Corbett National park

Situated in the foot hills of Himalayas the Corbett forest reserve is the first Indian National Park established in 1936 under the name Hailey National Park and shifted to it’s present name in 1957. The Project Tiger to save the national animal was started  in Corbett in1976.The area of Sonanadi WLS was added to the park in 1991.

  General Info- Corbett National park

Altitude : 400-800m

Area : 1300 sq km (including Sonanadi WLS)

Weather : Temp- Max 25deg C.   Min- 4deg C

Best Timing : Climate wise-  Jan-March/  Sighting wise- April-May

Closed :  Mid-June to Mid-November

What to see

   The obvious thing to expect seeing in Corbett National park is of course is the Tiger, but you may return disappointed if you go for seeing only the Tiger. Corbett is about the tiger definitely but not only about it.

      Corbett presents an excellent plethora of varied flora and fauna in an equally varying topography from grasslands to marshes and ravines to plateaus along the riverbed of River Ramganga. Corbett vegetation consists of sal trees, bamboo and small shrubs and savanna like grass which grows very tall in the monsoon and immediately thereafter hindering a clear view of the jungle and thereby your chance of sighting a tiger. 

    The chance of Tiger sightings go up in summers as the tall grass dries up, also as their are less water bodies available tigers and other animals can be seen around a water hole. The other animals which may be spotted are elephants usually found in herd along with the small ones,  Wild Boar, Leopard, Langur and Rhesus Monkey and varieties of deer like Sambhar, barking deer, hog deer and the common spotted deer.

 The Ramganga river is full of crocdiles- the gharial and other fishes like mahaseer. You may see the gharials sun bathing on the river bank on a sunny afternoon.

 For the bird lover the Corbett presents score of opportunities with over 500 species being recorded here including woodpeckers, raptors, fishing eagle, harriers, jungle fowl, cuckoos, drongos, barbets and minivets etc. For bird lists of Corbett and other information about birds visit  www.delhibird.org.