Panna National Park

Panna National Park is situated in the central India state i.e Madhya Pradesh. Panna National Park is famous for its diamonds also but also home to some of the best wildlife. Panna National Park is famous for its wild cats, including tigers as well as deer and antelope. The most important part of Panna National Park is that that the panna makes the northernmost boundaries of natural distribution of treak & eastern limits of teak - karadhai mixed forests.

Panna National Park is India's 22nd tigers reserve is awesome in wildlife and stimulated the primordial hunting instinct in man, whether with gun or camera. Panna National Park beatify the countryside with its aquamarine waters and a few perennial springs forms the prime source of drinking water for animals. Panna National Park is valleys and plateaux, grassy maidens, steep grudges and sheer escarpments down which sheets of sparkling curtains of acquit roll down present eye popping vistas all around. Panna National Park has a variety of almost 20 mammals. Panna National Park is famous worldwide for its wild cats including tigers as well as deer and antelope. Panna National Park is famous for its best known Indian tourist attraction and also a famous stop over destination in India.

History : Established as a National Reserve in 1981 and made part of Project Tiger in 1994, Panna is one of India's youngest tiger reserves. Spread over 542.67 sq km, Panna National Park was created from the hunting reserves of the princely states of Panna, Chhatarpur and Bijawar. In 1975, the north and south Panna Forest Divisions were declared as the Gangau Wildlife Sanctuary.

There are a few villages inside the park's boundaries, and it hasn't achieved the fame of nearby Kanha or Bandhavgarh, where the forest staff can (or could until very recently) virtually guarantee a tiger sighting. In some respects, that is a blessing. Unlike in Bandhavgarh or Kanha, you don't have to follow a queue of jeeps into the reserve and sit idling in exhaust fumes as you wait for a 30-min lumber through the bushes on elephant back. On each of the four days I spent in Panna, the three jeeps bearing guests of the Ken River Lodge were the only ones in the reserve, resulting in a brilliant trip for a day-dreainer with fantasies of uncharted jungle tracks. This lack of tourists is remarkable, given the park's wonderful location. Trees common in Panna include teak, tendu, mahua and saiai. Panna claims to host as many as 35 tigers (estimates given by the park) but a more realistic figure would be about 20. In recent times, however, there have been reports that the tiger population in Panna is declining. The national park's proximity to diamond and sandstone mines proved detrimental for its denizens, and its fragile environs were polluted because of mining activities of the National Mining Development Corparation (NMDC) of Majhgaon/ Hinouta. (Legend traces the Kohinoor diamond to this sleepy town in Madhya Pradesh.) The NMDC mines were shut down recently because of a lawsuit filed by the park authorities.

 

Facts

Area Covered: Panna National Park covers a total area of 543 Sq Km

Location: Panna National Park is locate in the vindhya range, on the outskirts of the ancient town of Panna, which has Asia's largest diamond mines.

Distance:
* 62. Km south east of Delhi.
* 176 Km south east of Jhansi,
* 27 Km south east of Khajuraho.

State: Panna National Park is in Madhya Pradesh - India.
Establishment: Panna National Park is established in year 1981.

Forest Types:
* Southern tropical dry deciduous dry teak forest.
* Northern tropical deciduous mixed forest
* Dry deciduous scrub forest
* lboswellia forest
* Dry bamboo brakes
* Anogeissus pendua forest.

Temperatures:
* In winters (November to February) -> Night temperature may fall below 5 degree Celsius
* In summers (April to june) -> Day temperature rise as high as 50 degree Celsius
* In Monsoons (July to September) average rainfall 100 cm park closed owing to heavy rainfalls.
language Spoken: Hindi, English
STD Code: 07732 (panna)

Rainfall: Panna National Park receives a annual rainfall of 1100 mm
Seasons:
* Summer: March to Mid June
* Monsoon: mid June to mid September
* Winter: mid November to February

Orientation:

The Panna National Park's topography is a splendid mosaic of plateaus, plunging gorges, vast expanses of teak forests and savannah grasslands. It comprises the upper Talgaon Plateau and the middle Hinouta Plateau and is fed by the Ken River, which runs for about 55 km within the sanctuary. NH75 cuts through the park; 80 per cent of the reserve falls to its right (west to east) and 20 per cent to the left. Your park safari will take you along the right of the highway, in the main reserve area. The Dundwa Falls are located on the Hinouta Plateau. Technically, the Pandav Falls are located within the reserve but can be approached from the Pandav Falls Gate just off the NH75 to Panna Town and Chhatarpur Town. It's about 7 km east of the Madia Gate. Most safaris enter the park from Madia Village, which is located on the main highway, 22 km from Panna Town. Both Khajuraho and Chhatarpur lie to the north-west of the park. There are a few lodges at Madia that provide vital tourist services.

Fauna:

Panna National Park has 300 species of birds including gray headed fish eagle. Many animals including sambhar, spotted deer, chinkara, nilgai, langur, wild dogs, hyena, jackal, sloth bear. Panna National Park has variety in cat family there are leopards, tigers & leopard cats. Gharials & others, crocodiles are also found in Panna National Park.

Flora:

Panna National Park has dry and hot climate in union with shallow vindhyar sails has given rise to dry teak and dry mixed forest in Panna National Park.