🦌 National Park📍 Tiger Reserve💧 Waterfall🐅 Wildlife

Simlipal National Park

Mayurbhanj, Odisha, India

4.6 (0)

Overview

A 2,750 sq km sal-and-orchid highland tiger reserve — home of melanistic 'black tigers', elephants and the plunging Barehipani and Joranda falls.

Why visit: Odisha's great wilderness, and the only place on Earth with black tigers.

Things to do

SafariWaterfallTrekking

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Travel Information

Best time

Nov–mid-Jun (closed monsoon)

Entry fee

~₹200 + jeep

Est. budget

₹2,000–6,000

Duration

2 days

Nearby attractions

Within

4.1 km

💧 Waterfall

4.6

Mayurbhanj, Odisha

India's second-highest waterfall — the Budhabalanga leaping 399 m in two tiers through Simlipal's core forest.

Nov–Jun (park open)2 hrs (within safari)Explore

9.9 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Dam

4.1

Keonjhar, Odisha

A reservoir on the Salandi river fringing a wildlife sanctuary linked to Simlipal — elephants, crocodiles and quiet forest-lake mornings.

Nov–MarHalf dayExplore