If you are entering the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, then you must know this rule. All these rules are applicable only for tourists who want to enter the core zone by booking.
1. Entry and exit time
All tourists are expected to follow the entry and exit timings of Tadoba Park. Under no circumstances will any exemption be given to anyone during the exit time. If you do not see Tiger there, then in such a situation, you will have to get out of the forest. Rescheduling is not done. At Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve Park, visitors are advised to arrive before the scheduled time to avoid any inconvenience. Late entry is not permitted.
2. Identity Certificate:-
For all Indian nationals seeking entry into Tadoba Park, any of the identity proofs is acceptable here:
- Voter Photo identity card
- PAN Card
- Driving License
- Student identity card with photo issued by the school/college to its students. (Student Identity Card)
- “Aadhaar” verified photo, (Unique Identification Card “Aadhaar”) ·
- Passbook of Nationalized bank with attested photograph
- For Foreign Tourist, only (passport is accepted as ID Proof.)
3. ID proof and valid entry ticket: —
The tourist’s ID proof should be shown at the entrance along with a valid entry ticket; Otherwise entry will not be allowed. Original ID proof should be shown to any forest officials if asked for at any time during the safari.
And it is necessary that photocopies of ID (Xerox) will not be considered.
The pass along with ID proof must be presented at the time of entering inside the Tiger Reserve and/or when demanded by any forest officer.
4. General Online Booking :-
Tadoba Park General Online Booking opens at 08:00 AM 120 days prior to the date of entry.
Bookings close at 17:00 four days before the date of entry. For example, if you want to book Tadoba Park for October 1, then you can book till 17:00 on September 27.
Any cancellation or any remaining quota at any gate after the normal online booking is closed is added to the instant online quota for that particular gate.
5. Instant Online Booking:-
Tadoba Park booking opens at 08:00 three days prior to the date of entry. For example, bookings for October 1 will open on September 28 at 08:00 hrs. Booking closes at 17:00 two days before the date of entry. For example, bookings for October 1 will close on September 29.
These booked bookings are non-transferable. No one and anyone is allowed to make additional changes after confirmed booking. Children below 8 years of age are allowed free entry without mentioning them in the booking.
6. Tadoba Andhari Gypsy Safari:-
In case of Tadoba Park’s Gypsy Safari, the online payment includes vehicle charges and guide charges which you have to pay at the time of booking.
7. Tadoba Andhari Photography: –
A maximum of 3 gypsies are allowed per day for photography in Tadoba Andhari Park. The applicant has to apply to the field director with valid online safari booking for morning or evening for the day on which admission is required. Entry and exit are allowed only from the gate for which the applicant has confirmed the online booking. For all-day photography, the vehicle (gypsy) is allowed to enter fifteen minutes before the scheduled opening time and exit fifteen minutes after the scheduled closing time. Only three persons are allowed in the vehicle except the driver and guide.
8. Emergency Refund Amount: –
In any area of Tadoba Andhari Park. The visitor may be locked up without any prior notice in case of any emergency including for reasons such as floods, landslides, strikes, public agitations, etc. In case of closure of the entire park by TATR management after booking, for any reason, tourists will be refunded the entire booking amount online. However, there are no online transaction fees/fees. Service Fee Tax, if any, will not be refunded under any circumstances.
9. Detention of tourist for misconduct:-
Any officer of Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve is empowered to expel any vehicle/tourist on grounds of misbehaviour which may cause inconvenience, siege, inducement, feeding, shouting, obstructing the natural movement of any wildlife. If the tourist inconveniences the natural movement of wildlife, the siege is the right to expel them.
10. Consumption of alcoholic beverages and non-vegetarian food
is not allowed inside the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve. Visitors can never take such products inside.
11. Garbage Free Area: –
Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve is a clean and garbage free area. It is forbidden to do any kind of garbage here. Visitors are requested to carry a garbage bag and bring all their litter outside the Tiger Reserve.. . Keep the garbage inside the gypsy, do not put garbage outside the gypsy.
12. Firearms and Smoking Ban, Pet Prisoners:-
No firearms of any kind are allowed within the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve. Smoking or lighting any kind of fire inside the tiger reserve is strictly prohibited. Pets are not allowed inside the Tiger Reserve.
13.Rules for Vehicle: –
Visitors are allowed entry only in specially designated vehicles registered with Tiger Reserve Authorities and there is a restriction on the entry of any other own vehicle. Visitors are not allowed to disembark from the vehicle inside the Tiger Reserve except at designated places. Your guide gives you information about the designated places.
14. Special rules for visitors: –
Blowing car horn, loud shouting and playing music on one’s mobile or any other musical instrument is strictly prohibited within the Tiger Reserve. Inside, the creatures in the forest are disturbed. Teasing or chasing animals or coming too close to them and/or stalking them Or you can’t make any effort to feed them or do anything like that.
All visitors to the Tiger Reserve are governed by the provisions of the Wildlife Protection Act and the Rules made thereunder.
