A wide view of a calm swimming pool on a paved patio with lanterns at sunset, looking out toward an open field - Umaria Safari Camp

Rooted in the Wild—Where the Forest Sets the Rules

Umaria Safari Camp is a place where the spirit of canvas and the call of the wild come together without apology. Perched on the edge of the Kanha-Pench Corridor and overlooking one of Central India's most celebrated tiger reserves, our intimate safari camp in Mandla draws its character from an older, slower world. The Central Indian safaris of the British Raj, where officers moved through the forest with quiet reverence.

2 large white canvas safari tents pitched along the edge of a lush green forest - Umaria Safari Camp

Origins & Architecture

Our tents at Umaria are warm and generously proportioned, their interiors furnished with colonial-era-inspired pieces that tell of a time when travel was an art form. Canvas walls filter the morning light. The lounge and dining tent hums with unhurried conversation. Come evening, the pool deck transforms into an intimate dining setting—equally suited to a family gathered under the stars or a couple marking their honeymoon with something quietly unforgettable. The twenties live here still, dressed in every comfort the modern traveller might ask for.

Conservation & Community

At Umaria Safari Camp, the motto is simple: Travel that heals and helps. Not a single tree was cleared during construction—every structure follows the land's natural contours, with public spaces built from locally sourced waste wood and thatch. Open-air dining and the deliberate absence of harsh lighting keep the forest undisturbed, day and night.

Our camp's ties to the surrounding communities run equally deep. Folk dance troupes perform, artisans and storytellers find a platform, and school programmes bring eco-awareness to young minds. Conservation here is not a policy—it is simply how the place operates.

A dirt safari vehicle track winding through a misty, dense forest with early morning light filtering through the trees - Umaria Safari Camp
A powerful Bengal tiger walking across a dirt safari track with a vehicle visible in the background.

The Landscape

Kanha Tiger Reserve, one of the largest national parks in Central India, stretches across 940 sq km of the Mandla and Balaghat districts of Madhya Pradesh. Established in 1955 and designated a tiger reserve in 1973, it protects some of the country's finest tropical forests and natural grasslands. The Bengal tiger moves through here. So do the Indian leopard, the sloth bear, the dhole, and the jackal. The wider Kanha-Pench landscape spans roughly 1,18,000 sq. km., more than 40% of it forested—a corridor of life that remains one of India's great wildlife strongholds. Umaria sits at its threshold, quietly and deliberately.

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