Tadoba Andhari Tiger Project
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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Project is one of the prominent Tiger reserves in India. It comes under Chandrapur district of Maharashtra, India.
It is located at distance of 40 km from Chandrapur.
The name 'Tadoba' is the name of the God 'Tadoba'or "Taru", praised by the tribal which live in the dense forests of Tadoba and Andhari region.
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[edit] Topography
The National Park is 623 km² in area, consisting of two forested rectangles of the Tadoba and Andhari range. IT is the biggest National park in Maharashtra. Thickly clad hills form the northern and western boundary of the Tiger Reserve. To the southwest is a huge lake which acts as a buffer between the park's forest and the extensive farmland which extends up to Irai Lake.
Adjacent to the core forested hills is the Chichghat valley which hosts the forest lodge www.tigertrails.in The Tadoba Tiger Reserve is an undisturbed forest not visited by many tourists. Tadoba Tiger Reserve is open throughout the year and so is the lodge. The camp is a three-hour road journey from the city of Nagpur, Maharashtra. Please note that the park stays closed every Tuesday.
[edit] Forest Types
Southern tropical Dry Deciduous Forest - 5A-CI-1B
[edit] Wild Life
Aside from around 40 tigers, Tadoba Tiger Reserve is home to 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.
