Bandhavgarh National Park the land of the Tiger. 2 Tigress with cubs. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve

Bandhavgarh National Park has one of the highest densities of tigers in the world. This was demonstrated on our trip when we constantly heard alarm calls and saw 4 tiger, two tigresses with cubs. Banhavgarh has excellent biodiversity with 37 different species of mammals and some 250 birds. It was created Bandhavgarh National Park in 1968 and was part of Project Tiger in 1993. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve is located in Madya Pradesh in Central India. It is 716 Square Kilometres (276 square miles) in size, with 105 square kilometres or 15% open to tourists. It has three zones Tala, Maghi and Khitauli. Zone 3 was closed during our visit as there were elephants who had come down from the hills there and they did not tolerate humans and were perceived as a danger. The Madya Pradesh Forestry Department, run and operate the park, they deserve great credit for creating such a superb park. Contents of this video 00:00 Tiger introduction 00:22 Early morning start collecting tiger park passes 00:38 Our Park guide joins us & drive through gate 01:16 Drive in with Banhavgargh Park information 02:07 Crested serpant eagle with magnificent crest up 03:01 White Breasted Kingfisher 03:08 Tiger pug marks detected on the road 03:16 Guar calf on alert for tiger 03:39 Guar cow with suckling calf 03:59 Guar herd in bamboo 04:48 Searching for tiger, speaking to forest guards 05:33 Off to find tigress and cubs 06:10 Tiger, tiger, tiger.......! 07:47 Mother and two cubs cross road infront of us 08:42 Last cub very timid tries to cross road 10:47 The plains of Banhavgargh 11:08 Cheetal or spotted herd & magnificent stag in velvet 11.32 We arrive at the breakfast spot 12:07 Local villagers cater for the tourists breakfast 13:00 Large cuckoo strike 133:32 Bonnet macaque or zati troop on the move 14:03 Kestrel on the grass plains 14:32 Yellow Footed Green or Bengal Pigeon 15:00 Cheetal alarm calling, we search for tiger 15:43 Langur monkeys alarm calling no other jeep here 17:22 Langur monkey gives the all clear the tiger has past 17:48 Coppersmith Barbet and brown headed barbit spotting 18:33 Grey Horn bill feeding on the banyaon friut 18:44 Coppersmith barbet 19:07 Cheetal alarming & park elephant 19:35 Great excitement tiger driven out of cover by elephant 21:19 Tigress appears 23:41 Large tourist park elephant with tusks 24:48 Drive through bamboo as Sambar Stag is found 25:40 Sambar females alert with tail up 26:24 Greater racket-tailed drongo 26:55 Park road through sandy plains 27:01 Collared Scops Owl in tree roost 27:55 End of the morning drive thru park gates 28:42 Back for the 3pm park drive 29:04 Guide tells us to look for the Spotted Owlets 30:02 Evening drive into Bandhavgarh Tiger Park 30:33 Guide tells us about the maharaja's Fort on the hill 31:36 Cheetal alarming & beautiful Black Ibis 31:52 Tiger foot prints in the sand 31:58 Barking deer 32:07 We spot our own tiger, everyone drove past 36:50 Tourist jeeps struggle to get best view of the tiger 39:15 Grasslands spotted deer mother calls baby & large herds 40:27 Fresh water turtle on the river bank 40:51 Pond heron fishing & grass land wildlife 41:51 Indian vultures climbing to the thermals - daily routine 42:34 Griffin Vultures joins the spiralling vultures 43:34 Himilayan Griffin & Red Headed Vultures in the trees 44:21 Red headed vulture feeding 44:41 Excitement samber alarms where is the Tigress 45:51 Langur Monkey 46:09 Common mongoose hunting 46:59 Peacocks alarming 47:28 We drive to find tigress and cubs 48:34 4 month old tiger cub crosses the road 49:45 3 cubs join tigress 50:48 Two motherless sloth bear cubs, tiger killed Mum! 53:07 Herd of cheetal deer eating leaves dropped by langur monkeys 53:46 Indian Tree-Pie removes velvet from cheetal deer antlers 56:16 Wild boar family 56:46 Brown Fish Owl 57:58 Hunting Jackal 58:36 Cheetal alarm calling, there is tiger about 1:01:28 Jeeps pile out of the park at dust Bandhavgarh Parkis named after the hill that Lord Rana gave to his brother Laxman to keep watch on Lanka. Bandhav - brother and Garh - 'fort', hence the name Bandhavgar.