Our Kanha holidays & tours
Kanha is Kipling country. The 940 sq km national park and tiger reserve inspired his Jungle Book, and visitors today can appreciate the same rolling grasslands and bamboo forests. You’ll want to watch wildlife on our Kanha holidays, and with 22 species of mammals including tigers, striped hyenas, leopards, jackals, otters, civets, bears and the rare hardground barasingha, you won’t be disappointed. Our Kanha holidays put tiger-watching front and centre, with plenty of chances for jeep safaris. Yet the king of the jungle isn't the be-all and end-all. Our holidays also visit the tribal communities that have been displaced from the park. By cycling in this area between towns, you can meet people from rural communities, as well as visit social projects and cooperatives designed to support them.
Our top Kanha holidays
Wildlife holiday in Central India
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Rupee295000 to Rupee310000
12 days
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Best of Indian wildlife with tiger, leopard and sloth bear
Small group2026: 15 Nov, 2027: 28 Jan, 4 Mar
Tiger & wildlife tour in Central India
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Rupee190000 to Rupee195000
9 days
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A tour for those who wish to see tigers and other wildlife
Small group2026: 15 Oct, 15 Nov, 2027: 28 Jan, 4 Mar
India luxury NP wildlife holidays
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£3851
14 days
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The best national parks in India with abundant wild/birdlife
Tailor made
Wildlife tour of India
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£3387
13 days
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Witness India's tigers, lions & leopards in the wild
Tailor made
Tiger tour in India, land of the Tiger tour
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£3179 to £3729
16 days
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Wildlife tour through India
Small group2026: 15 Nov, 29 Nov, 2027: 10 Jan, 12 Feb, 21 Feb, 7 Mar, 28 Mar, 11 Apr, 3 Oct, 17 Oct, 24 Oct, 31 Oct, 7 Nov, 14 Nov, 21 Nov, 28 Nov
Tiger watching holiday in India
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£1350 to £1650
9 days
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A chance to see the majestic tiger in the wild
Tailor made
Wildlife photography holiday in India
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£1150 to £1450
10 days
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Photograph superb wildlife & even the elusive tiger
Tailor made
India tiger safari and wildlife tour
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£3450 to £3995
16 days
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Unique tiger safari visiting Kanha, Kaziranga & Sundarbans
Tailor made
Tiger and wildlife photography tour, India
From
Rupee350000
13 days
ex flights
Tiger & leopard photography tour in India's best reserves
Small group
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Kanha National Park map & highlights
Kanha’s location in Madhya Pradesh, bang in the middle of India, means reaching it takes time and, usually, various modes of transport. Organised tours might use the train to Jabalpur, 170km away, or the airports at Raipur and Nagpur, but there will always be a drive, too. Many tours include the more accessible Bandhavgarh and Pench National Parks, reducing journey times and providing a range of contrasting park experiences. There are two main gates into Kanha, Mukki and Kisli, with accommodation clustered around each, conveniently close for game drives. These take place in open vehicles, usually with six people, plus a driver and naturalist guide.
Barasingha
1. Barasingha
This endangered species of deer exists in just a few parts of India and Nepal and Kanha National Park is the only place in the world with a population adapted to hard ground, rather than swampy marshland. It’s the state animal of Madhya Pradesh and has recently been adopted by the park as its mascot, in the form of the character Boorsingh the barasingha.
Kanha Museum
2. Kanha Museum
If you have some spare time between game drives and relaxing at your lodge, Kanha Museum is worth a quick visit. It explains more about the park’s background and landscape and also shines a light on its human history, with information on the indigenous tribal people who once lived here, but were moved off the land when the area was made a tiger reserve.
Meadows
3. Meadows
Open grassy meadows are a unique and beautiful feature of Kanha, and attract huge numbers of chital and sambar, who come to feed here. That in turn brings hungry tigers, prowling through the tall grass, in search of a meal. You’ll find good numbers of the rare barasingha swamp deer at Sonf Meadows while tigers are often spotted at Kanha Meadows.
Shravan Tal
4. Shravan Tal
This pond was immortalised in the Indian epic poem, the Ramayana. It’s the spot where devoted son Shravan came to collect water while travelling with his blind parents through the region. King Dashratha, father of Lord Rama, was here hunting. He mistook Shravan for a deer, and killed him with an arrow. It’s a picturesque place and great for spotting birdlife.
Tigers
5. Tigers
A tiger reserve since 1973, Kanha has around 100 Bengal tigers. The largest of the big cats, they can reach four metres in length, but this considerable size doesn’t make them easy to spot. They’re often seen stalking at the edges of meadows. You can guess when one is near – the atmosphere shifts. Animal warning cries fill the air and the tension rises as one slinks into the territory.
Other wildlife
6. Other wildlife
Sadly, some of the animals that marched through Kipling’s Jungle Book are rarely seen in Kanha now – the India wolf, for example – but the park still bustles with wildlife. You’ll easily spot langurs, wild pigs, chital and endangered barasingha deer and, with luck and patience, tigers, Indian wild dogs and huge gaur, or Indian bison. Kanha’s also home to 200 species of bird, from peacocks to vultures.
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Simon Arbon10 Jun 2026
100% brilliant attention to detail, amazing loved every minute... what a journey and what a county, the operator and Saurabh who we dealt with were exceptional attention detail unbelievable.
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Tom Jones08 Jun 2026
We have been on many trips, but this was truly outstanding. The organisation
of the trip was excellent and contributed greatly to enjoyment. We wouldn’t
hesitate to plan another trip with Saurabh.read more
Edward Gooden02 Jun 2026
Our holiday was superb. Saurabh was an expert in organising our tailor made itinerary and a brilliant guide on our drives in Satpura and Kanha. We had countless amazing tiger sightings, and the lodges were all fantastic. I cannot wait to return to India for another safari trip in the future.read more
Alan Nunn28 May 2026
A wonderful journey....Sarah was personally involved at every stage...every detail covered. Staff and car journeys very efficient. A very professional setup!read more
