Tadoba National Park

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Tadoba-Andheri Tiger Reserve is a tiger reserve in Chandrapur District, Maharashtra. It includes Tadoba National Park and Andhari Wildlife Sanctuary. Maharashtra's oldest National Park created in 1955, the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve. It is also one of India's 25 Project Tiger Reserve. The National Park is 623 sq. kms in area, consisting of two forested rectangles of the Tadoba and Andhari range. Along with around 50 tigers, Tadoba Tiger Reserve is a home for rare Indian wildlife like, Leopards, Sloth Bears, Gaur, Wild Dogs, Hyenas, Civet and Jungle cats, and many species of Indian deer like Sambar, Cheetal, Nilgai, and Barking Deer. The Tadoba lake sustains the Marsh Crocodile, which were once common all over Maharashtra. Tadoba is also an ornithologist's paradise with a varied diversity of aquatic birdlife, and Raptors. Thickly clad hills form the north and western boundary of the Tiger Reserve. To the southwest is a huge lake, which acts as buffer in between the Park Forest and the extensive farmland extending right up to the Irai Lake. Adjacent to the core forested hills is the Chichghat valley, in which is situated the forest lodge of www.tigertrails.in Tadoba Tiger Reserve is an undisturbed forest as it is not visited by many tourists. Tadoba Tiger Reserve is open throughout the year, and so is the lodge. The camp is three hour road journey from Nagpur, in Maharashtra. Please note that the park stays closed every Tuesday.

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• Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve

http://www.tigertrails.in

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