Seoni & Chhindwara districts, Madhya Pradesh
November to April
Nagpur - About 90 km Jabalpur - About 230 km
National Park - Approx. 293 Sq. Km.
Tiger Reserve - Approx. 741 Sq. Km.
Maximum 45oC & Minimum 8oC
Nagpur - About 90 km
Indira Priyadarshini (Pench) National Park and Tiger Reserve is located in the heart of India i.e. Madhya Pradesh. Rudyard Kipling’s ‘Mowgli’s adventures’ and his battle with the furious Sher Khan, was inspired from this very place.
It is believed that, in 1831, there were reports of a child being arrested who had grown up with wolves in Satbavadi village near Seoni, which gave birth to the famous character of Mogli. The places described in The Jungle Book, like the Vainganga River and its valley where Sher Khan was killed and the mountain ranges of village Kannivara and Sivani, are actual places in the Seoni district.
Driving into Pench National Park is like watching a thriller movie unfold its chapters one by one. The deciduous teak forest is home to many unique birds, animals, and flower species, and as you delve deeper into the woods, the forest gets darker. Pench National Park is so huge that some parts of the forest lie in the state of Maharashtra.