Season: - January to June
Trip highlight
Originally the private forest and
preserve of the Mahraja of Rewa,
Bandhavgarh includes 22 hills and is
spread over 450 sq kms. This area is
deeply associated with Hindu mythology
and the old fort of Bandhavgarh is dsaid
to have been built by the minkey kings
of lore. The game watching here is
excellent and tiger is the prize.
Common Animals
Tiger, blue-bull antelope, chausingha
deer, wild boar, Indian bison, sambar
and spotted deer, rhesus macaque, black
faced langur, jungle cats, hyena,
jackal, porcupine and ratel.
Common Birds
Steppe eagle, blue bearded bee eater,
white bellied drongo, tickells blue
flycatcher, white browed fantail, gold
fronted and jerdo's leaf-birds, minivets,
woodshrikes, blossom headed parakeet,
grey and malabar hornbills and paradise
flycatcher. |
