Central India
Pench Jungle Camp
Part of the Jungle Camps group, Pench Jungle Camp is conveniently located just a 5 minutes’ drive from the popular Turia Gate of Pench Tiger Reserve. The camp’s attentive staff are keen to provide an enjoyable and comfortable stay for its guests while maintaining sustainable practices and involving the local community.
Pench Jungle Camp provides 12 African-style tented rooms built on permanent foundations. Each tent is spacious with an attached private bathroom with hot running water. All rooms have tea and coffee making facilities. There is also one Family Suite; three deluxe, air-conditioned cottages; and four premium air-conditioned separate rooms.
Every tent and room contains a comfortable double bed or twin beds, a bedside table with telephone and has a 220-volt electricity supply for charging your equipment. There is a friendly restaurant, serving delicious Indian and some continental cuisine. Other facilities include a small plunge pool, spa and conference room. Activities include game drives, village walks, excursions to handicraft stalls, and night drives in the buffer zone of the park.
Facilities
Restaurant, private bathrooms with hot water, swimming pool, small spa room, mini bar, tea and coffee making facilities, air-conditioning, 220-volt electricity supply for charging equipment, electronic room safe, laundry service, conference room, souvenir shop and Internet access.
Local Wildlife
Mammals: Tiger, leopard, sloth bear, dhole (Indian wild dog), striped hyena, Indian wolf, jungle cat, golden jackal, palm civet, small Indian civet, nilgai, wild boar, chital, gaur, barking deer, sambar deer, rhesus macaque, Hanuman langur, porcupine.
Birds: Malabar pied hornbill, river tern, Eurasian spoonbill, Asian openbill stork, Mottled wood owl, red-naped ibis, black stork, red-headed vulture, peregrine falcon, shikra, spotted-billed duck, lesser whistling duck, ruddy shelduck, emerald dove, yellow-footed green pigeon, Jacobin cuckoo, grey-bellied cuckoo, hoopoe, common iora, golden-fronted leafbird, tawny-bellied babbler, Indian paradise flycatcher, scarlet minivet, spangled drongo, black-hooded oriole, purple sunbird, red avadavat, orange-headed thrush, painted francolin, painted spurfowl.
Optional Activities
Morning and afternoon game drives in Pench National Park, night drives in the buffer zone, guided village and bird watching walks, cycling safaris, stargazing.
James Gilpin
Area Specialist
If you have any questions regarding our India tours, please feel free to contact me on +44 (0)1803 866965
Naturalist guides were brilliant. We seem to have been given the best one in each place. Had same one for whole of stay in each place. Cultural guides gave just enough information and then left you to ask questions about what interested you which is what we like. They did not seem to have a set patter. Helpful about photographic sites – i.e. good position to take photos.
[OVERALL STANDARD OF SERVICE] Excellent isn’t good enough. In every place we were treated like royalty. Totally relaxed and felt totally safe but not smothered.
[WILDLIFE HIGHLIGHTS] 11 tigers, innumerable rhino, wild elephants, buffalo, otters, hog and swamp deer, and wild boar. Birds at Keoladeo excellent. Watched leopard and three cubs at Siana for 1.5 hrs of exceptional viewing.
An outstanding holiday which far exceeded our expectations. Many people would enjoy it I’m sure.
