TADOBA NATIONAL PARK - CHANDRAPUR

India is also know from time immemorial for its richness of wild life animals like Tigers, Lions, Leopards, Wild boars, Deers, bears, cheetaah, neils, foxes, leopard cats, etc,.  

When you see a Tiger in a cage in zoo still you freeze yourself in front of the cage and magically your eyes refuses to blink… You keep staring at this nature’s most adorable living myth..!!! 

Just imagine, if you get to know this CROWN KING of the ENTIRE JUNGLE “IN THE JUNGLE “itself..!!!! What would be your reaction..??? 

You will not think for any second thought and grab this opportunity with both the hands..!!!

There will be no cage to limit his moves, natural moments and you also get the opportunity to witness how he grabs his food – deers or other such animals..!!!!!!!

There are more than 40 tigers you can see in a day… YES… !!!! You rightly read it ....

There are  more than F-O-U-R-T-Y  T-I-G-E-R-S…!!!!

The PLACE is situated in the heart of Maharashtra, magnificent land of district Chandrapur which is full of natural jungles, ample of resources to grow wild life easily..!!!

Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve also known as TATR, is very famous for Tiger’s own pride reserved by government of India especially for tigers and its breeding. It is declared as Tiger sanctuary and shelter for other wild life animals. It has been declared as National Park long ago in 1975…

Name ‘TADOBA’ came after a divine deity “Taru” who was very much appreciated for his being in villages of Chandrapur.. 

From the beginning of 1955 the area of this national park was spread over approximately 117 square kms in dense forest area of Chandrapur district … later in 1986 the area granted was almost five times the earlier area ..!!!!Government gave green signal for 508 square kilometers …. And again in 1995 the area grown to 625 square kilometers..!!!!! 

Such a beautiful area surrounded by everything that is required for a Tiger to grow his family…. This was of great help… now tigers in Tadoba are almost more than 40 in numbers… Same way we do have leopards in increasing numbers in Tadoba..

  Chances are almost 80% of YOU viewing Tiger crossing your road…!!!! of course you are in an open jeep with safe distance under surveillance of trained guards or in a closed vehicle if you are in a big group.

 Apart from wildlife Tadoba is also very much known for its wide range of rare and beautiful striking floral  categories…! It has full of blend of Bibla, dhawda, Haldu, Garaadi, Saag, Ain, bamboo and many more categories..

Tadoba is place for small Birds, insects, reptiles & other such animals who usually rest in dense forest..!  

Tadoba has been studying place for Biologists, botany scientists & ayurvedic doctors since ages..!!

There are many famous lakes in this national park like  Tadoba lake, Jaamni lake, Teliyaa lake, Kosa lake. It has continuous flow of water through river Andhari, natural reservoir like bhanusakhindi, panchdhaara, basant bandhara…

Government has also built few more artificial lake to widen the opportunity for many wild animals being  viewed by public..

In the evening time all these lakes are filled by various types of animals, you will go crazy and surely become very excited to click each and every possible wild animal… 

The experience of being witness these animals at the lake and overall in Tadoba National Park  is really “lifetime must see” event..!

 

HOW TO REACH:-

1. By AIR - Nagpur Airport is 155 km from Tadoba national park
2. By Train:- Chandrapur railway stations is just 45 kms away from Tadoba. Frequency of trains going via Chandrapur is very high.

SANJAY GANDHI NATIONAL PARK, MUMBAI

You are fed-up of heavy traffic in Mumbai roads..?
Heavy pollutions & increasing disturbance.. you are in dilemma where to head for silence and natural place in less time..?
You need mind refreshment and silence within 1 hour from the heart of Mumbai..?
Bored from city fast life, grab a bike, camera, eatable items and reach to this place in ONE HOUR..!!!!
YES..!!!!
SANJAY GANDHI NATIONAL PARK is the place where you can reach from any corner of mumbai just in an hour journey..!!!!

In this garden you will forget worries, traffic and heavy pollutions even you will forget that you are in the financial capital of India - Mumbai..!!!!! It is situated in the lap of natural green land of Boriwali...!! On the Mumbai - Ahmedabad eastern highway..!!

87 sq.kilometers area is full of beautiful flowers, birds, trees and plants, naturally shaped waterfalls, tunnels, sliding small hills, lovely dense forest area, wild animals and all other things that you need to freshen up yourself in less time..!!!! One will definitely want to stop running time to experience each and every amazing spot..!!

Sanjay Gandhi National Park

Natural scenery, ups & downs, tunnels, dens greenery that gives feeling of happiness to your eyes.... silence that enters in your mind and opens doors to meditating journey of further beautiful spots... you will feel charged immediately within 10 minutes as you keep watching amazing, lovely, beautiful flowers..!

This park is Nationally recognized since 1975..!!!!
You will find zoo animals as well as if you are lucky you will get a chance of having a glance at wild animals like Lions, Tigers, wild boar, deers, jungle bears...!!


This park is a paradise for  bird lovers, wild life photographers and bird watchers...!!!
if you come along with your binoculars or high lens camera you will definitely click almost 500 pictures very easily..!!!!

Lion Safari

The greatest attraction of this National Park is TIGER & LION SAFARI....
If you get into the park very early morning there are chances your Tiger or Lion welcome you directly on the roads... these wild animals may cross roads in front of you.. Of course, you are in well secure custody in a jeep of closed vehicle... Park authority has taken very good care for viewers security..!!

Sanjay Gandhi National Park has everything that pleases to people from all age group. For kids they have various toys and the great and best attraction is a toy train - VANARAANI.... When you take a ride from this little, fascinating train you will surely go to your childhood days..!!!! 
This train takes to the complete round journey to the national park, You will witness all the wild animals when you take early morning rides, you will enlighten your natural wild life knowledge too..!!!!

Sanjay Gandhi National Park Map

You will get to know different types of birds that are seating and enjoying their stay near the lake, lion, tigers, cheetahs resting somewhere in the jungle... and the entire ride experience is very rich...
It is more enjoyable that Singapore's NIGHT SAFAARI....

How to Reach:-
1. Take a train from Mumbai CST to Borivali..
2. Land at Sahar International Air port and hire a taxi that will take you to park within 1 or 2 hours depending on the traffic flow.(just 20 kms from Mumbai Airport)
3.Rush to your Bike, and head to national park.. :-)

Mauritius

Are you are fascinated by deep blue sea..??

Do you want see clean, neatly maintain still natural & very long seashores that have less crowd?

Is your dream vacation destination leads you to think of the royal treatment just like as you wake up early lazy morning and after walking just 20 feet you find yourself straight on the white sand of beautiful seashore..?

"MAURITIUS" is the name of that "Dream Come True" destination for such kind of divine experience ….!!!!!!!!

Isle Aux Cerf

What do you call when you sit right on the white, smooth, flashing sand and when you take a look at your left you see eye catching greenery & jungles… when you see to your right you find great adventurous water sports in the sea like speed boat, para sailing, boating, kayaking, wave surfing, swimming, under sea walk, blue safari submarine at “isle aux cerf”…!

Yes… !!!!!

When you go mad for such adventures sports in deep blue sea which is amazingly kept very clean and neat… you must visit isle aux cerf..

“Blue” means blessings to Mauritius by God…. 

You will find hundreds of shades on blue and green in Mauritius God gifted lovely Small Island..!!

Deadly Earthquakes happened somewhere deep inside sea and this lovely island of hardly 40 square miles came into existence…! It is been said as a destination for sea surfers who are lazy & annoyed by always do check-in and check-out frequently..!  

Once you check-in you can forget yourself for what you came to Mauritius … because you can’t stay away for long time from inviting seashores..!!!!

When you tired after long superb day then you can seat in the sand, hand-in-hand with your loved one… and just witness the lovely colorful rainbow on the horizon…. Just keep watching the sunset that makes you go sensitive and calm within..!!

Port Louis is the Capital of Mauritius where you have a great royal botanical garden.. You will go mad while seeing various types of lovely plants, dwarfs and flowers at Victoria Amazonica …!!

When you are amazed by natural biological GO GREEN thing then you can further get ready to see “La Palace” .. It has strong and popular history of Mauritius …their Lifestyle, culture and hospitality is another good points one can see..!! This garden has internal toy train to take a ride and to relax a little bit till you reach your next attraction in the garden…

La Citadelle

La Citadelle” is a small fort British has built in 1835.. To take entire city view you can easily go on the top in few minutes and gaze the entire Mauritius..

You will be amazed to see ganga mata lake, shiv Shankar, hanuman temples there as Mauritius culture is heavily coincide with Indian culture.. Almost 75% immigrants are from India..

 hence they have strong influence on them..! You will definitely relate Haridwaar temples after watching temples in Mauritius..! 

Another surprising thing is “Chamarel “…  you will say “Aaaah” and “wow” number of times when you see this various colored sand …. It is believed that Chamarel is the only place in the World where we see earth of seven different color sand  at one place. These are brown, violet, green, blue, purple, red and yellow. !!!! “This is very natural process &it is due to decomposed basalt gullies, climate is very humid  that helps in decomposition of besalt into clay….”  Whatever geographical science is behind it we don’t have to worry about it … we wish to run around on the seven colored sand..!

Chamarel

After enjoying your beautiful day all over the beach and running around the garden bushes and getting lots of photographs of lovely birds from the bird park… you will feel hungry … 

There are various food options to serve your appetite …..there are literally hundreds of variety in fishes and crabs for seafood lovers….

But heyy… don’t worry if you are a pure veggi…! You can enjoy too…. From their veggi cuisine specially designed for veg people..! 

Hotels has various multiple shows, events almost daily to entertain their visitors… you can also take parts in few of the programs as guest..!!!

 Yes... Thats Mauritius...!!! 

When you board plane back to home ..... you will take great memories that the world envy on you ..!!!

Best Fort - RAIGAD

RAIGAD is the one of the best forts of Maharashtra. It is situated 25kms North from Mahad. Hight from Seashore is 2581 Feet. It has 1487 steps completely carved in stone..!!!
RAIGAD is surrounded by great mountains, and breath taking valleys...
This fort has a great view from all four directions... From south you can view Rajgad, Tornagad, Makarand gad, Pratapgad..
Legendary King Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj chose this fort as Capital of his great kingdom just because its complicated and complex structure, You can view and keep watch on almost 100 kms from all sides....

HISTORY OF RAIGAD :-
 
Its earlier name was RAAYARI also named as "Eastern Jibraltor" by Europeans. Prisoners were kept here at the time of Nizaam. On 6th April 1656 Shivaji Maharaj took over this great fort..
Shivaji maharaj got his historical ceremony on Raigad and from 19 may 1674 he was officially chosen as a King of Maharashtra..!!!! This moment was the greatest moment among all of us..!!
Shivaji maharaj ruled till his death - April 1680..
We have his monument on the fort. All people visits in the month of April to offer a tribute to this great king of India.

EASY TO CLIMB NOW:-
As a general trekking spot it is easy to climb as compared to other forts nowadays. it has 1487 steps all carved in stones..! All Maharashtra people are fond of Shivaji and hence keep visiting very often to Raigad.

Government has built a rope way for senior citizens who are unable to climb the steps..!!
It also has become a favorite tourist spots after the ropeway was built. You can reach to the top of the Raigad just in 15 minutes. You can have complete valley view and entire village scape from the lift that carries around 3-4 people in one trip. if you visit in monsoon you will feel like walking in the Heaven's Garden as you will have pleasant scenery all around in 290 Degrees. Multi-color flowers, butterflies and different types of birds chirping gives you awesome experience even though you reach on the top in less than  15 minutes. If you want to enjoy climbing adventure take 1487 steps..!!!! You will reach on the top in 2.5 to 3 hours..!!!

PLACES TO VISIT:-
1. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Samadhi. (Monument)
2. Jagadishwar Mandir. (temple)
3. Menaa Darwaja.(Fascinating door)
4. Hatti Lake
5. Gangasagar Lake
6. Takmak Tok (Takmak corner)
7. Hirkani Tok (Hirkani Corner)
8. Shirkaai Temple
9. Nagaar khana (musical instruments during war )
10. Raaj bhavan (to discuss issues)
11. Market

ACCOMMODATION ON TOP:-
Yes, You have many options available to stay right from temples, to M.T.D.C well furnished rooms.

HOW TO TRAVEL:-
1. PUBLIC TRANSPORT - Mumbai - Goa highway take a bus from MAHAD. (2 hrs)
2. PRIVATE TRAVELS  - YES. Available.
3. ON BIKE - YES
4. FOUR WHEELER - YES