Kanha National Park is created on June 01, 1995. Situated in the Mandla and Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh in India, Kanha National Park is a Tiger Reserve and a national park. Kanha area was divided into two sanctuaries, Hallon and Banjar of 250 and 300 sqkm each in 1930s and today it stretches over an area of 940 sqkm in both the districts. Kanha Park is covered with sal and bamboo forests, meadows and meandering streams. There are two gates for entrance into the forest. The Kisli gate is best accessible from Jabalpur and the second gate is Mukki.

Kanha National Park is largely tiger populated. The spotter deer or Chital and Samber are also found in in the park in a very good number. The park also has a large number of leopards, sloth bear and Indian wolf. Other larger mammal species of the park are rhesus macaque, golden jackal, Bengal fox, smooth-coated otter, honey badger, civet, Indian gray mongoose, ruddy mongoose, striped hyena, jungle cat, leopard cat, spotted chevrotain, pangolin, porcupine, hare and jungle fowl are very commonly found.