Who can forget Mowgli, the pint-sized child and his adventures with Sher Khan and Bagheera of Rudyard Kipling’s best-seller Jungle Book. Teaming with exotic wildlife, this is the land that inspired Kipling to visualise his most famous work.

Despite my numerous attempts to brief him about the unique bio-diversity of Pench and the fascinating dry, deciduous forests, the picturesque grasslands and the sparkling river, he visited Pench with zero expectations. He came back from Pench with one of his best tiger sightings – a tiger that posed before him for more than 20 minutes with his prized sambhar kill and gave him the most amazing shots he has till date. And this is what Pench is known for!

Shivang Mehta describes Pench Tiger Reserve.