We were recommended this place by a naturalist and could not have been happier. This is the closest you can stay to the Kisli gate when visiting Kanha. The lodge itself is not that great or fancy, so if you are looking for a luxurious stay look elsewhere. We booked a delux room which had a decent bed, a counch and dresser. The bathroom is alright - not very clean. There are heating units fixed in the bathrooms so hot water is available as required. The rooms have both an air conditioner and a heater. We were glad for the heater in the room as it was very cold in the nights. The real attraction of the room was outside - we had a great meadow right in front of the room which extended to the left of the room. An absolutely peacful place to sit-back and enjoy the jungle between the game rides.

While staying here, one can experience the alarm calls and other jungle sounds all through the day. Between the two housing units the property has, there lies a watering hole where it is common to see samabar deer, chital deer and langoors. We have been told that the chances of seeing leopards, wild dogs etc. cannot be ruled out especially in the summer.

The room tariff included breakfast, lunch and dinner. The food was average with a buffet style dining for lunch and dinner. Breakfast is packed for the morning game drive. One can order à la carte too. They have liquor which is reasonably priced. The dining hall plays wildlife documentaries during meal time which I enjoyed. The staff are friendly and try to accommodate your needs.

One should be mindful that this property is located within the core forest and shouldn't expect all the urban extravagence. There is no cell phone reception, no internet, no ATMs and no other restaurants around. I Would definitely recommend this place for all nature enthusiast who are there for the experience of the jungle.

This is one of the very few resorts/lodges in the core zone of an Indian forest you can find. I have traveled quite extensively to game parks in India and this is the closest I have stayed to wildlife. Where else would you find the backyard to your room extending to the famous Kanha meadows?? The rooms are not as pathetic as other reviews describe, but its bearable. The resort seems old and not well maintained, but the deluxe rooms are of motel 6 standards in the US. Rooms have heater and hot water. No cell reception in the resort.
What the hotel lacks for maintainence is made up by its location. When we stayed in Jan, we heard tiger alarm calls sitting on the patio. There was apparently a tiger in the meadows which was confirmed by the pug marks we found on the safari. A safari route goes right past the log huts, so you get an idea of how close your resort is to the jungle. One can find monkeys, deer and gaurs in the watering hole very close to the resort. I've heard summer is even better at this resort.
All meals are buffet style and quite good - remember the resort is in the middle of nowhere, so dont expect 5 star cuisine and service. The staff does best to accommodate your needs and the manager is really helpful. Liquor is available at decent price in the restaurant.
Drives to forest can be organized at the hotel or through MP tourism website and they pick you up from your resort. Again, Kanha is a very big forest and not a zoo, so don't expect to see a tiger or leapord every 15 yards. Kisli is your best bet in Kanha to see Tigers but you need to be patient.
Over great location compensates for poorly maintained rooms, but if you are here for the forest dont bother staying anywhere but in log huts. You will love it here.

Hi this is Jacob . I am a wildlife enthusiast and have visited a good number countries to satiate this hobby of mine. In India I have been to Kaziranga , Jim Corbett ,Gir Forest etc. The major destination left was the Kanha tiger reserve. Kanha is very famous in this part of the woods partly because it is supposed to have the largest concentration of tigers in India and after hearing great many stories about this I was really excited about the visit.
As a saying goes morning shows the day and boy was it a bad morning!!. I reached Baghira Log Huts at 9am on December 5 and had booked a deluxe suite. I was quite hungry after a long journey from Nagpur and guess what I had for breakfast deliciously cold (almost stale) bread with coffee and upma (some kind of rice dish). I ordered scrambled eggs which arrived after what seemed like an hour to me but thankfully it was at least hot. Anyways after finishing the dish I was told that my room would be ready in …4 hours . I was like [-] 4 hours on inquiring for the reason they told me its a standard policy they allocate rooms after 12 pm. On top of that the electricity is down everyday between 11 to 1pm (whatever happened to generators ???)Anybody reading please take note adjust your time of arrival accordingly. I requested for a temp room so that I could freshen up and answer nature’s call but was flatly refused even though they had many cottages lying empty. With nothing to do I decided to look around. The place seemed almost like over grown garden of sorts and seemed very sparse and I assumed that maybe the safari trips will lead to the denser jungle. After a long wait I was finally handed the keys to my suite. The rooms were really in a poor condition and dirty I cant understand why they couldn’t tidy it up after making me wait for so long. I requested the staff to clean the room again especially the lavatory. They seemed very unhappy but got the job done. I accept that running a resort in a jungle is a logistically challenging task but for 100$ a day they could at least get the basics right . Oh and while waiting I noticed that they were lot of monkeys around the huts and they would often sit on the towels that the staff carelessly laid on the floor so do check your towels for monkey poop before using them :P .
Had Lunch at 2 which could be described as palatable at best. There were 3-4 items on the buffet with dessert ,really nothing to write home about. Next up was the Jungle safari on an open jeep(costs more than 100 quid)with a forest guide. This was the part I was most excited about and this in the end turned about to be the most disappointing. Initially things looked really promising but as we went further I saw no sign of the famous tiger. The forest too seemed more like a plain with trees growing in groups. Animals that I viewed include deer , deer , deer , hyena, deer , peacock ,snakes and more deer :P. Oh and there were lots of owls (which seemed to mock at us ) hiding in the tree trunks. The 2.5 hours trip ended with a lot of disappointment and a hope to catch a glimpse of the elusive tiger the next day. I retired for the day after a lack luster dinner as there was nothing else to do (no T.V guess wireless tech has not reached here so far).
The next day I left for the early morning safari at 6:30 am. The hotel staff packed me a sumptuous breakfast of .. hold it boiled eggs and (stale) bread. Well the rest is really .. history .After a trip of almost 4 hours I was treated to a lovely sight of deer, snakes and the best of all a great picture and documentary of the kanha tiger. Yay my trip was successful I finally saw (a picture of ) the tiger :P. I had originally planned the trip for 3 nights but the entire thing left such a bad taste that I left on the 3rd day itself. In the end I would like to say that Kanha is very overrated and Baghira Log huts is MOST definitely the worst staying experience I had so far. Un cooperative staff , bland food and lack of even basic facilities was really disappointing . Do come here if you feel like camping on the plains :P ciao.

This is as close as you can get to stay near the core area of the Kanha National Park. Situated well inside the main gate and in the buffer zone this is a very tranquil location. The entrance to the core area is very near this location.
You can see deers walking by and monkeys playing around. We also saw a large Bison drinking water near the hut where we stayed. Insist on the hut farthest away from the main road..
When you are on such trips to enjoy nature my view is that you need to stay as close as possible to nature and this fits my expectation.
The rooms and bathrooms are clean. My view is that they can provide better quality rooms, sheets and cleaner toilets for the room tariff that they charge.
Room service is poor. Overall serviice is poor as this is run by MP tourism.....
Food is served in a dining hall near the reception area. The food is not great but is pleantiful. Another good thing is that the cell phone reception is poor.....so nothing to disturb you.....
We can arrange for Jeeps to take us inside the park from the reception itself. It is critical to get a good guide or an experienced driver to make your trip into the core area of the park effective.... Take the help of the reception staff for this. We were lucky to see a Tiger on our first trip. It juist walked past us......However we took two more trips on the next day and travelled through different routes and saw many beautiful birds and animals such as many variety of deers, mongoose, Bison, Sloth bear, the rare Barasingha (swamp deer) etc..
A truly rewarding experience which i enjoyed to my heart's content...