Jungle Book Trip

Shiver me Timbers · Jul 22nd, 2006, 23:22

I think it's Pench in MP steven.

capt_mahajan · Jul 23rd, 2006, 08:45

steven, i think it is the area around kanha kipling wrote about. drove through it once.

PeakXV · Jul 23rd, 2006, 09:08

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Originally Posted by capt_mahajan

steven, i think it is the area around kanha kipling wrote about. drove through it once.

Apparently he wrote both Jungle Books while he was living in Vermont,USA. I've heard a few times that Kanha was the inspiration and setting behind the stories - but did he actually state that or write in his memoirs that this was the fact?

capt_mahajan · Jul 23rd, 2006, 09:25

some biographies of kipling say he wrote jungle book while living in sussex.

cant seem to find any confirmation of the kanha thing, though obviously all the tourist sites tomtom this theory.

PeakXV · Jul 23rd, 2006, 10:09

Connor is right - the place names(unless they occur in more than one jurisdiction within India) are from around Pench :

The Pench Tiger Reserve and its neighbourhood is the original setting of Rudyard Kipling's most famous work, The Jungle Book. Kipling borrowed heavily from Robert Armitage Strendale's books 'Seonee', 'Mammalia of India and Ceylon' and 'Denizens of the Jungle' for the topography, wildlife, and its ways. Mowgli was inspired by Sir William Henry Sleeman's pamphlet, 'An Account of Wolves Nurturing Children in Their Dens' which describes a wolf-boy captured in Seoni district near the village of Sant Baori in 1831. Many of The Jungle Book's locations are actual locations in Seoni District, like the Waingunga river with its gorge where Sherkhan was killed, Kanhiwara villlage and the 'Seeonee hills'.

http://www.mptourism.com/dest/pench.html

steven_ber · Oct 8th, 2006, 17:36

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Originally Posted by steven_ber

Interesting trip (in a Disney kind of way), but am I the only one who feels it is a kind of con?

(I mean using the name Jungle Book)

Is it Khana or Corbett national park that is associated with 'The Jungle book'?

How things change.

Now that I'm taking my girlfriend to India (first time for her) and I want her to fall in love with the place, this jungle book trip seems perfect.

A question though....

Do they allow babies? (6-months)

Obviously they wont allow babies to do anything risky, but I've already done most of the activities on offer and will be happy to take care of the baby whilst my girlfriend enjoyes the activities

I notice from the website that they charge 50% for 'children between the age of 4 to 11', but no mention of babies.

It could be that their insurance doesn't allow for younger children, but would that disallow younger children from the 'day trip'?

I'll send them an e-mail, but just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on taking a baby?

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Jul 22nd, 2006, 23:22	#16
Shiver me Timbers Colder than a well digger's ass Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: North Atlantic Posts: 1,663	I think it's Pench in MP steven.

Jul 23rd, 2006, 08:45	#17
capt_mahajan Dis member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: India Posts: 10,874	steven, i think it is the area around kanha kipling wrote about. drove through it once.

Jul 23rd, 2006, 09:25	#19
capt_mahajan Dis member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: India Posts: 10,874	some biographies of kipling say he wrote jungle book while living in sussex. cant seem to find any confirmation of the kanha thing, though obviously all the tourist sites tomtom this theory.

Jul 23rd, 2006, 10:09	#20
PeakXV Naan.tering Nabob Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Abode of Glooscap Posts: 4,515	Connor is right - the place names(unless they occur in more than one jurisdiction within India) are from around Pench : The Pench Tiger Reserve and its neighbourhood is the original setting of Rudyard Kipling's most famous work, The Jungle Book. Kipling borrowed heavily from Robert Armitage Strendale's books 'Seonee', 'Mammalia of India and Ceylon' and 'Denizens of the Jungle' for the topography, wildlife, and its ways. Mowgli was inspired by Sir William Henry Sleeman's pamphlet, 'An Account of Wolves Nurturing Children in Their Dens' which describes a wolf-boy captured in Seoni district near the village of Sant Baori in 1831. Many of The Jungle Book's locations are actual locations in Seoni District, like the Waingunga river with its gorge where Sherkhan was killed, Kanhiwara villlage and the 'Seeonee hills'. http://www.mptourism.com/dest/pench.html

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