Panna National Park

Introduction

Panna national park is part of Panna tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh. It is spread over Panna and Chhatarpur districts of Madhya Pradesh which lies in northern region of state, at central India. For those who don't know about its location, may search for UNESCO world heritage site Khajuraho temples. Panna national park is just 35kms south-east of famous Khajuraho temples. This national park was creasted in 1981 and became 22nd tiger reserve of India in 1994. Thus Panna national park came into lime light after becoming part of Project Tiger. On becoming part of tiger reserve, it gained popularity and frequently visited by those tourists, who were visiting Khajuraho temples. It lost its all tigers till 2009, in poaching and mis-management but after re-introduction of tigers, at present, Panna national park is favorite tiger safari destination. It is very much different from other national parks of Madhya Pradesh like Bandhavgarh, Kanha national park, Pench national park. Here tourists have much more activities to do in compare to near by Bandhavgarh national park.

Jungle Safari

Just like other national parks of Madhya Pradesh, here also we can do online safari booking, in advance to secure safari permits of popular safari zones. Doing jungle safari in Panna national park will be an amazing experience as this forest is basically spread in plateau system with grasslands which ensures very good mammals sighting. Here we can find two core zones and two buffer zones. Jungle safaris are operated for two rounds in a day except Wednesday in which afternoon safari round of core zone remains closed.

Panna Safari Timing

At Panna national park, two core zones and two buffer zones are open for visitors. All these 4 safari zones are their own entry gates. Here two rounds of jungle safaris are operated from Thursday to Tuesday. On Wednesday, afternoon safari round of core zones remain closed for visitors where as buffer zones remain open. Similarly tourists have night safari option also. Please note that night safari is always offered after completion of afternoon safari drive. It is always offered at buffer zone only and not in core zones. Panna safari timing is decided by park authority. Basically core zone safaris are operated in between sunrise to sunset. As per change in sunrise and sunset timings, safari timing is adjusted thus we will find variation in park safari timing at different seasons. Check below given table to have some idea about tentative safari timings.

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