We made the 5 hour drive from Bandhev Garh National Park to our accommodations at Pashan Garh which joins the Panna NP. Pashan Garh is fantastic, one of my favorite places. Built almost completely of local stone it has a very South African safari feel to it.
Panna NP comprises about 500 Sq km of which again only 20% of the park is used. But where Bandhev Garh was mismanaged, Panna seems to be managed much better. We used a seldom used entrance and had basically a private experience. We say Chital (Axis), Sambar deer, Blue Bull, jackal, plus a variety of birds. Doug and Diane Wright started a birding list on you trip and they are now at over 110 species observed.
Another good thing about this park is they let you stay until 6:30 pm. We had a nice afternoon.
After having done both Banghev Garh and Panna, I would suggest that clients not bother with Banghev Garth and just concentrate on Panna. It will save them 11 hours of driving bad roads which will effectively add 2 game drives to their trip. There are 25 tigers in the park and quite a few leopard. We hear alarm calls of the Chital and Blue Bull and waited patiently for the leopard but it didn't show. In Africa we would have pointed the vehicle in the bush and found the leopard. Since there is no off-road driving here we were forced to watch from the fringes.
Tomorrow we have one more game drive then we head to Delhi and a 3 am departure back to the states. I'm looking forward to getting back.
Panna NP comprises about 500 Sq km of which again only 20% of the park is used. But where Bandhev Garh was mismanaged, Panna seems to be managed much better. We used a seldom used entrance and had basically a private experience. We say Chital (Axis), Sambar deer, Blue Bull, jackal, plus a variety of birds. Doug and Diane Wright started a birding list on you trip and they are now at over 110 species observed.
Another good thing about this park is they let you stay until 6:30 pm. We had a nice afternoon.
After having done both Banghev Garh and Panna, I would suggest that clients not bother with Banghev Garth and just concentrate on Panna. It will save them 11 hours of driving bad roads which will effectively add 2 game drives to their trip. There are 25 tigers in the park and quite a few leopard. We hear alarm calls of the Chital and Blue Bull and waited patiently for the leopard but it didn't show. In Africa we would have pointed the vehicle in the bush and found the leopard. Since there is no off-road driving here we were forced to watch from the fringes.
Tomorrow we have one more game drive then we head to Delhi and a 3 am departure back to the states. I'm looking forward to getting back.
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