Pench

Pench

Pench National Park, nestling in the lower southern region of the Satpuda Hills is named after Pench river, meandering through the park from north to south. It is located on the southern boundary of Madhya Pradesh, bordering Maharashtra, in the districts of Seoni and Chhindwara. Pench National Park, comprising 758 km², out of which a core area of 299 km² of Indira Priyadarshini Pench National Park and the Mowgli Pench Sanctuary and remaining 464 km² of Pench National Park is the buffer area. The area of the present tiger reserve has a glorious history. A description of its natural wealth and richness occurs in Ain-i-Akbari. Pench Tiger Reserve and its neighbourhood is the original setting of Rudyard Kipling’s most famous work, The Jungle Book.