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!
Accommodation

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

Wildlife

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

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

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
Ghanshyam Singh
Ghanshyam Singh
Ghanshyam Singh - Lodge Manager
Hailing from the culturally rich city of Jodhpur, Ghanshyam, our lodge manager, brings a rich experience of over 18 years. He has worked across different wildlife reserves which have immensely contributed to his operational affluence in the field. Giving guests a hassle-free wilderness experience is an agenda that he swears by!
Gaurav Rana
Gaurav Rana
Gaurav Rana - Sous Chef
Gaurav Rana works as Chef de Partie at Pench Tree Lodge. He is a city boy from New Delhi who discovered his culinary proficiency while working in the restaurant industry after graduation. His love for cooking and his unique skill of making every plate stand out makes him a silent but strong player in our team.
Vishal Sharma
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
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 - Naturalist
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
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.

Awards

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