Corbett National Park

Jim Corbett National Park, situated in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, is a perfect holiday destination. Mainly known for its successful tiger conservation project, Corbett is home of great variety of wildlife creatures. Bird watching, elephant safari, canter safari and many more activities can be enjoyed at this exquisite wildlife conserve. To experience nature in its truest state, you ought to visit incredible Jim Corbett National Park.

The Jim Corbett National Park is a heaven for the adventure enthusiast and wildlife adventure lovers. Jim Corbett national Park is India's first national park which comprises 512.8 km area of hills, riverine belts, marshy depressions, grass lands and large lake and streams. The elevation ranges from 1275 feet to 4,000 feet. Winter nights are very much cold but the days are sunny. It rains from mid of June to September end.

The forest reserve was private property of local rules around 1815-1820. The British took over the whole area and developed as their own hunting ground. In the year 1936 the area was reserved for wildlife and named Haily National Park. Later became Jim Corbett National Park - named after a great hunter turned conservationist Jim Corbett who played an very important role in the establishment of the beautiful national park.

Dense moist deciduous forest mainly consists of papal, sal, haldu, rohini (elephant feed) and mango trees, these trees cover almost 71 per cent of the park. The 10 per cent of the region consists of grasslands. It houses around 110 tree species, around 50 species of mammals, 580 bird and 25 reptile species. The rare Royal Bengal tiger of India resides here. The sanctuary was the first to come under Project Tiger initiative in 1973.

The Jim Corbett National Park is positioned between 29-25' to 29-39'N latitude and 78-44' to 79-07'E longitude. The standard altitude of the region ranges between 360 m (1,181 ft) and 1,040 m (3,412 ft). The present area of the Reserve is 1,301.58 square kilometers (509.09 sq mi) including 520 square kilometers (200 sq mi) of dense core area and 797.72 square kilometers (308.00 sq mi) of buffer part. The core area forms the jim corbett national park while the buffer contains reserve forests (496.54 square kilometers (191.72 sq mi)).