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Pench Tiger Reserve or Pench National Park is a tiger reserve in India straddling across Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
This area was described as extremely rich and diverse in wildlife from the earliest records available on the 16th century Deogarh kingdom (Kumar 1989). The scenery and floral and faunal diversity of the Central Indian Highlands have been well documented by the British since the late 17th century, e.g. Forsyth's (1919) "Highlands of Central India" (first published in 1871). Thereafter, Sterndale (1887) and Brander (1923) have added to the knowledge on the distribution of the flora, fauna and the local inhabitants of this tract.
Best time to visit Pench National Park
Pench is usually visited between October and June and closes for the monsoon. The hotter months concentrate animals around the reservoir and the remaining waterholes.
What makes Pench different
Pench is teak dominated and more open than the sal forests further north, which means good visibility on drives. It is one of the better central Indian parks for seeing wild dog packs, which hunt in the open far more readily than tigers do. Some zones also offer night safari access, which brings up a different set of species and is not available at every Indian reserve.
Visiting Pench with Junglore
Junglore's central India expeditions can include Pench, guided by naturalists familiar with the reserve's zones and resident predators.