Kanha Earth Lodge: Wildlife Resort in Kanha with High Environmental Standards

Calm and peaceful through the day while exciting and motivating at night; the Kanha Earth Lodge is among the first of its kind in India that offers luxury Eco friendly Cottages.

Kanha Earth Lodge is tucked in a forested area of 16 acres adjoining the buffer zone of Kanha National Park in a small tribal village. It is set in the deep jungles away from the tourism hub of Kanha yet having an easy access to the Khatia/Kisli park gate (9.5 km), there has always been a fine opportunity to view diversity of mammals and birds around the lodge itself.

Pool at Kanha Earth Lodge

Our wildlife resort is a mix between a modern hotel and the old houses of the nearby Gond village. It is among the few Wildlife Resorts in Kanha which has created the perfect balance between comfort and experiencing the wild. Here, we realize how important a healthy wildlife habitat is for everyone, so our policy is to practice sustainable wildlife tourism under elevated standards. We are signatories of TOFT and M.P. Eco Tourism Board and have created our own lodge checklist to raise the awareness of conservation and sustainability for our lodge employees and all the local partners who engage with us on a day to day basis. 

Wildlife safari is offered in the Kanha Zone and the Kisli/Mukhi/Sarhi Zone, primarily a moist Sal and moist mixed deciduous forest featuring Sal, Bamboo, Tendu, Jamun and Lendia. The Park is home to over 1,000 species of flowering plants and about 300 species of birds. Exceptional grazing grasslands ensure sightings of elephant, sambar, chital, wild dog and wild boar throughout the year from the camp. Tigers are sighted with regularity in national park and the most famous among them is Munna - The dominant male at Kanha can be easily recognized by the unique stripe pattern on his forehead reading CAT.

 In a nutshell, The Kanha Earth Lodge is a Luxury Hotel in Kanha like no other. Enjoy a drink at sunset overlooking the forest spread with elephants, dine in the jungle, wake up for a safari and enjoy a host of exclusive activities.

The spectacular location, accommodation, view and services are one of a kind and regarding these the Lodge has won several Indian and International Awards.

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Walking Safari in the Panna-Bandhavgarh Tiger Corridor

At the end of February, Pugdundee Safaris organized a walking jungle safari in India through the famous Panna - Bandavgarh wildlife corridor. The intrepid walkers included (among others) Christina  Pochmursky, a Toronto-based documentary filmmaker and writer/director at Walk the Talk Productions Inc, and Iain Allan, founder, owner and chief guide of the Nairobi-based company, Tropical Ice, who initiated the concept of walking safaris in East Africa in 1978. Iain has been leading adventure safaris in East Africa ever since.

The genesis of the walk was a desire to protect and promote interest in a stretch of forest that links the Panna and Bandhavgarh National Parks. This forested area could provide a vital wildlife corridor for tigers and other wide-ranging species. Our aim was to explore the possibility of bringing groups to Walk in the Footsteps (or pugmarks) of the Tiger in the northern Panna and southern Shyamgiri corridors. The reason ? Because well-managed, low-volume tourism can generate not only income, but also a sense of ownership among locals through revenue-sharing, which can help to conserve the region. In addition, small groups of people walking regularly through the corridor will act as wildlife patrols and ultimately benefit the ecosystem and the tiger. Left to itself, the area will probably lose much of its forest cover over the next few decades.

Ajit Rana at Ken River Lodge and Jonathan Peach, an experienced safari guide based at Kanha Earth Lodge spent several days exploring the corridor area marking out possible routes and campsites. Staff and managers from all Pugdundee’s lodges pitched in, making it a truly pan Pugdundee venture.

Volunteer Opportunity : Madhya Pradesh Caracal Conservation and Research Project

Need volunteers willing to participate in field data collection for the M.P. Caracal Research and Conservation Project. In the first phase of the project the goal is to systematically survey forest areas between Panna and Noradehi Sanctuary of M.P to establish evidence of presence of caracal and other predators.

What is involved?

Volunteers, after initial orientation will be divided into groups and given daily assignments to monitor photo traps, spoor stations, collect scats from predetermined locations and collect information on human disturbance in the forests. Volunteers should be willing to work with little supervision to collect, label and document field data.

Volunteer Opportunity between?

       I.            20 September 2013 to 20 December 2013

    II.            1 March 2014 to 30 May 2014

Use the table overleaf to fill your preferred dates.

How Can You Get Involved?

If you are interested to volunteer please write to ShekharKolipaka at shekhar_k_s@yahoo.com for more details.