Tadoba, 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 ArticleTorture tales of Tadoba travellers!
Visiting Tadoba jungle is tantamount to frustration galore, thanks to government apathy All those celebs, who come to the City of Oranges, have been going gushy over its lush aura and the green jungles...
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 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 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 ArticleTorture tales of Tadoba travellers!
Visiting Tadoba jungle is tantamount to frustration galore, thanks to government apathy All those celebs, who come to the City of Oranges, have been going gushy over its lush aura and the green jungles...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleMTDC’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 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...
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