Turia Gate is the busiest entry to Pench Tiger Reserve on the Madhya Pradesh side, close to the Nagpur to Jabalpur highway near Khawasa. Its tracks run through teak and mixed forest, open meadows and along the Pench river, with good chances of tigers, leopards, wild dogs, gaur and large herds of spotted deer.
Turia is one of three core gates on the Madhya Pradesh side, with Karmajhiri and Jamtara. Book core permits on the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department portal, forest.mponline.gov.in. The core is open from 1 October to 30 June, with morning and afternoon shifts. Mobile phones are not allowed on safari. Most of Pench's lodges are within a few kilometres of Turia, making it the easiest gate for first visits and for a short trip from Nagpur.
- Address: Turia Gate, Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh
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