Corbett National Park
Nainital District, Uttarakhand
Pantnagar, 123 km and Delhi, 295 km
521 km2 + 798 km2 buffer zone
November 15 – June 15
The most pleasant temperatures are before and after the winter between October and November and February and March. The best tiger sightings are in the Indian summer between April and June.
Our tiger safaris in Corbett National Park
Fauna of Corbett National Park
Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, jungle cat, fishing cat, leopard cat, Asian elephant, blue bull (nilgai), spotted deer (chetal),
barking deer (muntjac), sambar deer, goral, gray langur, rhesus macaque, golden jackal, Asiatic wild dog (dhole), sloth bear, Asian black bear, yellow-throated marten, Eurasian otter, small Indian civet, red fox, masked palm civet, spotted linsang, Indian gray mongoose, Indian crested porcupine, Indian boar, Indian pangolin, mugger crocodile, gharial
Portrait of Corbett National Park
The southern foothills of the Himalayas, also known as the Terai, create a breathtakingly beautiful landscape that is more reminiscent of Canada than India. The evergreen, dense forests on hilly terrain, the stony riverbeds with the crystal clear waters of the Ramganga and the open steppes covered with elephant grass at Dikhala are a real feast for the eyes. Corbett has an extraordinarily diverse flora and fauna, which unite species from the high mountains and the subcontinent.
Terrain of Corbett National Park
The southern foothills of the Himalayas, also known as the Terai, create a breathtakingly beautiful landscape that is more reminiscent of Canada than India. The evergreen, dense forests on hilly terrain, the stony riverbeds with the crystal clear waters of the Ramganga and the open steppes covered with elephant grass at Dikhala are a real feast for the eyes. Corbett has an extraordinarily diverse flora and fauna, which unite species from the high mountains and the subcontinent.
Peculiarities of Corbett National Park
With the simple and vegetarian Dikhala Forest Lodge, Corbett offers the unique opportunity among Indian national parks to spend the night in the middle of the wilderness. This is not possible in any other tiger reserve! The sacrifice of a little luxury in favour of a unique nature experience is always worthwhile. Corbett National Park bears its name in honor of the British hunter and later conservationist Jim Corbett, who spent most of his life in this part of British India known as Kumaon. Jim loved "his India" and its natural treasures – from childhood he wandered alone through the jungle and had many encounters with tigers and other dangerous animals, which he captured in his thrilling writings. He described the tiger as "the gentleman of the jungle", since he was of the firm belief that a tiger attacks humans only in the outermost emergency as as a result of an injury. Nevertheless, Jim gained fame by helping to save the inhabitants of the mountain slopes of Kumaon from notorious man-eaters. His literary works can hardly be surpassed in tension and confer an extra bit of anticipation on an impending journey to the land of the tiger.