Banjaar Tola sits directly on the banks of the Banjaar River, its eighteen tents spaced along the water’s edge at Kanha’s quieter Mukki Gate, the reserve that inspired Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book. The camp pairs genuine river-front seclusion with the polish expected of a Taj Safaris property.
Eighteen luxury tents raised on wooden platforms above the riverbank, each with a private deck, sunken bathtub and views directly onto the Banjaar River.
A blend of regional Madhya Pradesh cooking and broader Indian and continental dishes, often served riverside, with naturalists joining meals to discuss the day’s sightings.
Game drives into Kanha’s Mukki zone, known for its meadows and strong tiger and gaur populations, plus riverside walks and birdwatching directly from camp.
Kanha’s open sal and bamboo forest, together with its meadows, makes for some of central India’s most photogenic tiger sightings, and Banjaar Tola’s naturalists track the Mukki zone’s resident tigers closely across seasons.
Kanha’s meadows offer some of India’s cleanest backgrounds for tiger photography; time drives around the meadow edges at first and last light for the best chance of open, uncluttered frames.
Taj Safaris’ work around Kanha includes support for the reserve’s barasingha conservation programme, credited with helping bring the swamp deer back from the edge of extinction in the park.
To arrange a tailor-made journey to this lodge, speak with your Kipekee Journey Lead.
