Nawegaon-Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary and Tiger Reserve are spread across Bhandara and Gondia districts on the Eastern side of Maharashtra in India. It is one of the top-rated Tiger reserves in India.
A tiger at Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary alias Nagzira Tiger Reserve
Nawegaon-Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary is blessed with the beauty of nature. Its picturesque landscape attracts thousands of tourists and nature lovers to this sanctuary. It is also rich in flora and fauna. This wildlife sanctuary is habitat to around 166 species of birds, 34 species of mammals, 36 species of reptiles, and four species of amphibians. Many species of fish are there in this wildlife sanctuary. Indian tiger, Indian gaur, chital, panther, sambar, barking deer, mouse Deer, wild boar, sloth bear, wild dogs, etc., are to name a few of the jungle’s beasts found in this wildlife sanctuary cum Tiger reserve.
It was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1970. Nagzira Tiger Reserve has recently become part of Navegaon – Nagzira Tiger Reserve. Navegaon is a nearby wildlife sanctuary and tiger reserve.
Its boundary spans a length of 104.53 kilometers, out of which 29.60 kilometers is a natural boundary like rivers, and the remaining is a man-made boundary.
There are five watch cabins and five watch towers inside this sanctuary. They offer safe viewpoints to watch the beasts of the jungle.
The state forest department provides accommodation on the banks of a lake located in the middle of the wildlife sanctuary. There is no electric supply to this. Solar-powered lights are there.
How Do I Go to Nawegaon-Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary and Tiger Reserve?
Nawegaon-Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary cum Tiger Reserve is under the Nagpur Forest Division of the Forest Department. The forest range office is at Nagzira.
The entry gate to the wildlife sanctuary is about 22 kilometers distance from Sakoli in the Bhandara district. Sakoli is on the Mumbai – Kolkata National Highway, number 53. Tirora is another nearby town in the Gondia District. Both Sakoli and Tirora have bus connectivity to the wildlife sanctuary.
Bhandara district and Gondia district headquarters are located equidistant, at around 60 kilometers distance from the Tiger Reserve.
Sondad railway station, with station code SNV, and Tirora railway station, with station code TRO, are the nearby railway stations, around 20 kilometers from the Tiger Reserve cum wildlife sanctuary.
Gondia railway station, with station code G (yes; it’s a single letter station code, which is very rare), and Bhandara Road railway station, with station code BRD, are the two nearest MAJOR railway stations to this wildlife sanctuary, at around 45 kilometers and 75 kilometers distance, respectively.
Nagpur airport is the nearest public airport, at around 120 kilometers distance from the Nagzira Tiger Reserve. There is a small airport for private aircraft at Gondia.