Pench Jungle Camp

We had a fantastic time at Pench Jungle camp. The accommodation was really comfortable and spacious, the food was delicious, the staff were friendly and super helpful, and the safaris were a great experience. Pench Jungle Camp is very close to the core of the National Park, which saves a lot of driving time to and from the action! Sougato was a fabulous guide with a great knowledge of the all the wildlife and the ecology of the forest which was really interesting. We saw three tigers, lots a birds, deer, mongoose, langur, and so much more. Add this to your list of safari destinations.

This is a delightful Safari style camp just on the border of Pench national park. It is well laid out with plenty of space amongst the trees and butterflies between luxury safari tents or standard chalets. We were 3 adults so booked a luxury safari tent that could accommodate 3 single beds. ‘Tent’ is a loose description as it has a lovely veranda with a table and chairs, wooden floors inside with vaulted tent roof with silks decorating the inside. Really well done and very spacious, even with three of us. All have fans and a/c and fridges, fresh water is complimentary. The bathroom was large, tiled and well appointed (including hair drier). Lots of hot water. Laundry is incredibly efficient and amazing value (and essential given the amount of dust our clothes collected on the daily safari drives!). BTW You’ll need a snood for the drives - available from souvenir shop at the entrance gate which only accepts cash btw. There is a small pool perfect for cooling off in with sun loungers and a spa for massage treatments after a long day of spotting tigers which I loved. In front of the main building that houses the restaurant and sitting room is a large Lawn area with tables and chairs. We had a fabulous dinner under the stars with the camp fire for my Birthday on this lawn. The staff are wonderful and work so hard to make our stay wonderful - cool towels after morning drive, warm tools at end of evening drive to refresh from the dust. I loved their early evening snack post safari of masala chai and lentil popcorn / fries. We found the food really good (but then we love curries and Dahls), especially their veggie curries (we don’t tend to eat much meat in India). They do make pasta or omelettes for those who want plain food. We were delighted to try their local maharastran shiraz and enjoyed a lot of cooling Indian beer. They do a very good breakfasts in the restaurant or out in safari too. Top tip early mornings (5am) in March are cold - need fleece and hat type cold. Blankets are provided in the safari jeeps but still. We had eSIMs which meant we all had data all the time (which I highly recommend), otherwise their wifi works in the two main buildings not in the rooms. We had the best guide in Subhash and our driver Vinnit (I think booked through nature Safari India) who were really experienced in tiger spotting, timings, getting us in the right place from Turia gate. Without them we would have seen nothing! You spot tigers by using your ears not your eyes and need patience and luck. We had 5 days (2 safaris per day) and were lucky that we had two really close encounters (to get really good snaps) and we did see tigers everyday except one but can be at a distance. So take this into account when booking length of your stay. It certainly isn’t guaranteed you will see them so give yourself enough time. We absolutely adored our stay here and thank you to Monthung and all the staff who worked so hard to make such wonderful memories for us.

Wonderful rustic stay. Booked basic safari rooms and they were more than sufficient. Lovely ambience and gives you the complete experience. Walk around the establishment was fun.

The property was very good. The staff was friendly and polite. Food was amazing. Amazing experience

Excellent location with lush green surroundings. Only negative aspect was the smell from the blanket and bed and the smell from dampness in the room. I hope they use clean blankets in the future.

Best food best quality Staf is a very good and manager is a great person Swiming pool is a beautifully