About Pench: Located in the southern boundary of Madhya Pradesh and the districts of Seoni and Chhindawara, the Pench Tiger Reserve is named after the Pench river, flowing through the Satpura Hills. Pench Tiger Reserve and its neighborhood is the original setting of Mowglee and Sherkhan (Rudyard Kipling's most famous work, The Jungle Book). Pench National Park, comprising of 758 SQ Kms, out of which a core area of 299 sq km is the national park and remaining 464 sq km is the buffer area.

Rich in its biodiversity, its terrain defined by hills, valleys and the occasional precipitous slope, Pench is an important ecosystem supporting an abundance of flora and fauna, including a rich variety of aquatic life. Pench National Park is four different forest regions in one, an extravagance of trees, shrubs, grasses, climbers, weeds and herbs, with teak being the most prominent of the tree species. The park is home to 33 species of mammals, 164 species of birds, 50 species of fish, 10 species of amphibians, 30 species of reptiles, and a wide variety of insect life. While primarily and reservation for tigers and panthers, Pench is also home to sambhar, chital, barking deer, nilgai, black buck, gaur, wild boar, chausingha, sloth bears, wild dogs, langurs, monkeys, mouse deer, black- naped hares, jackals, foxes, hyenas, porcupines, and flying squirrels, to name a few.

Here, birdlife is equally bountiful. The feathered denizens of Pench include both resident and migratory birds like Stork, Malabar pied Hornbill, Osprey, Grey-headed Fishing Eagle, Indian Pitta, White-eyed Buzzard, Waterfowl, four endangered Vulture species and the Green Pigeon.