Information About Kanha National Park

 

In Kanha, the tourists can find four different zones namely Kisli, Mukki, Kanha & Sarhi for enjoying the jeep safari rides. The added advantage of Kanha safari is that the wildlife lovers can easily make the online booking for the entry tickets or even get it from the tour operators if available, the entry tickets can also be collected from the booking window at the entrance gate of the national park. For additional services like vehicle charges and guide fee are other expenses which are demanded during the Kanha safari tour and are termed under the additional expenses other than the entry tickets.

At Kanha vicinity, a single day jeep safari can be done at two times, once in the morning shift and the other shift is for late afternoon safari in a six-seated open vehicle. In each vehicle 6 passengers are allowed to travel along with one naturalist and one driver. Noticeably, only limited no of vehicles are permitted to enter inside the forest in each shift. It is advisable to book the entrance ticket in well advance to avoid any chance of unavailability of safari seats.

Safari vehicles are generally permitted to enter inside the national park in every shift :

Safari Zones	Kisli Zone	Kanha Zone	Mukki Zone	Sarhi Zone
Morning Shift	18	40	40	27
Afternoon Shift	18	40	40	27

Kanha National Park remains open for the visitors from 16th October to 30th June. Considering that the safari timings are :

Timings	Morning Safari	Afternoon Safari
16th October to 15th February	Sunrise to 11:00 AM	02:00 PM to Sunset
16th February to 15th April	Sunrise to 11:00 AM	03 PM to Sunset
16th April to 30th June	Sunrise to 10:00 AM	03:30 PM to Sunset

Some Essential Tips for the Visitors :

• At Kanha afternoon shift of Jeep Safari remain close for visitors on Every Wednesday.
• Morning & Afternoon both the shift remain close on Holi festival (In the month of March)
• Full Name of every visitor
• Age & Gender
• Nationality
• Any Identity proof details like Passport, Driving License, PAN Card or Voter
• I D Card.
• Visitors are required to carry the same ID proof in original at the time of visiting the national park.

Travel Information

By Air – Nagpur at 266-kms is the nearest Airport to visit Kanha National Park and is linked up by various domestic airline services with Mumbai.

By Rail – Jabalpur at 169-kms is the convenient rail head to visit the Kanha National Park.

By Road – Kanha National Park is well-connected by road with Jabalpur 175-kms, Khajuraho 445-kms, Nagpur 266-kms, Mukki 25-kms, Raipur 219-kms.

the accesses are : Koshi – Kanha (9-kms), Kishi – Katia (4-kms), Kishi – Mukki (32-kms). There are regular to and fro bus services available from Jabalpur to Kanha.