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In 2023, Pench National Park registered over 100,000 visitors, a figure that was double that of pre-COVID-19 times. Having recently opened its doors after the monsoon shutdown, the national park is a firm favourite of nature lovers and wildlife enthusiasts across India. The name of the park is derived from the river Pench, which flows through its centre and divides it into two halves: the Priyadarshini National Park and the Mowgli Pench Sanctuary. The area is home to over 1,200 species of plants, including several rare and endangered ones of ethnobotanical importance. If you take a safari through the Pench Tiger Reserve, you will be able to spot chital, sambar, wild boar, blue bull, gaur, barking deer, chinkara, leopards, wild dogs, wolves, jackals, foxes, palm civets, jungle cats, common mongoose, hyenas and of course, tigers. As of 2021, 53 tigers were recorded to be living in the reserve.