Peak dates of Kanha National Park

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Basic Introduction

What is peak season

What is high season

Peak & High season dates chart

Precautions to be taken

Important Links

Introduction

Due to popularity, inflow of tourists in Kanha national park is more than the seating capacity of all safari vehicles. Thus struggle for safari permits is obvious, for core zones. When on certain dates or period, demand for safari permits is more than supply, we declare them high season or peak season dates. It is normal practice and happens at all popular national parks. Kanha national park is also part of same tendency. Its solution is simple, just finalize your plan in advance and do safari permits booking in advance. Here, by advance we means before opening of online safari permits booking. Many times, despite of know this solution, tourists are not aware of peak seasons, high seasons and normal season. Due to this ignorance, they face problem and safari experience gets compromised. Thus we have decided to share this information. We hope you will find it useful.

Peak season

In peak season dates, we usually includes those dates in which some government holidays & other holidays are in continuation, offering good scope for safari holidays. These dates mostly falls in festival seasons like October, November, December, March months. Other type of peak season dates are those safari months in which we all are assured of high probability of tiger sighting. These months are like April - May -June. Here practical solution is to plan in advance and we should must be ready with all details, before 120 days, so that we can book the permits in very first of window opening.

High season

High season dates are generally the week-ends in which safari permits get booked earlier than week-days, despite of high cost. Here also we need to do safari permits booking in advance, at least 90 to 120 days in advance. In such dates, tourists arrival is high and they are mostly from nearby cities. In these dates, it is possible that unpopular core zone permits may not get sold out but popular zones are mostly get sold out in advance.

Peak & High season dates.

Let us try to understand the high season dates and peak season dates for safari season and do our tour planning accordingly.

SAFARI SEASON OCT 2023 till JUNE 2024
Dates	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June
1	High	Normal	Normal	Peak	Normal	Normal	Peak	Peak	Peak
2	High	Normal	High	Peak	Normal	High	Peak	Peak	Peak
3	Normal	Normal	High	High	High	High	Peak	Peak	Peak
4	Normal	High	Normal	High	High	Normal	Peak	Peak	Peak
5	Normal	High	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Peak	Peak	Peak
6	Normal	Normal	Normal	High	Normal	Normal	Peak	Peak	Peak
7	High	Normal	Normal	High	Normal	Normal	Peak	Peak	Peak
8	High	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Peak	Peak	Peak
9	Normal	Normal	High	Normal	Normal	High	Peak	Peak	Peak
10	Normal	Normal	High	Normal	High	High	Peak	Peak	Peak
11	Normal	Peak	Normal	Normal	High	Normal	Peak	Peak	Peak
12	Normal	High	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Peak	Peak	Peak
13	Normal	Peak	Normal	High	Normal	Normal	Peak	Peak	High
14	High	Peak	Normal	High	Normal	Normal	Peak	Peak	High
15	High	Peak	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Peak	Peak	High
Dates	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June
16	High	Peak	High	Normal	Normal	High	Peak	Peak	High
17	High	Peak	High	Normal	High	High	Peak	Peak	High
18	High	Peak	Normal	Normal	High	High	Peak	Peak	High
19	High	High	Normal	Normal	Normal	High	Peak	Peak	High
20	Peak	Normal	Normal	High	Normal	High	Peak	Peak	High
21	Peak	Normal	High	High	Normal	High	Peak	Peak	High
22	Peak	Normal	High	Normal	Normal	High	Peak	Peak	High
23	Peak	Normal	Peak	Normal	Normal	High	Peak	Peak	High
24	Peak	Normal	Peak	Normal	High	High	Peak	Peak	High
25	Normal	High	Peak	Normal	High	High	Peak	Peak	High
26	Normal	High	Peak	Peak	Normal	Peak	Peak	Peak	Normal
27	Normal	Normal	Peak	Peak	Normal	Peak	Peak	Peak	Normal
28	High	Normal	Peak	Peak	Normal	Peak	Peak	Peak	Normal
29	High	Normal	Peak	Normal	Normal	Peak	Peak	Peak	Normal
30	Normal	Normal	Peak	Normal	--	Peak	Peak	Peak	Normal
31	Normal	--	Peak	Normal	--	Peak	--	Peak	--

Precautions required on Peak / High season dates

After knowing about possible high season & peak season dates, what precautions we should take to do our Kanha national park tour comfortably and make it successful by timely actions. Just follow the golden rule to plan in advance, book your safari permits, far in advance. Hotel booking, taxi booking decisions can be delayed if tour have some kind of cancellation possibility. If due to some kind of uncertainity in tour plan and thus don't feel confident to book permits in advance, then possible solution is to ensure partial booking safari permits and for remaining safaris, try your luck later on. Try to book at least morning round safari permits, which gets sold out first. permits, due to doubtful visit, then also at least book 50% of your safari permits, especially morning safari rounds. This will be a good decision to ensure something good in advance.