Barring 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 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 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 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 ArticleModest Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation resorts set to acquire a...
PUNE: Government-run hotels in the state's tourist spots often seemed drab in comparison with other five-star accommodations. Not any more, as the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) is...
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 Article‘Banning private cars in Karhandla, Sillari must not be an exercise in...
Nagpur: The decision to ban private jeeps and cars for jungle safaris in Umred-Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary ( UKWS ) and Sillari in Pench has evoked mixed reactions, with most of the conservationists...
View ArticleNagpur has style but is not flaunting it yet
NAGPUR: Nagpur, a city on the cusp of tradition and modernity, has its own aspirational demographic who are experimenting with fashion, trends and fads. Though not exactly in line with the hip set...
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 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 ArticleThe law of the jungle
The rocky black outcrops, the withered trees of the jungle with their bare outstretched arms, the faint rustle in the thick dry leaf carpet on the floor... all feed into our vivid imagination as the...
View ArticleWhere to go on holiday in 2016
Every new year brings a host of reasons to choose a destination. We pick new flights, new openings, anniversaries and special events for 2016’s hotlist...
View ArticleFlorida travel tips and deals
Check this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: New Bonaventure Resort & Spa summer special The new Summer Break Special at the Bonaventure Resort & Spa in Weston...
View ArticleBest on the beach
Express TravelWorld checks out unique accommodations located on India's scenic beaches which can be packaged as niche products for both, leisure and MICE segments West Bengal Known for its rich...
View ArticleFlorida Travel Tips & Deals
Check this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: New fitness offering at The Breakers Ocean Fitness will debut as The Breakers’ flagship fitness offering in early December. A...
View ArticleGive tigers their space, value corridors
NAGPUR: From a lakh tigers in 1913 to a mere 3,000 now, global wild tiger population has been decimated over the last century. India, which had the maximum tigers, now has only 2,226 in the wild, and...
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 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 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...
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