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Indian highlands. The park lies 160 km southest of Jabalpur in the
state of Madhya Pradesh. The Park consist of a core area |
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940 sq. km, the reserve is more than 25 years old and one of the best
managed park in the world. The area which encircles |
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the park is also known as the buffer zone which stretches to 1005 sq km.
hence |
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making the total area of 1945sqkm. and is also the best place to adventure
around |
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in, of course when one is not visiting the park. The buffer zone is like a
mini forest, |
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the spotted deer, dancing peacocks, the curious leopard and of course the
king of |
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the jungle the tiger, when he chooses to take a walk. Kanha
national park and |
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Tiger Reserve is considered one of
Asia's finest protected areas and probably the best |
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place
in the world to see tigers in the wild. Tracts of Kanha have been a
wildlife |
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sanctuary since 1933. In 1955, 318 sq km was declared a National Park and.
in 1973, |
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940 sq kms became one of the first nine Project Tiger Reserves. There are
four main |
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vegetation types - moist deciduous forest, dry deciduous forest, valley
meadow, and dadar |
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meadow. The moist deciduous forest, which covers 27% of the Park area, is
dominated by |
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trees. The forest is broken up into grassy meadows, the result of early
slash-and-burn sal |
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cultivation by Bagla tribals. Situated
in the heart of Kipling country near the Waingunga |
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and the scene of the Jungle Book stories, large tracts of forest still
exist with |
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abundant wildlife. On Kanha's meadows herds of spotted deer mingle with
blackbuck and |
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magnificent barasingha, one of the world's rarest deer. The imposing gaur,
the largest |
| wild oxen, can be seen
browsing amongst the bamboos on the hillsides. The silver langur monkey
barks his warning signal |
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the tiger is on the move. This beautiful jungle probably gives visitors
the greatest chance in |
| India of seeing and
photographing the most spectacular of all great cats - the tiger. The song
of the varied and rich birdlife |
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awakens the visitors at dawn. Brilliant
golden orioles, scarlet minuets, tiny jewel-like is |
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and exotic racket-tailed drongos can be seen from Kipling Camp. The
rich |
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constant source of fascination. The winter
months (November to early March) are |
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and dry, with the day temperature rarely going above 32ºC, and the night
temperature |
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as low as -2ºC with occasional frost. By mid January most deciduous trees
begin |
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shed their leaves. In early February, the simal trees are covered
in large scarlet flowers. |
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sal shed their leaves, and almost immediately, are covered in
bright green, new |
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growth. The rutting season of the barasingha - one of the rarest
animals on earth - is in December and January. Their |
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haunting, bugling calls echo across the meadows and spectacular fights can
be seen between stags. The summer months |
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to mid June) are hot and dry, with temperatures ranging from 42ºC in the
day to |
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at night. The grasses on the meadows are pale and parched. The sal
trees begin to |
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in March. The rivers and nullahs dry up and the days get hotter and
hotter. During the |
| summer,
when water is scarce, the gaur descend from the forested hills to feed
around the |
| meadows.
This is also the time when a tiger census is carried out by the Park
authorities. |
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tiger pugmarks are collected, either by tracing the pugmarks using a glass
tracer, |
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by making a plaster cast. As soon as the monsoon breaks in mid to late
June, the Park |
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closed to visitors. Kanha is transformed with lush new growth. The rivers
fill to bursting point. It is humid and wet with during |
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temperatures ranging from 20º to 30ºC. Kanha has an annual rainfall of
1600 mm (approx 64 inches) or more, 95% of which falls |
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monsoon, from late June to September. |
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