Introduction

Narsinghgarh or Chidikho wildlife sanctuary is developed around Narsinghgarh fort area. It lies in 90 kms north-west of Bhopal city thus it is best picnic spot and birding destination for wildlife lovers in city. Its name Chidikho is an indicative that it is a birding destination. Here Chidikho is a hindi language word, comprising two different words i.e. "Chidi" means birds and "kho" means nesting site or home thus it is home of birds. It was established in 1978 and managed by Rajgarh social forestry. It comes under Rajgarh district of Madhya Pradesh. Being close to Bhopal capital city of state, this sanctuary have ample scope to become eminent destination in tourism map of Madhya Pradesh. It lies in northern  part of Malwa plateau with presence of two important rivers i.e. Kali Sindh river and Parbati river. In addition to this, Chidikho lake is located at center of sanctuary. Earlier this forest was part of princely state of Narsinghgarh

How to reach

As mentioned, Chidikho wildlife sanctuary lies in Rajgarh district of Madhya Pradesh and at feasible distance from Bhopal city thus easy to visit for tourists.

Mode of Transport	Travel Solutions
By Flight	Bhopal Airport (100km), Indore Airport (230km)
By Train	Biaora station (30km), Bhopal Station (100km), Indore Station (220km), Kota Station (285km)
By Road	Travel from cities like Bhopal, Indore, Sanchi.

Birds in Chidikho Wildlife Sanctuary

Chidikho wildlife sanctuary is more popular as a birding destination. Thus it is a paradise for birdwatchers who often looks for birds photography, not so far from there hotel or home.

Birds in Chidikho Wildlife Sanctuary
Common Hawk Cuckoo	Rain Quail	Cattle Egret	Indian Peafowl
Common Kingfisher	red-vented Bulbul	Little Cormorant	Grey Fanncolin
Indian Spot-billed Duck	Red-wattled Lapwing	White-browed Fantail	Laughing Dove
Lesser Whistling Duck	Rose-ringed Parakeet	Spotted Dove	Rufous Treepie
Indian Nightjar	Savanna Nightjar	Jungle Babbler	Yellow-footed Green Pigeon
Painted Stork	Green Sandpiper	Common Sandpiper	Oriental Darter
Shikra	Indian Grey Hornbill	Egyptial Vulture	Spotted Owlet
Stork Billed Kingfisher	Intermediate Egret	Little Egret	Brown Fish Owl
White-bthroated Kingfisher	Short-toed Snake Eable	Oriental Honey-buzzard	Coppersmith Barbet
Pied Kingfisher	Brown-copped Pygmy Woodpecker	Black-rumped Flameback	Plum-headed Parakeet

Best time to visit

Best time to visit Chidikho wildlife sanctuary is from November to March

Climate & Weather

Let's learn about climate and weather information for this wildlife sanctuary. This information is important for visitors. According to climatic condition, do your preparation for Chidikho wildlife sanctuary tour. This information is based on our past experience thus some variation is possible.

Season	Period	Temperature	Travel Advisory
Winters	November to February	5 to 24 Deg. Cel.	Good time to visit for wildlife photography & birding.
Summers	April to June	30 to 43 Deg. Cel.	Normal season, safaris will be challenging due to heat waves
Monsoon	July to September	22 to 30 Deg. Cel.	Down season, can be visited for nature photography

ACCOMMODATION

Here tourism is not yet developed thus good accommodation options are still awaited. If you would like to visit for some days, then better option is to stay at Bhopal city hotels, may be outskirt hotels, and visit the sanctuary as excursion tour.