This national park is 197 km north-east of Jabalpur in the Vindhyam mountain range. Bandhavgarh's setting is impressive. It's named after the ancient fort built on some 800 meter-high cliffs. There's a temple at the fort which can be visited by jeep and below it are numerous rock-cut cave shrines. The core area of the park is fairly small with a fragile ecology but it supports such animals as nilgai, wild boar, jackal, gaur, sambar and procupine as well as many species of birds. The ramparts of the fort provide a home for vultures, blue rock thrushes and crag martins.