DRIVOBLOG®|NH7 Jungle Road through Pench and Bison Retreat @ Seoni District, MP

btirthankar · 22nd January 2010, 02:19

Last Year in mid-2009, I was travelling on NH7 Jungle Road through Pench, Seoni District, MP and I discover this reort - Bison Retreat. Allowing the pictures to take over.

akbaree · 22nd January 2010, 06:11

Beautiful. I just saw a telecast on Pench (on Discovery). They shot in these jungles for a tiger family for almost two years (since the birth of cubs till they became two years) using some innovative camera techniques using Trunkcam

. It was fun watching the telecast.

Did you came across any wildlife?

ssjr0498 · 22nd January 2010, 13:04

Had been to this place just about 3 weeks back!! Awesome I must say..

WDM007 · 22nd January 2010, 14:02

Was there any tiger sighting, or even bisons, crocs at lake side, sambars etc?

pramods · 22nd January 2010, 14:06

Its treat to be on Nagpur-Seoni road, this road divides Pench National Park into 2 parts, and there is not of objection from environmentalist to not make it 4 lane, and I believe this is true else the flow of animal from one part to other part will be obstructed. Once you cross kamptee and Kanhan from Nagpur, that is almost 40 kms from Nagpur you are driving through Pench national park and the scenery is a real sight. If you don't pay attention to the sign board you will miss the Bison retreat.
May be I will be again in Pench National Park tomorrow.
-Pramod

srikanthpotluri · 22nd January 2010, 14:29

Wow dude, amazing place and very nice pictures in there

real treat. So how much does the resort charge? how about safety?

btirthankar · 23rd January 2010, 09:10

Here comes the Second Set of Pictures

btirthankar · 23rd January 2010, 09:21

Final Set of pictures.

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Originally Posted by srikanthpotluri

Wow dude, amazing place and very nice pictures in there

real treat. So how much does the resort charge? how about safety?

INR 500 + Taxes

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Originally Posted by pramods

this road divides Pench National Park into 2 parts, and there is not of objection from environmentalist to not make it 4 lane. If you don't pay attention to the sign board you will miss the Bison retreat.

Very Well Said. You posted what I was just about to

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Originally Posted by WDM007

Was there any tiger sighting, or even bisons, crocs at lake side, sambars etc?

No, but once I had seen a fox cross the road in 2007. The tiger is said to be sighted in the river bed regularly. But was not there long enough to get the chance.

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Originally Posted by ssjr0498

Had been to this place just about 3 weeks back!! Awesome I must say..

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Originally Posted by akbaree

Beautiful. I just saw a telecast on Pench (on Discovery). They shot in these jungles for a tiger family for almost two years (since the birth of cubs till they became two years) using some innovative camera techniques using Trunkcam

. It was fun watching the telecast.

The forest guards were mentioning this.

Majic · 23rd January 2010, 11:33

Wonderful, i am touched by narrative photos, you are adoign a good job with them. A sarcasm of the realities of life is seen in all your photos and narrations. I am enjoying this..

btirthankar · 23rd January 2010, 11:41

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Originally Posted by Majic

Wonderful, i am touched by narrative photos, you are adoign a good job with them. A sarcasm of the realities of life is seen in all your photos and narrations. I am enjoying this..

The idea was not visit Pench but still enjoy everything else that was left for seeing.

So far I have managed to graduate from 'sarcasm' to what the visuals symbolise, with certain exceptions (like Government In-action causing Public Apathies)

Fordmanchau · 23rd January 2010, 12:28

Hey basu,
Very wonderful photographs. Liked all your snaps. Seems like every snap of yours tell a story on its owns. How come dargah and mosque are coming up inside the forest area?
Liked the matching of the color of paratha with the soil. After all "ek din isi mitti me mil jaana hai"

I liked this photo a lot. wish every roads becomes like this.

btirthankar · 23rd January 2010, 12:34

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Originally Posted by Fordmanchau

Liked the matching of the color of paratha with the soil. After all "ek din isi mitti me mil jaana hai"

I liked this photo a lot. wish every roads becomes like this.

yes "from dust, to dust" thats the communicating thought.

BTW did you notice the Color of the Xylo matches the green trees?

While this trip was done in Jul-Aug 2009, I made HVK stopover in this resort for a night during our this ongoing journey.

Fordmanchau · 23rd January 2010, 12:47

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Originally Posted by btirthankar

yes "from dust, to dust" thats the communicating thought.
BTW did you notice the Color of the Xylo matches the green trees?
While this trip was done in Jul-Aug 2009, I made HVK stopover in this resort for a night during our this ongoing journey.

Yes, did notice the different colour of the Xylo , but didn't quite matched it with the trees, though the color conveys that it belongs to the jungle.
Bet HVK sir would have liked it. You sure like it and seems it is a wonderful place to spend a night inside a jungle.

hvkumar · 24th January 2010, 08:06

Bison Retreat is a lovely place to drop by. Unfortunately, I could stay only the night. Arrived at 800 pm, left at 500 am. It was biting cold that night in the forest cottage.

joshuakeys · 19th December 2010, 00:12

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Originally Posted by btirthankar

Here comes the Second Set of Pictures

i did this trip back in July..Unfortunately the park was closed couple of days before i reached there.Never mind the drive through the nagpur & pench is amazing, its about 80km stretch, dint do the night driving but it was day, it would have been amazing during nights.

22nd January 2010, 02:19	#1
btirthankar BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Some Moving Vehicle Posts: 816 Thanked: 127 Times View My Garage	DRIVOBLOG®\|NH7 Jungle Road through Pench and Bison Retreat @ Seoni District, MP Last Year in mid-2009, I was travelling on NH7 Jungle Road through Pench, Seoni District, MP and I discover this reort - Bison Retreat. Allowing the pictures to take over. Attached Thumbnails
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22nd January 2010, 06:11	#2
akbaree BHPian Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ahmedabad Posts: 613 Thanked: 107 Times View My Garage	Beautiful. I just saw a telecast on Pench (on Discovery). They shot in these jungles for a tiger family for almost two years (since the birth of cubs till they became two years) using some innovative camera techniques using Trunkcam . It was fun watching the telecast. Did you came across any wildlife?
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ssjr0498 BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Blr-Ccu Posts: 860 Thanked: 516 Times View My Garage	Had been to this place just about 3 weeks back!! Awesome I must say..
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WDM007 BHPian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Beaverton, USA Posts: 236 Thanked: 15 Times View My Garage	Was there any tiger sighting, or even bisons, crocs at lake side, sambars etc?
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22nd January 2010, 14:06	#5
pramods BHPian Join Date: May 2005 Location: Nagpur Posts: 980 Thanked: 819 Times	Its treat to be on Nagpur-Seoni road, this road divides Pench National Park into 2 parts, and there is not of objection from environmentalist to not make it 4 lane, and I believe this is true else the flow of animal from one part to other part will be obstructed. Once you cross kamptee and Kanhan from Nagpur, that is almost 40 kms from Nagpur you are driving through Pench national park and the scenery is a real sight. If you don't pay attention to the sign board you will miss the Bison retreat. May be I will be again in Pench National Park tomorrow. -Pramod
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22nd January 2010, 14:29	#6
srikanthpotluri BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 472 Thanked: 769 Times View My Garage	Wow dude, amazing place and very nice pictures in there real treat. So how much does the resort charge? how about safety?
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23rd January 2010, 09:10	#7
btirthankar BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Some Moving Vehicle Posts: 816 Thanked: 127 Times View My Garage	Continued > Here comes the Second Set of Pictures Attached Thumbnails
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23rd January 2010, 11:33	#9
Majic BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kottayam Posts: 588 Thanked: 8 Times	Wonderful, i am touched by narrative photos, you are adoign a good job with them. A sarcasm of the realities of life is seen in all your photos and narrations. I am enjoying this..
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23rd January 2010, 12:28	#11
Fordmanchau Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 1,666 Thanked: 340 Times	Hey basu, Very wonderful photographs. Liked all your snaps. Seems like every snap of yours tell a story on its owns. How come dargah and mosque are coming up inside the forest area? Liked the matching of the color of paratha with the soil. After all "ek din isi mitti me mil jaana hai" I liked this photo a lot. wish every roads becomes like this.
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24th January 2010, 08:06	#14
hvkumar Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 7,369 Thanked: 3,454 Times	Bison Retreat is a lovely place to drop by. Unfortunately, I could stay only the night. Arrived at 800 pm, left at 500 am. It was biting cold that night in the forest cottage.
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