Why visit Kanha
- Globally the hardground Barasingha deer is found only in Kanha.
- Kanha reflects what India looked like before deforestation began.
- One of Project Tiger's most successful stories.
Kanha was once a sportsman's paradise as borne out by a Britisher Dunbar Brander in his epic book, ‘Wild animals in Central India'. He wrote, "This tract contained as much game as any tract I ever saw in the best parts of Africa in 1908 ....I have seen 1,500 head consisting of eleven species in an evening's stroll". The subspecies of the endangered Barasingha deer found here has been named after him. Kanha National Park's topography and geology combine in different ways to give it a rich habitat diversity. The range of elevation is from 450 - 900 meters. The topography of the hills comprises a large amphitheatre with meadow like grasslands. The plateau and the valley floors have extensive grasslands which were once cultivated fields. Kanha is home to about 41 species of mammals and about 300 species of birds.
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