Ken River Lodge sits directly on the riverbank a short distance from Panna’s boundary, one of the reserve’s longest-established properties and a particular favourite of birders and photographers drawn as much to the river itself as to the tiger reserve beyond it.
Simple cottages set along the riverbank, modestly furnished and built to keep the focus on the river frontage and surrounding forest rather than on the rooms themselves.
Home-style Indian cooking served in an open dining area overlooking the Ken, with meals often built around whatever the day’s boat safari or game drive turned up.
Game drives into Panna, boat trips along the Ken River in search of gharial, mugger crocodile and waterbirds, and riverside walks directly from the lodge.
The stretch of the Ken River beside the lodge is one of the more reliable places in central India to see gharial basking on sandbanks, alongside a strong waterbird list including skimmers and terns.
A low-angle position on the riverbank at midday, when gharial haul out to bask, offers some of the most reliable reptile photography in central India.
The lodge has long supported river-based conservation awareness around the Ken, tying its own guest activities directly to the gharial population’s ongoing recovery.
To arrange a tailor-made journey to this lodge, speak with your Kipekee Journey Lead.
