Mungantiwar overrides NTCA on monsoon tourism in Tadoba, Pench reserves
NAGPUR: Maharashtra forest minister Sudhir Mungantiwar on Monday overruled the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), a statutory body monitoring tiger reserves in the country, and decided to...
View ArticleMTDC’s eco friendly cottages a big attraction at Tadoba
NAGPUR: The much touted eco-friendly cottages developed by MTDC got operational without much fanfare from April 1 this year. The 16 deluxe and two VIP cottages are located on the 3 hectare land on...
View ArticleSoak in the green
NAGPUR: Have you considered a forest safari in monsoons? If you haven't, think again. What if you were told that you would have the drizzle of rain giving you company, the various hues of green of the...
View ArticleMTDC ties up with pvt partner for Sakoli Resort
Nagpur: To boost tourism and provide five-star facilities to tourists, the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) has lined up resorts which will be maintained and operated by private...
View ArticleMTDC offers discounts on World Tourism Day
Nagpur: To celebrate World Tourism Day on Sunday, MTDC will be extending a traditional welcome to tourists visiting the...
View ArticleGanpatipule tops dream holiday destination list in Maharashtra: MTDC
MUMBAI: An analysis of inquiries from visitors, mostly international and domestic tour agencies, during the Maharashtra International Travel Mart 2015 held recently in Goregaon showed that Ganpatipule,...
View ArticleGanpatipule tops dream holiday destination list in state: MTDC
Mumbai: An analysis of inquiries from visitors, mostly international and domestic tour agencies, during the Maharashtra International Travel Mart 2015 held recently in Goregaon showed that Ganpatipule,...
View Article‘Promoting tiger habitat tourism need of the hour’
Aditya Dhanwatay (45) runs TigerTrails Jungle Lodges, a bush camp in Khutwanda on the fringes of Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in Chandrapur district. A former member of the state-level CAMPA...
View ArticleTadoba, Pench to allow daylong tourism inside core areas
Nagpur: At a time ecotourism is becoming the buzzword, Tadoba-Andhari and Pench tiger reserves have turned over a new leaf by starting limited daylong tourism in the parks, and night safari and machan...
View ArticleMTDC takes up Swachh Bharat initiative across Nagpur
Keeping up with the Prime Minister's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation's regional office in Nagpur will be taking up cleanliness activities at various tourist centres...
View ArticleBicycling in Tadoba buffer from Jan 1
Nagpur: In a bonanza for tourists visiting Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), new attractions will be launched in its buffer zone from New Year. From January 1, a 6km cycling route will be thrown...
View ArticleTadoba tiger travels 140km to reach Nagzira
Nagpur: Even as linear intrusions like roads, railways and power lines pose a big threat to tiger habitats and corridors across the country, a tiger from Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in...
View ArticleTourists can soon go boating outside Tadoba
Nagpur: Though most tourists come to Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) for its majestic tigers, they will now have something else to engage with while not on a safari. The forest department is set to...
View ArticleMTDC lines up initiatives to promote Vidarbha tourism
Nagpur: To celebrate World Tourism Day on Tuesday, the regional office of Maharashtra State Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) will be taking up a number of initiatives in the city to promote...
View ArticleMore than 30 lakh tourists visited Nagpur jungles in the past one year
Latest to join the Smart City bandwagon — a feat that was celebrated with a lot of fanfare recently, Nagpur has achieved another milestone quietly. In the past one year, the jungles around Nagpur have...
View Article6-day break sees most bags packed for overseas trips
Mumbai: Anisha Madhok, a bank executive, had planned to visit Andaman during Diwali vacation in 2017, but a six-day holiday bonanza, starting April 14 if two days of leave is managed in between, and...
View ArticlePench tigers make Deccan Odyssey experience richer, thrilling
NAGPUR: On its maiden visit to Pench Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra, 80 tourists including Indians and foreigners travelling in luxury 'Deccan Odyssey' train, were thrilled to sight tigers in the reserve...
View ArticleLuxury Deccan Odyssey to reach Tadoba, Pench on May 10, 11
Nagpur: After Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), it is now the turn of Maharashtra Pench Tiger Reserve to hit the global map. The luxury tourist train Deccan Odyssey will reach Mowgli's land of Pench...
View ArticleMTDC suffers Rs 25 lakh loss due to storm
Chandrapur: Sudden thunderstorm ripped roof tiles of several rooms and dormitories in a resort owned by Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) at Moharli in Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve on...
View ArticleForests, shrines, beaches beckon Nagpurians for extended Holi break
Nagpur: Five air-conditioned buses carrying 200 persons of the Jain community will leave for Nashik from the city on Wednesday at 2pm. The purpose is to visit the newly installed statue of Jain Guru...
View ArticleSatpuda's massive plantation drive in buffer of 6 tiger reserves
NAGPUR: Owing to dwindling tree cover in the buffer areas of tiger reserves, Satpuda Foundation, a NGO working for wildlife conservation and community development in central India, undertook a massive...
View ArticleTourism at Tadoba largely unaffected
Chandrapur: Tourism at Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) has survived the shock of demonetisation. While online booking saw almost no impact, on-site bookings for Canter buses, buffer circuits, and...
View ArticleFirst time in India, coal mine tourism opens for visitors
Nagpur: An image of a coal mine, as propagated by movies, conjures images of barefoot labourers tortured to work in blazing sun; and of resources being exploited. But, in reality it is not as grim as...
View ArticleLeopard, bison compete with tiger’s popularity this safari season
NAGPUR: With monsoon retreating in the past few weeks, the jungles around Nagpur are gradually opening their gates for another exciting wildlife season. We update you on the highlights to look forward...
View ArticleNow pay more for tiger darshan in parks under Pench
Nagpur: With parks opening from October 16, tourists keen on visiting sanctuaries under Pench Tiger Reserve and Bor will have to shell out more for tiger safaris as gate fee has been hiked by 10%....
View ArticleNo monsoon tourism in Tadoba, Pench this year
NAGPUR: In a shocker to wildlife buffs and naturalists, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), the statutory body monitoring tiger reserves in the country, has directed chief wildlife warden...
View ArticleFive of the best forests for tiger spotting in India
Tiger spotters in India have cause for jubilation this year. After years of depressing reports about poaching, shrinking habitats and overall alarming reduction in the number of tigers in India, there...
View ArticleElephant safari back in Tadoba
Nagpur: In an added attraction for tourists, Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in Chandrapur district will restart elephant safari from Monday. "Elephant safari was stalled around one-and-half-year...
View ArticleState wildlife parks may reopen from Oct 1
Nagpur: The wildlife wing of the state forest department is considering opening Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) and other wildlife parks in the state from October 1. This will be 15 days ahead of...
View ArticleIn Search Of India's 'Jungle Book' Animals
...were based on the real flora and fauna that exists to this day in the Kanha and Pench forest reserves of central India. We took a safari run by Taj Safaris to see what wildlife we could find over a...
View ArticleGorewada safari becomes expensive; footfalls remain unaffected
The Gorewada jungle and cycle safari is at its best in the month of December. According to the figures provided by Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (FDCM), the number of footfalls of...
View ArticleMP starts work on tiger safaris sans CZA, NTCA sanction
NAGPUR: The Madhya Pradesh Ecotourism Board's (MPETB) decision to set up three tiger safaris in the buffer zone of Pench, Bandhavgarh and Kanha tiger reserves has no mandatory sanction from National...
View ArticleFirst houseboats set to anchor
Soon, Mumbai residents needn’t go as far as Kerala or even Tarkarli to get the experience of living on a houseboat. Mumbai is likely to get its first houseboats, next month. The Maharashtra Tourism...
View ArticleJapanese NGO pledges support to Tadoba corridor
Nagpur: A Japanese NGO has pledged support to protect tiger corridor connecting Tadoba-Andhari in Chandrapur and Navegaon-Nagzira in Gondia and Bhandara districts. A two-member team of Japan Tiger and...
View ArticlePrivate cars banned in Umred-Karhandla, Sillari
Nagpur: The Pench Tiger Reserve has decided to ban private vehicles from July 1 in Umred-Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary 60km from here. Now tourists will have to take safari in local Gypsys only. The...
View ArticleIn a first, MTDC to host kite flying this Sankranti
Mumbai: This year, for the first time, the state government will officially host kite flying events across the...
View ArticleA Peak Inside Taj Safari's Mowgli Lodges In India
Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces is India's largest multinational hotel operator. They've launched a Mowgli's Trail safari experience to coincide with Disney's latest Jungle Book movie. Here's a look...
View ArticleMTDC sets up tourism pavilion on Infosys campus to lure young execs
--> In order to lure young corporate executives with big spending power, Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) has set up a tourism pavilion in Infosys campus, Hingewadi in Pune, which...
View ArticleNTCA directs tiger reserves to reduce Gypsys if Canters operate
Nagpur: Even as tiger tourism is booming, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has directed all tiger reserves to follow NTCA model of carrying capacity and restrict number of vehicles if...
View ArticleForest meet at Konkan beach town Tarkarli, officers’ kin too welcome!
Nagpur: At a time when the state is reeling under huge debt burden, the move to conduct a two-day 'conference-cum-picnic' of senior forest officers at picturesque Indian Institute of Scuba Diving and...
View ArticleMTDC launches ‘Paryatan Parv’ from October 5 to 25
Nagpur: Taking a cue from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's latest 'Mann Ki Baat', where he urged youths to use vacations to discover India, the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) has...
View ArticleA night out with tigers
On the edge of Kanha Tiger Reserve sits the Singinawa Jungle Lodge. It offers an opportunity to learn about tigers and other endangered wildlife, whilst experiencing grassroot-level conservation work...
View ArticleWaghpur Express set to boost Pench tourism
Nagpur: In a boost ecotourism, Pench Tiger Reserve has launched Waghpur Express to ferry tourists directly from Nagpur to the wildlife park. During trial run of the bus on Tuesday, 250 students of...
View ArticleCycling soon in Tadoba buffer
Nagpur: Days after Pench Tiger Reserve announced slew of measures to boost tourism in its buffer zone in Nagalwadi,...
View ArticleLast-minute rush for bookings at tiger reserves
Nagpur: With the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) issuing directives to shut state tiger reserves during monsoons, there is heavy rush for last-minute bookings at local tiger reserves as...
View ArticleSpecial safari from Chanda to Tadoba
Chandrapur: Tadoba administration has announced to start a special safari from Chandrapur to promote ecotourism in Tadoba...
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