Kanha National Park, in India, is one of the richest game reserve of the country. Park rides inside the sanctuary offers glimpses of most amazing flora and fauna of the ecology.

1. Kanha National Park,
Madhya Pradesh,
India.
May 2014

2. Located in the heart of the country, Kanha
National Park is a four hour drive from the
nearest rail and air head, Jabalpur.
If you are planning a visit to this amazing game
reserve, home to Royal Bengal Tigers, it makes
sense to pre-book everything, your
accommodation, transportation, and even the
game rides.

3. Khatiya Gate, at Kanha National Park, the
entry to the game reserve.
© Moumita Basu

4. The forest stretches ahead.

5. The evening park ride commences.

6. A monkey family rests in the shade to
escape the heat.

7. The first sight of game, a herd of Indian
Gaur, and a Spotted Deer sharing a pasture.

8. Summer sunset and deer are out to feed.

9. A Serpent Eagle catches the last sunrays.

10. A colorful jungle fowl makes an
appearance.

11. An Indian Sambhar Deer grazes with his
spotted counterparts.

12. And a lone tigress, in search of water,
crosses the path.

13. The sight of the tigress excites the tourists,
click, click, go the cameras.

14. A lone bison quenches thirst at another
part of the reserve.

15. This is the area of Munna, one of the
majestic male tigers of Kanha.

16. Regal and matured, Munna is almost indifferent to
the photographers going gaga on sighting him.

17. For a wildlife photographer, sighting a tiger is
an amazing thrill.

18. With only around 1400 tigers left in India, we laud the
Forest Department of Madhya Pradesh for doing a
commendable job of preserving these natural predators.
Kanha National Park remains one of the biggest success
stories of Project Tiger.
We, as a country, still have a long way to go to protect
our ecology.
A presentation by Moumita Basu.
Twitter: @Moumita1