© BSSKrishnaS · CC BY-SA 4.0T3
75 pts
Narmadapuram, Madhya Pradesh
The only tiger reserve in India where you can legally walk in the core zone — on foot, with an armed guard, at dawn.
24 hrs4.9(410)ModerateRarely crowded
© BSSKrishnaS · CC BY-SA 4.0Ended 31 Aug 20261.5× points multiplierMP only
Satpura on Foot
Three walking destinations in the Satpura range — the only tiger reserve core zone in India you may legally walk in, a 350 m descent into a valley of Bharia villages, and a Gond fort reached by a two-hour trek. Completed in August 2026.
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- Satpura National Park (Madhai)75 × 1.5 = 113 pts
- Patalkot150 × 1.5 = 225 pts
- Ginnorgarh Fort150 × 1.5 = 225 pts
- Pachmarhi30 × 1.5 = 45 pts
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© Kaushlendrapathe · CC0T4
150 pts
Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh
A horseshoe valley sunk 350 m into the Satpura plateau, home to Bharia and Gond villages that had almost no outside contact until the 1990s.
10 hrs4.6(130)ChallengingRarely crowded
© Shirazibustan · CC BY-SA 4.0T4
150 pts
Sehore, Madhya Pradesh
A Gond hill fort on a sandstone outcrop inside the Ratapani reserve, reached by a two-hour trek, with the plateau of Bhopal laid out below.
7 hrs4.7(110)ChallengingRarely crowded
© Abhayashok · CC BY-SA 3.0T2
30 pts
Narmadapuram, Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh's only hill station — a Satpura plateau of waterfalls, ravines and rock-shelter paintings, at the centre of a biosphere reserve.
48 hrs4.5(3120)ModerateGets crowded