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Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary covers about 149 sq km of teak and mixed forest, hills and streams in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra, and was notified in 1997. Tigers are seen here, along with leopards, sloth bears, nilgai, sambar and many birds.
Safaris enter through the Sunna, Mathani and Kodori gates, with 12 morning and 12 evening slots a day, and are booked on the Maharashtra Forest Department portal, safaribooking.mahaforest.gov.in. The sanctuary is closed for safaris every Monday and during the monsoon from July to September. Sunna gate is about 7 km from Pandharkawda.
- How to Reach: Nagpur has the nearest airport. Yavatmal and Adilabad have the nearest railway stations. Pandharkawda is on the Nagpur to Hyderabad highway, about 7 km from Sunna gate.
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