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Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve / Pench
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Gaur - Shutterstock / DINESH DUGGIRALA
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Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve / Pench
India|Asia
90
Wildlife
58
Access
72
Stay
68
Safety
90
Photo
52
Crowds
58
Cost
82
Birding
Tadoba-Andhari and Pench form one of central India's strongest tiger-and-dry-forest safari pairings, with reliable tiger photography potential, leopards, sloth bears, wild dogs, gaur, deer, raptors, and forest birds. The combined entry is intended for itineraries that treat the two reserves as a central India wildlife circuit.
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Wildlife Species
Bengal tiger
UncommonMammal · Best time: Dry season drives
Leopard, sloth bear, and dhole
UncommonMammal · Best time: Morning and evening
Gaur, sambar, chital, and wild boar
CommonMammal · Best time: Waterholes and forest tracks
Owls, raptors, rollers, and forest birds
CommonBird · Best time: Morning
Geography
- Terrain
- Dry deciduous forest, bamboo, lakes, meadows, rocky hills
- Elevation
- Central Indian forest plateau
- Climate
- Tropical dry forest
- Area
- Central India tiger-reserve circuit across Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
Weather
- Best Months
- FebruaryMarchAprilMay
- Avg. Temperature
- 12-44°C
- Rainfall
- Dry late winter and summer concentrate wildlife near water; monsoon closures apply
- Humidity
- 25-85%
Getting There
Nearest Airport
Nagpur is the main gateway for both reserves
Well-established safari logistics with road transfers to lodge zones
Transport
- Tiger photography safari
- Central India big-cat circuit
- Dry-forest birding and mammal trip
Where to Stay
Tiger safari lodges near Tadoba and Pench gates
Budget to LuxuryLodge · Best access to safari zones
Nagpur hotels
Budget to PremiumHotel · Transit hub
Location
20.2500, 79.3500View larger map
