MTDC’s adventure sports inst coming up at Ramtek
Nagpur: Taking tourism beyond sight seeing and jungle safaris, MTDC is now encouraging adventure sports to attract tourists and promote tourist friendly locations. Coming up at Ramtek, along Khindsi...
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 ArticleOlder safari vehicles in Tadoba to stay
NAGPUR: The Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) management will extend deadline to phase out Gypsys older than 2002 as Tadoba Gypsy Eco-tourism Welfare Society expressed inability to introduce new...
View ArticleHigh-end cameras rake in moolah for Tadoba tiger reserve
NAGPUR: Photographers entering Tadoba tiger reserve may fume over the exorbitant Rs 500 fee being charged for cameras with 250mm or above lens. But the levy has made the Tadoba Conservation Foundation...
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 ArticleMTDC takes up Marbats to attract tourists to city
NAGPUR: In an imaginative move to give impetus to tourism in the region, MTDC has decided to promote Nagpur's Marbat festival, which is unique to the city. The event is held on Tanha Pola which is...
View ArticleIt's raining tourists at monsoon getaways
MUMBAI: The Nariman Point office of Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) is buzzing despite summer vacations having ended long time ago. With the rains arriving in full swing, Mumbaikars...
View ArticleRains make machan census more adventurous in Tadoba
NAGPUR/CHANDRAPUR: Many wildlife buffs were overjoyed on directly sighting at least 41 tigers and over a dozen leopards from machans across Vidarbha during the waterhole census on Monday-Tuesday....
View ArticleBarring Tadoba, all parks to remain closed for machan census
NAGPUR: Even as the stage is set for the daylong machan (waterhole) census from morning of May 4 to 5, all the wildlife sanctuaries under Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR), Bor Tiger Reserve (BTR), Melghat and...
View ArticleNow enjoy Tadoba safari for Rs150
NAGPUR: Those not so keen to visit Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in Chandrapur district following high-end tourism have something to cheer about. The park management will launch a 20-seater mini...
View ArticleTiger, leopard safaris planned on lines of Tadoba, Borivli
Nagpur: Maharashtra finance and forest minister Sudhir Mungantiwar, while announcing his maiden budget on Wednesday, has given thrust to ecotourism considering it as a major tool to boost employment...
View ArticleTadoba's vehicle quota to favour Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra?
NAGPUR: At a time when it has become tough to get entry into Tadoba, the management has granted a level-playing field to Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (FDCM), a wholly-owned...
View ArticleLow-cost safari at Tadoba in open-top bus soon
Chandrapur: Soon, you will be able to take a safari inside Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve for as low as Rs 300. Tadoba authorities have offered a bonanza to tourists on World Wildlife Day. The...
View Article‘Machan stays, cycling in Tadoba buffer by March’
Nagpur: GP Garad (57), an IFS officer of 1993 batch, joined the forest department as an assistant conservator at Allapalli. He worked as sub-DFO in Navegaon National Park and was the first DCF to be...
View ArticleTadoba, Pench, Melghat tiger reserves adjudged ‘very good’
NAGPUR: Amid poaching threats, efforts of wildlife wing officials have borne fruit, as Tadoba-Andhari, Pench and Melghat tiger reserves in Vidarbha have improved their grade from 'good' to 'very good'...
View ArticlePricey Tadoba now plans safaris for 'aam aadmi'
NAGPUR: With a single safari in Tadoba now costing a minimum Rs 4,100 on weekdays and Rs 4,600 on holidays and weekends, the park management has thought of providing a mini bus for ordinary tourists....
View ArticleMTDC adopts non-conventional energy at resorts
PUNE: The state tourism department is all set to roll out naturally-lit and ventilated resorts to bring down the carbon footprint of tourist facilities without compromising on the comfort quotient....
View ArticleMaharashtra Tourism Development Corporation announces concessions for senior...
PUNE: The state-run Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) has floated a scheme for senior citizens by offering 20% concession on room fares at its resorts located at the tourist spots...
View ArticleEntry to tourist vehicles goes up in Tadoba from 117 to 136
Nagpur: With Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) increasing entry to tourists vehicles from existing 117 to 136, lucky tourists can vie to get in by going for bookings online. Chief conservator of...
View ArticleBuddha smiles during machan census
NAGPUR: Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in Chandrapur and Pench Tiger Reserve in Nagpur districts stole the show with record tiger sightings during the 24-hour wild animal count on waterholes done...
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