Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve - Moharli

#TIGER Safari # Jungle Resort # wildlife

Visited TATR during a weekend. A wonderful natural habitat for wildlife. Spotted deer, Sambar, Indian Gaur, crocodile, wild boar and of course, tiger are common. This tiger reserve is well connected, has got plenty of good resorts and home stays available at Moharli gate. One thing that visitors must be aware of is that mobiles are not allowed inside the forest. So those who are thinking of taking wildlife pictures with mobile will face disappointment. Regular cameras and video camera are permitted on paying the applicable fees.

Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve is located in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra state in India. It is Maharashtra's oldest and largest national park. Created in 1995, the Reserve includes the Tadoba National Park and the Andhari Wildlife Sanctuary. The Reserve consists of 577.96 square kilometres (223.15 sq mi) of reserved forest and 32.51 square kilometres (12.55 sq mi) of protected forest.

Located in the state of Maharashtra near Chandrapur, Tadoba And hari Tiger Reserve or TATR in short is one of the most popular tiger reserves in India. It used to be quite crowded earlier but now the forest department has reduced the number of gypsy's thereby giving the wildlife some respite. One can either take a gypsy for safari for which the permit must be booked online well in advance or can check with their respective resorts for the booking. ID card is a must during the safaris as there is strict checking at the forest gates. The other option is canter safari which can be booked on the spot. The park has public bathrooms built at a few places inside for the convenience of visitors. Nearest airport is at Nagpur, a round 3 hours drive and nearest railway station is Chandrapur which is around 45min drive. Carry adequate medicines as there are no medical shops in the area. One will have to go all the way to Chandrapur for a medical shop.

Best place in the world to sight Tigers during indian summer.

Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), the oldest and the biggest National Park of the state of Maharashtra, is prominent as one of the best Tiger Reserves of India with a high probability of finding tigers. Tadoba Tiger Reserve is located in the Vidharbha region of Maharashtra. The Reserve is a lush, densely forested and hilly landscape that attracts tourists over the year for its wild species of flora and fauna, including the big carnivores, mammals including the massive Indian Gaur, reptiles, insects like beetles, bugs and butterflies, arachnids, and several species of birds. Tadoba gets its name from the village headman Taro who was killed in a defensive against a tiger and ended up having a small shrine built for him near a river in the Reserve. The Reserve which has a luxuriant and unique eco system and is bequeathed with a rich bio diversity of life forms offers guided safaris into the core and buffer zones of the Park which is one of the best wildlife experiences that a tourist could get. Verily called the Jewel of Vidharba, Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve is a magnificent world of nature at its best. Tadoba Safari booking : Forest entry fees Within 60 days - week days 1000 week end 2000 Between 120-60 days week days 4000 week end 8000 Tatkal. 4000 Jeepsi charges. 2700 Guide fees. 350 non officially Incase you r fationable for good guide & driver then. Driver 500 Guide 500....... Aprox rate.

Had amazing experience with Tadoba tiger reserve....?????

Though I give 'average' rating, we did enjoy this deciduous forest to the fullest with various rare trees in full bloom, rare wildlife. Specially the second safari in Alizhanza buffer where it had rained previous night - lots of bird activity early in the morning. Indian Curlews, different buzzards, crested serpent eagles some of the rare spotting, Driver was quite knowledgeable with birds too. Chausinghas, neelgais, chitals, sambars, gaurs are some of the wild mammals we could get a good view of apart from some rare lizards. And ofcourse we did spot tigers as well and thats what seem to make a difference for the safari here.... If you dont see tiger, you have not seen anything :( My rating goes low only for safari which turns into only 'tiger chase'. Even though we mentioned we wanted to see everything, somehow guide/drivers were tuned only to target tigers. They constantly choose to go behind tigers, with our previous experiences, we had to insist a bit hard on not to spend time chasing tigers, sit along with crowd and wait for calls, where there would be no other wildlife could be experienced with lots of noise. Thankfully with our naturalist from resort who could direct the guide/driver we did get good view of 2 tigers and then with our hard insistence we moved away before crowd gathered. Probably blame doesn't fully goes to the drivers and guide, crowd here predominantly look for only tiger. Everyone seem to do minimum 2-3 safaris in a day for minimum of 3 days in this Tiger Reserve. Heard people talking about spotting 10 to 15 tigers in a day. Will be back with a great disappointment when they could spot none or spot one from distance. There are many jeeps with very small children who would be restless and crying or group of playful younger children with their noise again disturbing the animals around. Even the safari management has its own problems. There seems to be very less restriction on crowding. Since all the gates leads to single area, lots of jeeps seem to gather on the same area where one tiger is walking or resting. I am no expert in tiger behavior, but tiger didn't seem happy and relaxed as in Kanha or Bhandavgarh. Either because of density in small area or too much disturbance due to 3 full fledged safaries allowed for a day. Male tigers injured with their fights - female tiger looked stressed to. I don't think we can dismiss solely on their natural behavior. Hearing stories of people spotting 21 tigers in a day - seems like a hard reality even if one goes by basic math considering tigers territorial area and how much distance could be covered by a jeep with 20kmph in span of 12 hours. Something seems a miss here. Its good to see there is no commercial setup for serving food etc inside the national park during Safari and wherever we stopped it was quite clean and decent toilets were provided in buffer zone. Forest department seem to have put more restriction now with GPS on vehicles etc. But more restriction on number of vehicles, crowding, discouraging jeeps to get too close to wild animals. I can only urge tourists to be come travelers and enjoy the forests, leave your rat race in your city and go to such pristine jungles, enjoy what comes your way with full heart. There are always zoos and Nat Geo which brings us animals in best possible way with much much less cost and hassle. Unless as citizens if dont feel like being sensitive towards these last remaining bits of wild spaces, no government departments could help it.