Pench is where the Jungle Book comes to life. Routes inside the park take you back to an area you may have only lived in your imagination.

In the district of Seoni(erstwhile Seonee, where Mowgli was born in times when the whole country was large beautiful and wild), is where Pench is located. Now close to the busy city of Nagpur, it is under pressure yet it is an important tiger reserve.

Forming corridors for movement of tigers between Kanha, Nagzira as well as Bor Wildlife Sanctuary – Pench is one of the most significant landscapes although living  dangerously amongst area of great “development” potential for the powers that be.

This Tiger Reserve is spread across 2000 sq km in the states of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh in Central India, although the protected area in Madhya Pradesh is larger . The core area of Pench Maharashtra is around 400 sq. km whose popularity has risen due to the groundbreaking documentary film by the BBC called “Tiger : Spy in the Jungle” where we get an intimate look into a family of a dominant tigress and her 04 cubs right from birth to adulthood! The equipment used was ahead of its time, and the story was a well woven one.

Sir David Attenborough classic.

Pench has one of the highest densities of Spotted Deer in India, and animals such as the Indian Leopard and the Dhol or Indian Wild Dog occur here as they carefully avoiding conflict with the 80 plus tigers in the wild here.

Here, evidence of large villages which have been relocated to create the backwaters as well as bring back the grasslands to this beautiful landscape is apparent and sprawling grasslands now as far as the eye can see, amongst the gently rolling hills -  gorgeous during and after the monsoons that aid the life-giving Pench river.