Pachmarhi - Tourism

Tourism

The total area of Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve is 4981.72 km2. It is located at Longitude 22° 11’ to 22° 50’N and Latitude 77° 47’ to 78° 52’E. It covers parts of three civil districts, viz., Hoshangabad (59.55%), Chhindwara (29.19%) and Betul (11.26%). It includes three wildlife conservation units viz., Bori Sanctuary (485.72 km2), Satpura National Park (524.37 km2) and Pachmarhi Sanctuary (491.63 km2). These ltogether has also been notified as Satpura Tiger Reserve (1501.72 km2) (Annonymous, 1996).The places worth being seen at and around Pachmarhi area, Priyadarshani point, Hondi khoh, Apsara vihar, Rajat prapat, Raj giri, Lanjee giri, Dutches fall, Sundar kund, Jatashankar, Chhota mahadeo, Mahadeo,Chauragarh, Dhupgarh, Pandav cave, Cave shelters. In Bori sanctuary, Churna, is a base for tourism. For a truly wilderness experience, the visitor can reach up to Neemghan through Panarpani gate. The flat land and good visibility along with rich wildlife makes excursions here unforgettable. Among them Mahadeo, Catacomb, Jumbudweep, Madai, Dorothideep, Jatashankar, Pandav caves, Bazar caves, Maradeo, Kaila khurd, Taptka pani, Kanjighat, Tamia, Rajat Prapat, Kharilanes are important from archaeological point of view (Singh and Upadhyay,2011). Pachmarhi is a popular tourist retreat. Tourists visit Pachmarhi throughout the year. There are numerous hotels, but only few of them are located in the civil area of Pachmarhi away from the houch pouch market area( Utkarsh Hotel,Chunmun cottage, Golf view, Vansthali cottage, Glenview, Rock end manor, Satpura Retreat (MP Tourism) hotel) Pachmarhi's elevation and the forests of the Satpuras, with their streams and waterfalls, are picturesque and home to much wildlife. Pachmarhi lies within the Pachmarhi Biosphere Preserve, created in 1999 to link two forest reserves into a larger wildlife conservation area at the highest point in Central India. Pachmarhi also has a lot of cave paintings in the forests, some of which have been dated to be as much as 10,000 years old. Shown in the picture is the garden at the base of a tourist attraction called Pandava Caves. The caves are Buddhist in origin but the name persists. The place has rich timber reserves including teak, but being a part of a reserve no new construction or felling of trees is allowed. Having a rich and rare flora as well as fauna, Pachmarhi needs central and state government approval for any new construction outside the town area.

Some of the places of tourist interest here are:

• Rajat Prapat (Big Fall)
• Bee Fall
• Dhoot Akhilesh
• Bada Mahadev
• Gupt Mahadev
• Chauragarh (Shiv Devotees come here in huge numbers during Mahashivratri)
• Dhupgarh (The highest peak of the Satpuras and Madhya Pradesh)
• Handi Khoh (Deep Valley)
• Apsara Falls (Fairy Pool)
• Jatashankar (1 big stone between two hugh mountains)
• Duchess Fall
• Pachmarhi hill (Whole view of Pachmarhi City)
• Pansy Pool
• Waters meet
• Picadilly circus
• Patharchatta
• Crumps crag
• Lady Robertson's view
• Colletin Crag
• Mount Rosa
• Handi Kho
• Reechgarh
• Rajendra Giri (Beautiful gardens with natural scenories)
• Bansri bihar
• Little Fall
• Naagdwari
• Draupadi Kund