Kanha is a breathtaking creation of nature. In the beautiful forest you look up, and the green canopy of the tall sal trees meets your eyes with tiny blue patches of the sky showing through the openings. As your eyes wander downwards, a flitting racket-tailed drongo, a black-headed oriole streaking by like a flash of gold, and the cry of a lesser serpent eagle catch your attention. On the ground, grasses and shrubs harbour, half-hidden from your view, chital, gaur, and sambar. Even if you do not see a tiger, probably a tiger has seen you as you drive through the forest. The emerald green meadows, valleys densely wooded with thick stands of sal, hill slopes covered with mixed forests of saja, bija, tendu, and bamboo, and the plateaux with grasslands scattered with stunted tree growth are the homes of the spectacular wildlife of Kanha.