Established in 1975, the Nawegaon National Park is situated in Bhandara district in an area of 134sq.km. The nearest town is Gondia 100km from the park. The nearest airport is Nagpur, 30km from the park and the railhead is Deolgaon, one km away from the park.

May and December are the best months for visiting the park.

Wildlife:
Flora: The forest type is southern tropical dry deciduous teak and southern tropical mixed deciduous forest with other species of shrubs, trees and climbers. Pench is dotted with teak and its associates moyan, mahua, mokha, skiras, tendu, bija, achar, garari, aonla, bhaman, ghont, baranga, amaltas, kihamali, khair, bhirra, palas. Bamboo occurs sparsely, restricted to some valleys

Mammals: Tiger, leopard, jungle cat, leopard cat, striped hyaena, wild dog, wolf, common mongoose, sloth bear, pangolin, spotted deer, sambar, barking deer, nilgai, wild pig and gaur apart from exciting small mammals like flying squirrels, palm and small civet, common and ruddy mongoose etc.

Reptiles: There is a lake in the park which attracts a large number of migratory birds during the period from January to April. Freshwater crocodile, Indian chameleon, Common Krait, Indian Rock Python, Cobra, Indian Flap Shell Turtle, Peninsular Black Turtle etc.

Birds: Pench is haven for birds with more than 200 species recorded from here including the migratory waders and the ducks. It is pretty easy to spot birds like the Crested Serpant Eagle, Changeable Hawk Eagle, Painted Francolin, Malabar Pied Hornbill, Collared Scops Owl and many other species.