Accommodation
We keep our carbon foot print to the bare minimum, offering the discerning traveller an intimate experience with 16 elegant tree houses and cottages. Find more
Pench Tree Lodge
Because memories aren't made everyday
Pench Tree lodge welcomes you to an exquisite forest experience like never before.
Snuggled in forty acres of wilderness, lies an eco-luxe resort in Pench, in a small tribal hamlet of Sarahiri. The accommodations are
embellished with
unique safari style furniture and exquisite local crafts. We keep our carbon foot print
to the bare minimum, offering
the discerning traveller an intimate experience with 16 elegant tree
houses and cottages.
Pench National Park can be accessed by the Karamajhiri gate which is just about 20 minutes from our serene
setting.
Choose from a host of adventures and activities - cycling, night trails, village walks and more. Cool your
heels in our pool.
Savour our lip-smacking local cuisine; ingredients of which are also sourced from our
very own organic garden.
Curl up with a book in bed, or watch the unhindered views unfold in our
sprawling verandahs.
We promise to make it one holiday to remember, exclusively for you. On a trail called Pugdundee.
Pench, the Land of Mowgli beckons!
Wildlife
Pench National Park is a wild playground harboring country's wide range of prey animals. In 1983, it was declared a National Park and in 1992, a tiger reserve. Find more
Our Food
Guests get to savour our lip-smacking local cuisine; ingredients of which are also sourced from our very own organic garden, providing a Farm to Fork experience. Find more
Experiences
20 minutes from Pench National Park, our serene setting offers travellers a host of adventures and activities - safari, cycling, night trails, village walks and more. Find more
Where Your Childhood Fantasy comes to Life
Pench National Park
Pench Tiger Reserve is spread across 1,180sq km, including a buffer zone of 768sq km. Pench
National Park is situated under the Seoni and Chhindwara administrative districts of Madhya
Pradesh and shares southern boundary with Maharashtra and hence is accessible from Maharashtra
as well. There are three gates to the park, namely the Turia Gate, the Karmajhiri Gate and the
Jamatra Gate.
From the Journal
Meet the team
Harish Arya
Harish Arya - Manager
A keen wild lifer and a naturalist himself, Harish is from Ramnagar in
Uttarakhand. With a career spanning over the management of many wildlife lodges,
Harish have been working at Pench Tree Lodge for more than 5years. He is a keen
birder and loves to read extensively during his free time. He loves the jungles
and has a special knack of operations with a special interest in enhancing the
wildlife experiences of the guests.
Pankaj Fulera
Pankaj Fulera - Chef
Pankaj Fulera hails from the foothills of Kumaon (Uttarakhand). With a
Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality Management from AIHM Dehradun. A team player
with a friendly and trustworthy disposition who is always customer focused and
believes that every meal should be an occasion. And able to serve as a role
model to junior staff by demonstrating appropriate behaviour towards all work
related matters. Currently working with Pugdundee Safaris at Pench Tree Lodge.
Vishal Sharma
Vishal Sharma - Naturalist
Vishal's passion for nature & wildlife inspired him since his school days & made
him find his way into our team, miles away from the city of Delhi NCR, where he
grew up. After completing graduation he started exploring different forests &
parks including Dudhwa, Kanha, Pench, Tadoba, Corbett & Satpura. He has been
working as a naturalist for the past 4 years. He was also a part of a bird
survey held in Satpura National Park in 2021.
Shivdas Sarve
Shivdas Sarve - Naturalist
Shivdas is a local expert who has been born and raised in the village of Khatia
near Kanha. His interest in wildlife grew while helping the team of Wildlife
Institute of India at Kanha. He joined the company as Nature guide, his hard
work and self-learnt knowledge have promoted him to be a Naturalist in the
company. He is soft spoken and guest enjoys his Hinglish. Having grown up in the
jungles of Central India he is at his best when in the wilderness.
Deepa Rakshana
Deepa Rakshana - Naturalist
Deepa student of our PRONAT 2022 hails from Chennai ,Tamil nadu .She is an
architecture graduate but her love for nature and wildlife made her follow the
dream of being a naturalist . A keen birdwatcher, now passionate about all the
creatures of the jungle and admires the way everything works.
Radhe Nagpure
Radhe Nagpure - Naturalist
Radhe Nagpure is from Balaghat one of the place between Pench-Kanha Corridor. He
has been working in the field of Wildlife for the past 13 years soon after his
graduation. Since childhood, he had a passion for wildlife. He grew up visiting
all Central India National Parks and worked in Kanha, Bandhavgarh, Pench
National Park. A thorough professional when it comes to nature interpretation.
He is an avid birder who has prepared the most detailed and exhaustive checklist
of the Birds of Pench.
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