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Pench National Park / Karmazari

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I am so excited for last two days having completed much awaited trip to Pench National Park. This is the place where people claim that Rudyard Kipling created the character Mowgli from the famous "The Jungle Book". Not sure if he wrote the story sitting in the jungle. Being 70 km from Nagpur, this becomes a perfect destination for a weekend getaway from Nagpur. Now 70 km is the first gate to the tiger sanctuary which is the Maharashtra part of the jungle. The Madhya Pradesh side of the jungle is around 100 km from Nagpur. Some people prefer one state jungle to the other for various reasons. The important one is the cost. Maharashtra side is much cheaper to stay and to go safari than the MP side. Amlatas Eco Hut I stayed at the Maharashtra side of the forest and loved the experience. At Nagpur, my house is located at a forest area and I enjoy the peace and calm of the nature. So this was not a big deal for me. But for my friends, Pench was a perfect place to unwin...