Anant Van started with the dream of bringing local communities into the life of the national park. As the project began, we entrusted the making of the camp to families from nearby villagers. Six teams, each headed by a skilled mason, took over. The simplicity of our design combined with our use of local materials yielded magical results: within 68 days, we had a ready camp.

Each cottage/tent follows the traditional style of village homes in central India, with a deep verandah, a bedroom and an attached bath. The walls are made from a mix of hand-quarried stone and mud bricks baked in our own kiln, and finished with a beautiful, ecologically friendly plaster made of mud. Supervised by our in-house carpenter, local carpenters have built wooden frames for our roofs, to support hand-made tiles that are in keeping with the local architectural idiom.

Location :

Bandhavgarh in Madhya Pradesh (Central India) is accessible by air from Delhi and convenient trains from Delhi, Agra, Mumbai, and Kolkatta. Our Delhi office could help you with y our travel arrangements.

AIR : Daily Air Deccan flights from New Delhi to Jabalpur via Bhopal. Jabalpur to Bandhavgarh is five hours by road. Daily Jet Airways flights from New Delhi to Khajuraho. Khajuraho to Bandhavgarh is five and half hours by road.

TRAIN LINKS : The two railheads closest to Bandhavgarh are Katni, 90 kms from Bandhavgarh and Umaria, 32 kms from Bandhavgarh. The most convenient daily overnight train from Delhi is the Kalinga Utkal Express that takes you to Umaria which is 30 minutes by road from Bandhavgarh. This train can also be boarded from Agra. Other overnight trains connect Katni to Delhi, Agra, Mumbai and Kolkatta. Katni is two hours by road from Bandhavgarh.

ROAD LINKS : A good network of roads connects Bandhavgarh with other National parks in the circuit like Pench, Kanha and Panna and also to important towns like Nagpur, Katni and Khajuraho.