Overview
Tigers, Leopards, Wild Dogs, Jungle cats, Sloth bears, Hyenas, Jackals, Gaur, Sambar and Langurs all have one thing in common, they all call the Nagzira their home.
Let us take you to the core of the Central Indian landscape, this region houses the highest concentration of big cats in India. Although considered as a rare sighting in these forests, the elusive and solitary Leopard has made a prolific comeback in the green oasis of Nagzira and Navegaon. The chances of spotting these magnificent creatures has gone up ten fold in the last few years.
Nagzira Forest region was a hunting ground of the Gond Kings. Later, it was converted into a wildlife sanctuary in the year 1970. It was merged with a few other forested regions to establish Nagzira Tiger Reserve in 2012.
In 2013 it was merged into the Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve which totals a 655 sq km area spread over Bhandara and Gondia districts of Vidarbha. It comprises five protected areas (PAs) including Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary (152 sq km), New Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary (151 sq km), Navegaon National Park (133 sq km), Navegaon Wildlife Sanctuary (123 sq km) and Koka Wildlife Sanctuary (97 sq km).