Natural Nagzira

Welcome lovely readers, I hope you liked blog on the unknown forest; once again I am bringing you hidden beauty of India to the platter. Forest is crucial for our survival and maintaining a balance of environment and hence it is important for us to know and conserve our jewels. How do we conserve if we are not aware of many forests hence I will try to update you all on various forests over the period. Today I will take you to one of the lovely place located in the center of the country and center of my heart, the place is lovely “Nagzira.” Let us enter the forest in the next section and understand why it is in the center of my heart.

My heart Nagzira 💖💓

Yes, Nagzira is my heart because my journey to the wild started from Nagzira, the beauty of the forest mesmerized me so much that forest has become my second home and in the future hope it will become my first home😂. I had no clue of forest and hence I opted for available location at that point in time but it became a life-changing event.

The journey started from CST with Jogi, Aslam and other 3 co-travelers and housewarming for us happened with the evening safari, it was green all around with different plants and trees with a variety of birds and animals. The first evening was more fruitful than we expected as we ended the day with gimps of Leopard with high hope for next three visits. We entered the temple again in the morning where rain spoiled our time and sighting as well, but still, the view of the forest was wonderful giving us the pure air with green land that I had never seen in my life.

The dramatic time had yet to come, the more you wait the better will be the results, with the third safari we started feeling hungry to see Tiger or Leopard for which Jogi the expert was on a search. Now with only one hour left for checkout, we started power play hunt, which was successful with the sighting of Sloth Bear. but then the clock ordered us to move out where a sighting of the hero was still a mystery so with no choice left we had to call it a day with the happiness of sightings had and our jeep took a road towards an exit. But there was a surprise Mother Nature had planned for us, the exit proved entry to the world of nature for me. Do you want to see how the surprise knocked on the door?

You will think we already had sloth bear sighting, now what will be more surprising during the last 5 minute. Yes, the best time was last five minutes, see the sequence, dark clouds, complete silence, only headlights of the jeep were on, last five minutes left and sudden sound we heard, Sirji yeh Dekho jaldi, (see quickly) and here it comes the royal walk of Leopard towards the jeep. In yellow lights the Leopard was shining with its natural golden color, this was the first and close encounter with the golden animal with which I fall in love. Leopard walked from front and went to the right side of the jeep, the sighting of almost 3 minutes which was enough for making all of us mad. We will never forget about the golden skin, mesmerizing eyes, and the royal walk, to experience such wonderful moments you should visit the forest at least once with your family. Let me tell you the details of the forest and its location in the next section.

The Reality

Nagzira wildlife sanctuary is located between Bhandara district and Gondia district of Maharashtra. It is an important corridor linking southern and central forested areas, such as the Tadoba Andhari and Kanha tiger reserves

It offers awesome landscape, luxuriant vegetation and serves as a living outdoor museum to explore and appreciate nature

The animal kingdom was once ruled by the Gond kings, and it got its name from a Nag (snake) temple situated in the heart of the sanctuary. On the other hand, ‘Zira’ (zara) in Marathi means a perennial source of water

Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary is a miraculously preserved green oasis covering 152sq km in the northeastern corner of Maharashtra. This small reserve has a great importance from a biodiversity and conservation point of view.

Nagzira is home for tiger, Indian gaur, sambar, nilgai, chital, wild boar, sloth bear, barking deer, wild dogs, 166 types of birds, 36 reptiles, 45 species of amphibian thrive and many more

Conservation importance

This sanctuary serves as a living repository of various economic, medicinal, aromatic, ornamental plant species. Nearly 200 species of medicinal and economic importance are seen in this sanctuary.

Thanks, Jogi, Aslam, other co-travelers, hotel owner, and staff and forest department of Nagzira for such a lovely trip.

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