Tour starts from Bhopal meet our representative who will assist you with pickup and drive towards Ratapani.
Ratapani Tiger Reserve is an upcoming wildlife tourism destination, close to Bhopal city of Madhya Pradesh state. It lies in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh in Central India. This forest is spread over hills of Vindhya ranges. It is one of the beautiful teak forest, just 60 km south-east of Bhopal city. Despite of being at close proximity of Bhopal city, it is untouched forest area with hills and cliffs. It gives shelters to different mammals, birds, reptiles etc. In addition to this, it also conserves rich heritage treasures of caves, rock-paintings, rock-shelters etc. One of the most famous rock-shelters of Central India and UNESCO World Heritage Site Bhimbetka Rock Shelters are also part of Ratapani tiger reserve. In addition to this, many other tourist attractions are located inside the reserve area like Ginnorgarh fort, Ratapani dam etc.
Ratapani forest was declared as wildlife sanctuary in year 1976. Since then, it retained this status till year 2013 when National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) granted the approval to upgrade this wildlife sanctuary to tiger reserve. State government of Madhya Pradesh is working on it to notify the tiger reserve area, create core-buffer zones for reserve and develop it. When the tour is concluded, we will take you back to your hotel.
Overnight stay Ratapani.