How to reach Kanha National Park

Reaching Kanha Park through Train Journey :
Jabalpur
Jabalpur is the best suitable place to reach Kanha National Park. City is in North-West of Kanha National Park. It is just 165kms/04:00hrs from park. Jabalpur city has airport having direct connectivity with Delhi. Jabalpur city is very well connected through trains with major cities of India like Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, Lucknow, Jaipur, Agra, Varanasi, Ahmedabad etc. Jabalpur city local sight-seeing will be an added advantage for those who are planning to reach Kanha through Jabalpur.

Raipur
Raipur is capital city of the Chattisgarh state. It is located in South-East of Park. Kanha National Park (Mukki entrance gate) is at a distance of 250kms. from Raipur city. Raipur is well connected with Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai,a Agra and many more important cities of India through trains. Nagpur: Nagpur city lies in Maharastra State of India. It is about 260 kms. away from Kanha National Park (Kisli entrance gate). Nagpur is well connected with some important cities like Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Chennai etc.

Reaching Kanha National Park By Air :
One can reach Kanha National Park through flights also.
By Charter Plane: For those who are traveling on Charted planes, can land at small runway called Birwa Airstrip at Malajkhand area in Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh State which is about 14 kms. away from Kanha National Park - Mukki entrance gate and 60 kms from Khatia/Kisli entrance gate.
By Plane: Kanha Park can also be reached through flights. Some of the nearby airports are:

• Nagpur (300kms/06:30hrs)
• Raipur(260kms/06:00hrs)
• Jabalpur (165kms/04:00hrs)
  

Among them Jabalpur Airport is most suitable for reaching Kanha National Park. Jabalpur Airport is directly connected with Mumbai & Delhi. Flights information from Jabalpur airport are:

Airline	From - To	Departs	Arrives	Duration
Indian- IC 7808	JLR → DEL	08:20	10:20	2hr 00min
Kingfisher Red- IT4376	JLR → DEL	08:55	11:05	2hr 10min
Kingfisher - IT3133	JLR→ IDR→ BOM	Suspended	Suspended	--

JLR=Jabalpur, DEL=Delhi, BOM=Mumbai, IDR=Indore ( Status as on 01-Jan-2011 )
Travelling to Kanha by road :-
Nearest cities from Kanha National Park are Jabalpur, Raipur, Nagpur. Jabalpur & Nagpur is on National Highway-7 which connects Varanasi from Kanyakumari. Anyone can reach Kanha from these cities by surface transfers. Among them Jabalpur is the closest to Kanha Tiger Reserve i.e, about 165kms. and road condition is also favourable. Routes are as follows:
» Jabalpur - Mandla - Kanha (Khatia gate)
» Raipur - Simga - Kawardha - Chilphi- Gadhi- Kanha (Mukki gate)
» Nagpur - Seoni - Balaghat - Baihar - Kanha (Mukki gate)