India's great national parks
Every national park and tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh where we run safaris, plus Kaziranga, Ranthambore, Corbett, Tadoba and more. Each page covers history, wildlife, safari zones and the best time to visit.
Madhya Pradesh
The Tiger State of India, with more tiger reserves than any other state.
India's cheetah homeKuno National Park
The only place in India where you can look for free-ranging cheetahs, in open grassland along the Kuno river.
Explore →Madhav National Park
One of Madhya Pradesh's oldest parks, around the lakes of Shivpuri, and India's 58th tiger reserve since March 2025.
Explore →Satpura National Park
Rugged sandstone hills and deep gorges near Pachmarhi, where you can explore on foot, by boat and by canoe as well as by jeep.
Explore →Kanha National Park
Vast sal forests and open meadows, the setting linked to The Jungle Book, and the last home of the hard-ground barasingha.
Explore →Pench National Park
Teak forest split by the Pench river across two states, the landscape behind Kipling's Jungle Book and home of the famous tigress Collarwali.
Explore →Panna National Park
Gorges, waterfalls and the Ken river near Khajuraho, home to one of the world's great tiger reintroduction stories.
Explore →Bandhavgarh National Park
A compact park of sal forest and rocky hills under an ancient fort, with one of the highest tiger densities in India.
Explore →Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve
A remote, little-visited reserve in Sidhi district, with dense sal forest, rivers and a growing tiger population.
Explore →Ratapani Tiger Reserve
Teak forest on the Vindhya hills right beside Bhopal, notified as Madhya Pradesh's 8th tiger reserve in December 2024.
Explore →Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve
Formed in 2023 from the Nauradehi and Durgavati sanctuaries, the largest tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh.
Explore →Assam
Floodplain grasslands of the Brahmaputra and the rainforests of the Northeast.
Kaziranga National Park
Tall elephant grass, wetlands and the Brahmaputra floodplain, home to about two-thirds of the world's one-horned rhinos and one of the highest tiger densities anywhere.
Explore →Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary
A small rainforest among tea gardens near Jorhat, the best place in India to see the western hoolock gibbon and six other primates.
Explore →Rajasthan
Tigers in dry Aravalli forest, among forts and old hunting reserves.
Ranthambore National Park
Famous for tigers seen in daylight beside lakes, banyans and a thousand-year-old fort.
Explore →Sariska Tiger Reserve
Aravalli hills, old forts and temples about four hours from Delhi, where tigers were brought back after being lost.
Explore →Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve
Rajasthan's newer tiger reserve near Kota, set among parallel hills, the Chambal river and medieval forts.
Explore →Uttarakhand
Himalayan foothill forests along the Ramganga and the Ganga.
Jim Corbett National Park
India's oldest national park, in the Himalayan foothills along the Ramganga river, and the place where Project Tiger began.
Explore →Rajaji National Park
Shivalik forests next to Haridwar and Rishikesh, best known for Asian elephants and the Ganga flowing through the park.
Explore →Maharashtra
Central Indian teak forest with some of the best tiger viewing in the country.
Parks at a glance
| Park | State | Known for | Established | Zones / gates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuno National Park | Madhya Pradesh | India's cheetah home | 1981 (sanctuary) · 2018 (national park) | Tiktoli · Ahera · Peepal Bawadi |
| Madhav National Park | Madhya Pradesh | Lakes, a royal castle & returning tigers | 1958 (national park) · 2025 (tiger reserve) | Guided walks |
| Satpura National Park | Madhya Pradesh | Walk, canoe & drive | 1981 (national park) · 1999–2000 (tiger reserve) | Madhai (main) · Churna · Parsapani |
| Kanha National Park | Madhya Pradesh | Sal forests & the barasingha | 1955 (national park) · 1973 (tiger reserve) | Kanha · Kisli · Mukki · Sarhi |
| Pench National Park | Madhya Pradesh & Maharashtra | The Jungle Book country | 1983 (MP national park) · 1992 (tiger reserve) | Turia · Karmajhiri · Jamtara (MP); Sillari · Khursapar (Maharashtra) |
| Panna National Park | Madhya Pradesh | Ken river & a tiger comeback | 1981 (national park) · 1994 (tiger reserve) | Madla · Hinauta · Akola (buffer) |
| Bandhavgarh National Park | Madhya Pradesh | Highest tiger density | 1968 (national park) · 1993 (tiger reserve) | Tala · Magadhi · Khitauli |
| Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve | Madhya Pradesh | Untouched sal forest | 1981 (Sanjay National Park) · 2006 (tiger reserve) | Dubri · Mohan · Bastua |
| Ratapani Tiger Reserve | Madhya Pradesh | Tigers next to Bhopal | 1976 (sanctuary) · 2024 (tiger reserve) | Guided walks |
| Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve | Madhya Pradesh | MP's largest tiger reserve | 2023 (tiger reserve) | Guided walks |
| Kaziranga National Park | Assam | Home of the one-horned rhino | 1908 (reserve forest) · 1974 (national park) | Central (Kohora) · Western (Bagori) · Eastern (Agaratoli) · Burapahar |
| Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary | Assam | India's only ape | 1881 (reserve forest) · 1997 (sanctuary) | Guided walks |
| Ranthambore National Park | Rajasthan | Tigers among fort ruins | 1955 (sanctuary) · 1973 (Project Tiger) · 1980 (national park) | 10 zones |
| Sariska Tiger Reserve | Rajasthan | Tigers near Delhi | 1955 (sanctuary) · 1978 (tiger reserve) · 1982 (national park) | Sariska · Tehla · Tala |
| Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve | Rajasthan | Gorges of the Chambal | 2013 (tiger reserve) | Guided walks |
| Jim Corbett National Park | Uttarakhand | India's first national park | 1936 (Hailey National Park) | Dhikala · Bijrani · Jhirna · Dhela · Durga Devi · Garjia |
| Rajaji National Park | Uttarakhand | Elephants by the Ganga | 1983 (national park) · 2015 (tiger reserve) | Chilla · Motichur · Ranipur · Jhilmil Jheel |
| Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve | Maharashtra | Maharashtra's tiger jewel | 1955 (Tadoba National Park) · 1995 (tiger reserve) | Moharli · Kolara · Navegaon · Khutwanda · Zari & buffer gates |