Day 10:
You have the whole day to enjoy the picturesque beauty of
misty hill resort Pachmarhi. After breakfast, leave for a full
day city sightseeing tour.Pachmarhi is a tourist retreat. During
the Diwali and winter seasons many tourists
visit this place, and there are reasonable accommodations for leisure
travelers. Pachmarhi's elevation and the forests of the Satpuras, with their
streams and waterfal ls, are picturesque and home to much wi ldl ife.
Pachmarhi lies within the Pachmarhi Biosphere Preserve, created in 1999 to
link two forest reserves into a larger wildlife conservation area at the highest
point in Central India. Pachmarhi also has a lot of cave paintings in the
forests, some of which have been dated to be as much as 10000 years old.
Shown in the picture is the garden at the base of a tourist attraction called
Pandava Caves, the caves are actually Buddhist in origin but the name
persists. The place has rich timber reserves including teak, but being a part of
a reserve no new construction or felling of trees is allowed. Having a rich and
rare flora as well as fauna, Pachmarhi needs central and state government
approval for any new construction outside the town area Retire to the hotel in
the evening for overnight stay.
Day 11:
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After breakfast transfer to Jabalpur by road. Upon arrival,
check in to hotel and later proceed for sightseeing.The city is
surrounded by low, rocky, and barren hillocks. Some of which
form a barrier for continuous development of
urban form and restrict inter-links between various parts of the city.
Kariapather hillock to the north-east, Sita Pahad and Kandhari hills to the
east, Madan Mahal hills and rocks outcrops to the south-west.This small
village of Jabalpur district situated on the banks of river Narmada and widely
famous for its marble rocks is at a distance about 25 km from Jabalpur by
road. Soaring in glittering splendour, the marble rocks at Bhedaghat rise to a
hundred feet on either side of the Narmada. The serene loveliness of the
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