Panna National Park
Panna National Park located in the Panna and Chattarpur district of Madhya Pradesh is formally being renowned as the 22nd tiger reserve in India and the fifth in Madhya Pradesh. By covering an area of 542.67 sq km, Panna Reserve lies beside the areas of the Ken River in the central state of India, Madhya Pradesh at a distance of 57 km from Khajuraho, a world heritage center.
Panna Tiger Reserve was found as the best managed and maintained national park of India by the Ministry of Tourism of India and this reputation brought the park the Award of Excellence in the year 2007. Thanks to all the efforts of Mr. R. Shreenivasa Murthy, a forest officer of the area who brought his best efforts to bring the Panna Park the best managed and developed park in the area, in collaboration with his team.
In the tropical region of Panna the climate of the reserve, the area is sometimes so pleasant, sometimes so scorching during summers but with heavy rainfalls, the area is again plush with greenery to make the ambiance more appealing.
Ken River flows through this reserve and creates beautiful waterfalls on its way to the valley. The park has numerous sites of historical importance with stone paintings dating back to the Neolithic era. The ideal home to Indian tigers, Panna is composed of deciduous forests including other species like Indian wolf, four-horned antelope, sloth bear pangolin, rusty-spotted cat, leopard, caracal, and gharial.
