Tiger Safari In Bandhavgarh National Park

Little did people know in 1968 when a national park was being formed into an unknown district, adjoining a small village as to what will be the fate of this park. Over the years the efforts of the forest department along with the local community bore fruit. The park was Bandhavgarh and the village, Tala. Today exactly 50 years later doing a Tiger safari in Bandhavgarh National Park is the first pick of all Tiger lovers. If anyone at all is planning a Tiger Trip to India then this is a must park in the itinerary.

Bandhavgarh National Park was made a Tiger reserve in 1993. This was perhaps the rub of the green that Bandhavgarh needed. A male Tiger suddenly appeared from unknown areas and started to get sighted in the Tala range of this park. Being from a non tourism zone, he wasn't familiar with the safari vehicles. In Fact the vehicles around that time were minimal, 3-4 max during a safari. Those numbers were also not tolerable to him. He would see the vehicles and run towards them growling. This attitude of his earned him a reputation and a name of 'Charger'.

The drivers were literally scared to go anywhere in his territory. They would warn the tourists in advance about his ferocious attitude. Some tourists would not believe the same, and on a sudden encounter with Charger runs after their vehicle, came out crying hysterically. Their speech choked, bodies trembling, and belongings all over in the vehicle. Such was the power of the Charger. But as he aged he became more tolerant of the tourists. The image below is about the times when he was almost at the fag end of a glorious career in Bandhavgarh.