Fewr tourist vehicles to enter Tadoba, Bor
Nagpur: Even as the tiger reserves, wildlife sanctuaries and national parks in the state reopen from October 1 after monsoon break, carrying capacity of most visited Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR)...
View ArticleTiger sightings greet tourists at Tadoba, Nagzira on day 1
Nagpur: Amid mixed response from tourists to early opening of wildlife parks on Sunday, those visiting Tadoba, Khursapar in Pench, and Nagzira on Sunday were lucky to get tiger sightings. "Tadoba was...
View ArticleAt Rs 4,070, safari in Pench, Umred costlier than Tadoba
Nagpur: At Rs4,070 per entry for wildlife safari, Umred-Karhandla, Bor and Pench seem to have become costlier than premium Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR). This is likely to create tourism...
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 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 ArticleBamboo flowering after 40 years may push Tadoba to the brink
Nagpur: The Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) is facing a natural catastrophe around 2021, when all the bamboo plants there flower and die at the same time, leaving herbivores without food for...
View ArticleMoEFCC grants eco clearance to coal mine near Tadoba
Nagpur: In a setback to tigers, the coal mining division of ministry of environment, forest, and climate change (MoEFCC) has granted environment clearance (EC) to WCL's Durgapur Extension Deep Opencast...
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 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 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...
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