NIGHT STAY IN CORBETT (DHIKALA) – 2 Nights,3 Days Package
Day 1 : Arrive Corbett park at 9:00 Am. You will meet here one of our representatives. He will take you to our vehicle. Thereafter our driver will drive you inside Dhangarhi gate. You can visit the interpretation centre there-your safari begins hereby. After some time of driving you will reach at Dhikala lodge.Take lunch here and get ready for the evening safari. Evening jeep safari to the Grasslands called ‘ Chaurs’ that produces chances of tiger sighting . This big grassland spreading in about 7 Km, generates more chances to spot the wild animals than any others area of this zone. You will be driven back to the lodge as it gets dark. Have a sound sleep after your dinner.
Day- 2 : With the another day is on, you are on your way to explore more though Dhikala forest section with our skilled guide and driver. Dhikala forest is at it best when visited during early morning and late evening safaris. This makes more chances to spot the animals. The afternoon can be spent on a watch tower overlooking the Ramgnanga River.
Corbett is a paradise for those who enjoy doing bird watching, it has 580 species of birds. An evening safari would be a better option along with the Ramganga river may give a glimpse of the animals, especially of the elephants who are thirsty for the water. You can watch a movie based on the wildlife conservation in Corbett later on the evening back in lodge.
Day3 Today you are going to check out the park. It would be basically a jeep safari to get out of the park to Ramnagar via Garial range forest, here is a chance to see the reptiles such as Gharial, Turtles, and Crocodiles. The unending stretch of the nature divine beauty is indefinable and will make you to memorize your experience forever.
Photographs of Corbett
Main attraction in Corbett national park
Tiger- Tiger has been the biggest attraction of the tiger services for the many years. This park has one of the highest densities of the tigers. The tigers (panther tigris tigris) is perhaps the most celebrated of the wild animals of India. It has a very important place in Indian culture, mythology, legends and folklores. This symbolises as the fierce power of nature. The wildlife Institute of India in its report declared that Corbett has the highest population of the tigers in India. In its stunning report WII stated that amongst 44 tiger reserves in the country, Corbett has the maximum numbers of tigers which are numbered as 215.
Asian Elephant- the Asian Elephant is the biggest of all Indian mammals. it has a very sacred and religious factors in India 10000 years of old history. The Asian elephant( elephas maximus) is distributed in the Indian subcontinent and Southest Asia. Indian Elephants have been domesticated for thousand years, used in medieval warfare and as working animal.
Asian elephant is the largest living lend animal in Asia. The Asian elephant was once found throughout south and southeast Asia but now it has been reduced to several scattered populations owing to the human activity, like conversion of forest areas to forming, fuelling, construction of dams and civil works like road and canals.
The officials of Jim Corbett park Are happy to announce that it recorded an increase of 67% in the population of elephants which was relatively less in 2007 that total numbers of elephants recorded in 2007 in the entire state were 1346 out of which 622 were in Corbett national park alone.
Leopard- Leopard (panthers padus fusca ) is the second largest cat that is the inhabitant of Corbett park. Compared to the tigers, leopards are smaller, more graceful and shy, they have a more agile body that makes them perfect to launch. The Indian leopards is one of the big cats that found in the Indian subcontinent apart from the Asiatic lion, Bengal tiger, snow leopard and clouded leopard. In 2014,a national census of leopards around tiger’s habitats was carried out in India except the northeast. 7910 individuals were estimated in surveyed areas and a national total of 12000-14000 speculated.
Deers- Corbett has four species of deers. They are the most frequently sighted large mammals around-
Sambar- Sambar (Rusa unicolor) is the largest dear found in Corbett. The appearance and the size of sambar vary widely across their range, which has led to considerable taxonomic confusion in the past. In general, they attain a height of 102 to 160 cm (40 to 63 inches) at the shoulder and may weigh as much as 546 kg, though more typically 100-350kg. Mals have antlers up to 1 m long that are periodically shed and replaced. Mals sambar also have dense manes on their necks. Sambar are mostly found in dense forests with gently sloping to steep topography. They are known to reach altitudes as high as 3700m. Adults males and pregnant or lactating females possess an unusual hairless, blood red spot located about halfway down the underside of their throats. This sometimes oozes a white liquid and is apparently glandular in nature.
Chital- The chital (axis axis) also known as spotted dear or axis dear, is a speces of deer is a native in the Indian subcontinent. This is the common species of the deer in Jim Corbett Park too. This is also the most beautiful with characteristics, white spots on its reddish brown body . Only male chitals have antlers that may grow up to 1 m length. These antlers are periodically shed and a new set developed every time. Moderate sized chital deer, male can search nearly 90 cm(35inches) females 70cm(28inches) at the shoulder, while males weigh 30-75 kg. The females are lighter 25-45 kg. Chital are most active in early morning and evening and rest in cool places during the heat of the day they give alarm calls to warn the herd when a big threat or a predator is sensed.
Barking Deer or kakar- The Indian muntjac( muntiacus muntjak) also called southern red muntjac or barking deer, is a deer species native south and Southeast Asia, it is listed as least concern on the I U C N Red list. This is the smallest of Corbett deers. The body colour is golden tan on the dorsal side and is lighter on the undersides. Male kakar have short antlers growing on long, bony projections called burrs. Females have only bony knob like burrs on their head in place of antlers. The barking deer has a short but very soft, thick, dense coat that is more dense in cooler regions. Its face is darker and the limbs are dark to reddish brown. The body length of the dear varies form 89-135 cm and length of this dear 40-65 cm. The muntjacs are unique among, the deer have large, obvious facial ( preorbital, in front of eyes) scent glands used to mark territories or females. Males have larger glands than females.
Hog deer- The Indian hog deer (Hyelapus porcinus) is a small deer whose habitat ranges spread throughout northern India to mainland southeast Asia. It gets its name from the hog like manner in which it runs through the forest which head hung low so that is can duck under obstacles instead of leaping over them like most of the other deers do.
This species mostly inhabits grasslands, swampy areas and clearings, is usually nocturnal. Unlike Chital, hog deers are solitary animals but sometimes feed in smaller groups. Hog deer face the threat of habitat destruction, especially draining of swampy areas and change in water regimes.
A mature hog deer stag stands about 70 cm at the shoulder and weighs about 50kg while hinds are much smaller about 61 cm and weighing in the vicinity of 30kg. They are solidly built with a long body and relatively short legs and the line of the back slopes upward from the shoulders to a high rump.
How to Reach Corbett:
Ramnagar is perhaps the best approach to the Corbett National Park which forms the headquarters of CTR. This small city is well connected by road and rail network with major cities of India like Delhi, Moradabad, Nainital and Bareilly. Once you reach Ramnagar, then it takes only half an hour to reach Corbett National Park. The park is around 15 Kms from Ramnagar railway station.
By Road: Ramnagar has a very good network of road that connects the different cities. The Corbett National Park is situated at an approximate surface distance of 260 Kilometer from India’s national capital Delhi. The state government of Uttarakhand plies buses at a short interval of time from Delhi, Moradabad, Haldawani, and Nainital that reaches Corbett directly.
By Rail: The railway station in Ramnagar receives trains from different major cities of India like Delhi, Moradabad and Bareilly. A direct train to Ramnagar runs from Delhi. You can check out for Ranikhet Express, Corbett Link Express and Kathgodam Express that takes you directly to Ramnagar.
Distance from Major Cities:
Delhi: Delhi – Moradabad – Kashipur – Ramnagar (260 Kms)
Nainital: Via Kaladhungi to Ramnagar (62 Kms)
Lucknow: Lucknow – Bareilly – Kicha – Rudrapur – Kashipur – Ramnagar (436 km)
Dehradun : Dehradun – Haridwar – Ramnagar (232 km)
