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pench & kanha national park

Nature Trails

Kanha National Park

Sambar  is the common name for several large dark brown and maned Asian deer, particularly for the Indian species. Sambar Deers feed mainly on coarse vegetation, grass, and herbs.  Sambar males defend rutting territories and attempt to attract females by vocal and olfactory displays. This one is a female Sambar who cutely posed for me.
 

Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky;
And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk the Law runneth forward and back --
For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.

 

Now these are the Laws of the Jungle, and many and mighty are they;
But the head and the hoof of the Law and the haunch and the hump is -- Obey!

-Rudyard Kipling

Pench Jungle

When the mahua flowers in the forests of central India, tribals there get active, for the musk-scented flowers oozing with a honeyed liquid, must be gathered. They are far too useful to be allowed to wither away. Though better known for being fermented into liquor, mahua flowers are also dried and stored for later use. With their high sugar content they are perfect as a sweetener.
 

Varsha's Central Indian Nature Trail

Though I have been selling India holiday packages for over 11 years with ease, but I was a bit unconvinced when I saw the fax from Madhya Pradesh Tourism inviting me for a nature trail in Madhya Pradesh Jungles covering Pench Tiger Reserve and Kanha National Park last week. My perception about wildlife tours reminds me of African Jungles. Having received good feedback from many happy tourists who thoroughly enjoyed the wilderness, I smugly felt Indian forest department has way to go. My trip started off with a lot of skepticism, I even mentioned my concern to Mr. Chandrasekhar from Madhya Pradesh tourism department, who was escorting us during this trip that he needs to convince me very hard in order to make me promote Indian Jungle Trails. 

 

Our trail started when we got off the overnight Volvo coach at Nagpur. Our driver, Devraj waiting for us at the bus terminus drove us to Pench which was (95 kms) 2 hrs away. Pench is in Seoni District in Southern part of Madhya Pradesh and the reserve forest runs in continuation with Pench National Park in Maharashtra. We stopped at a petrol station enroute to have coffee. It is amazing to see that the store at the petrol station is equipped with everything from breath mints to light snacks to munch our way till we reached Pench. The road was thankfully in good condition. The drive was a bit boring for the first 20 kms, later got very interesting. We were greeted by a huge herd of cows crossing our path a couple of times. The first sight of rural India welcomes you like a breath of fresh air. Indeed the air is much lighter and gets so fresh that you could feel the difference from the stale polluted city air. The scenery started with barren land on either side spotted with some big trees and small shrubs which later turned into tall teak wood trees and was getting better for us city dwellers. I quickly noted it was the end of summer which explains the drier vegetation. I wondered how lush it would be post monsoon. Chandra told us that the parks will be closed for game viewing during monsoons and will reopen from 1st October onwards till 30th June. During monsoons the forest department takes the animal census and prepares their log records of the flora and fauna. more...

Jungle Sunset

The Pench is India's best kept secrets. The Pench Tiger Reserve and its neighbourhood is the original setting of Rudyard Kipling's most famous work, The Jungle Book.  The Pench river flowing through the centre of the Reserve is dry by April but a number of water pools locally known as 'dohs' are found, which serve as waterholes for wild animals.
 

On the trail that thou must tread
To the threshold of our dread,
Where the Flower blossoms red;
Through the nights when thou shalt lie
Prisoned from our Mother-sky,
Hearing us, thy loves, go by;
In the dawns when thou. shalt wake
To the toil thou canst not break,
Heartsick for the Jungle's sake;
Wood and Water, Wind air Tree,
Wisdom, Strength, and Courtesy,

Jungle-Favour go with thee!

-Rudyard Kipling

Indian Bison (Guar)

The Gaur or Indian Bison is a large animal. Male Gaurs are black in color, while female Gaurs are brown. Both the hide of male and female Gaurs is white below the knee of each leg, giving the gaur an appearance of wearing white stockings. Gaur calves are light brown and do not have "stockings." Adult Gaur bulls grow almost 2 m tall & weigh 650 to 1000 Kg.
 

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