Archive · 28 Sep 2026
Tadoba Trains Guides in English and German as Tourism Rises
Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve is teaching its guides new languages.
Fourteen women guides learned practical English for talking with visitors.
Forty-two guides learned basic German in two groups.
They practiced welcoming tourists and explaining safari rules.
They also learned how to talk about tigers, other animals, nature and local culture.
The training is meant to help guides speak more confidently.
More foreign visitors are coming to the reserve.
The reserve will reopen for safaris on October 1.
Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve trained guides in English and German to serve more international tourists.
Fourteen women nature guides completed English training from July 2 to August 8.
German language training was held from August 17 to August 27 for 42 guides.
The courses covered visitor interaction, safari guidance, wildlife, biodiversity, culture and common tourist questions.
A total of 20,939 tourists from 91 countries visited the reserve last year, and safaris will resume October 1.
- Who
- Nature guides at Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, under the guidance of Field Director Prabhu Nath Shukla.
- What
- The reserve conducted conversational English and German training programmes for its guides.
- When
- English training took place from July 2 to August 8, German training from August 17 to August 27, and the reserve will reopen October 1.
- Where
- Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra; German training was held at Moharli and Madnapur.
- Why
- To help guides communicate more effectively with domestic and international visitors amid rising international tourist arrivals.
- Reserve
- Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR)
- International visitors
- 20,939 tourists from 91 countries visited last year
- English trainees
- 14 women nature guides from the Core Zone
- German trainees
- 42 guides: 25 at Moharli and 17 at Madnapur
- English training dates
- July 2 to August 8
- German training dates
- August 17 to August 27
- Safari reopening
- October 1