Online Booking for Night Stay in Forest Rest House in Corbett National Park Starts Today for 2018 till June 2019

After outrage from wildlifers and corbett visitors, who like to stay in forest rest houses and visit all the safari zones in Corbett National Park. Tiger Reserve administration has now allowed night stay in all SIX ZONES. The online bookings for five zones opened on 21st November 2018 evening for the coming season till june 2019. Now, tourists can also stay in Bijrani Forest Rest House, Jhirna Forest Lodge, Dhela Forest Rest House, Durga Devi Forest Rest House and Sultan Forest Lodge other than Gairal, Sarapduli and Khinanauli Forest Rest House of the corbett national park. Dhikala zone, which has also reported the most tiger sightings in Corbett National Park, has the highest number of rooms. Uttarakhand's Nainital High Court had on September 4-2018 prohibited entry of commercial vehicles in Dhikala Zone of Corbett Tiger Reserve administration had thereafter stopped night stay in all zones of the park. The Nainital High Court order got stayed on October 22, 2018 by honorable Supreme Court of India Thousands of people from Corbett City-Ramnagar are associated with the wildlife tourism industry for their livelihood such as Gypsy drivers, tourist guides, wildlife guides, owners of the resorts, hotels and restaurant in and around Corbett National Park had threatened a protest anticipating a dip in tourist numbers due to the ban on night stay inside corbett national Park.

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Uttarakhand High Court order on encroachment on river, asses, lakes and government land

The Uttarakhand High Court has ordered Chief Secretary of the Uttarakhand state to remove encroachment on the banks of river, assholes and lakes with in three months. The court has also asked all the district officials of the Uttarakhand to follow this order and stop the parking of any type of vehicles along the river so that the river is not polluted.

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Leopard has been proposed for the mascot for the Uttarakhand state Olympic Games

Leopard has been proposed for the mascot for the Uttarakhand State Olympic Games. The General Secretary of the Olympic Association expressed hope that it will be stamped at the  Uttarakhand State Olympic Sports Steering Committee meeting.  On the question of state bird monal, he told that due to the mascot of state bird Monal in the national games, it was not made a mascot for state Olympic Games. 

The mascot has not yet been released for the state Olympic Games scheduled to be held in Rudrapur between November 10 and 13 -2018, while there is not a single week left for the competition. When asked about the Olympic Association's General Secretary DK Singh, he said that the state sports committee has proposed leopard as the mascot for the Uttarakhand State Olympics. 

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Elephant Corridor in Rajaji-Corbett National Park

CPI (Male) organized a meeting in which the decision to run a signature campaign to change the land status of Bindukhatta to revenue village and removal of elephant corridor was taken. As well as announcement to perform in Lalkuan on December 26, a memorandum will be sent to CM and PM. This information was given by Uttarakhand State Secretary of CPI Male.

The Elephant corridor in Rajaji-Corbett Elephant Reserve in the Shivaliks of Uttaranchal state. Efforts were made to detect changes in the state of forest covervis- à -vis the status of elephant corridors during the three periods i.e. 1967. 1986 and 1998 using remote sensing and GIS. The ERDAS Imagine digital image processing andArcView GIS software packages were used for this purpose. Temporal satellite imagery and ground observations in the Rajaji-Corbett Elephant Reserve revealed forest loss, degradation and disturbances in the elephant corridor areas, hindering elephant movement and restricting them to forests islands. Motichur-Chilla corridor, despite being a highly favoured habitat for the elephants in corbett national park and rajaji national park region was found to be highly threatened followed by Kotdwar
and Ramnagar corridors. Construction of wide bridges across Kunao-Chilla Canal, recreation of corridors through reforestation, reduction of all kinds of pressures in the elephant corridor areas and providing higher protection to elephant corridors are recommended.

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The NTCA team reached Corbett Park on their 03 day tour, late Wednesday night to check the probability & possibility of night stay inside Corbett National Park tourist zones and core zones and also fixing the number of gypsies to enter inside corbett park for the Jeep safari as per directive of the High Court of Uttrakhand, Nainital. The night stay arrangement is to be opened on November 15. The NTCA team will submit a report to the high court by making a report of the number of jeeps going to night stay.

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Nature Guide on protest in Corbett National Park to meet their Demand

In Corbett National Park many of nature guides parked & unite under the banner of the Nature Guides Committee reached the Dhela Gate of Corbett National Park. They accused the Park administration of ignoring the demands of the members and started the and one-day work exemption by placing a black band in his hands. They demanded the implementation of the rotation system, so all of them could get jobs from the corbett park. On the other hand, tourists traveling in 30 jeeps in the morning and evening shift went on tour to corbett national park without Nature Guides. On the other hand, Park Director assured the completion of the demand for Nature Guides to be completed soon. 

Nature Guide protest in Corbett National Park

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Elephant Attacked Tourist Gypsy in Jim Corbett National Park

An elephant in anger attacked on the tourist gypsy near Marchula (Mohaan) in Corbett National Park. The elephant was so angry that he charged again towards Gypsy. The incident happened when gypsy driver was changing the punctured tires on the roadside along the Jim Corbett National Park boundary. Suddenly and an elephant arrives from the forest making howl call.The tourists were sitting in the gypsy doing the photography of the forest. The tourist jumping from Gypsy and ran to the other side to save his life. The elephant then reached out to Gypsy and tempered it. Only after the elephant went away in jungle , the tourists breathed a sigh of relief, and the traffic and the guests moved away

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Welcome Vanitha, Vanashree and Veda to corbett National Park

                             Welcome Vanitha, Vanashree and Veda to corbett National Park

There Good news for the wildlife safari and adventure enthusiasts coming to corbett national park, and particularly for elephant safari to corbett park, if everything is in order, three elephants will soon be sent to the Jim Corbett National Park-ramnagar, distt nainital in Uttarakhand for patrolling and eco-tourism at the park in Uttarakhand from Bannerghatta Biological Park-Karnataka. A proposal of sending elephants to corbett national park is now before the Uttarakhand forest department officials for their approval.

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Goat and Tiger's unlikely friendship

Goat and Tiger's unlikely friendship

Almost a month ago, at a safari park in the far east of Russia, a goat was released into a tiger's enclosure as a live prey, but to surprise to the park authorities and the visitors to the park,     tigers has not attacked or made any attempt to kill the goat and now they share the same shelter together and seems to have developed a sort of friendship. If this type of behavior can be seen in the animal kingdom, then why not among humans or between the countries.

  

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Tiger killed a woman at Corbett National Park

Corbett City, Ramnagar, Nov 12 November (PTI); Corbett National Park. in a recent man animal (tiger/ leopard) conflict at corbett national park, a woman named Nandi devi of village Sundarkhal was killed by a big cat in Sarapduli range near dhikuli region in the buffer zone of the Corbett National Park / Corbett tiger reserve on Friday (12 November 2010). Though the villagers alleged that the woman had been killed by a tiger, official sources have not yet confirmed whether the woman was killed by a tiger or a leopard.

The victim, Nandi Devi, had gone to collect fodder when she was attacked by a prowling tiger/ leapord in Corbett National Park / Corbett tiger reserve, which dragged her for nearly a kilometer and a half inside the forest before killing her. The villages later rushed to forest where they recovered the woman's half eaten body.

On being informed about the incident, the Corbett national park officials also reached the site where angry villagers staged a protest against the State forest authorities accusing them of failing to protect the villagers in the periphery of the Corbett national park region. The Corbett national park authorities tried to pacify the villagers without success as the villagers have demanded that the feline responsible for killing the woman should be shot without delay. Meanwhile, official of Corbett national park said a cage has been put in the area to capture the wild-cat.

Jim Corbett National Park India

Jim Corbett National Park India had the proud distinction of being chosen as the venue for the inauguration of Project Tiger in India; earlier part of Uttar Pradesh now comes under Uttaranchal, the newly found state. Jim Corbett National Park India is home to a variety of flora and fauna, Corbett park is famous for its wild population of Tigers, Leopards and Elephants. Corbett Tiger Reserve has a great variety of fauna on account of habitat diversity. In the Jim Corbett National Park are found 110 tree species, 50 mammals' species, 580 bird species and 25 reptile species.

Corbett National Park and Wildlife Conservation History
Jim Corbett National Park India has always been famous for their resident tigers. Initially Jim Corbett National Park reserve was named as 'Hailey National Park' in 1936. Jim Corbett National Park was renamed in 1954-55 as 'Ramganga National Park' and again in 1955-56 as 'Jim Corbett National Park' after Jim Corbett who hunted down tigers that had turned man-eaters, between 1907 to 1939. Jim Corbett National Park India is the 1st and oldest National Park of India. Jim Corbett National Park India was one of the nine Tiger Reserves created at the launch of the Project Tiger in 1973.

Major Wildlife Attractions - Jim Corbett National Park India

Jim Corbett National Park India is a haven for Tigers as well as its prey, which include four kinds of Deer, Wild Boar and some lesser-known animals. Leopards are mostly found in the hilly areas of the Corbett park. Some nocturnal cats found here are the Leopard Cat, Jungle Cat and Fishing Cat. Sloth Bear is found in the lower regions of the park while the Himalayan Black Bear is seen in the higher hills only. The Dole or Wild Dog, though they can be seen in the southern areas of the park along with the Jackal. Some of the smaller residents of the park are Himalayan Palm Civet, Indian Gray Mongoose, Common Otter, Blacknaped Hare and Porcupine. Elephants are among one of the main attractions of Jim Corbett Park. Along the Ramganga River shores, one can spot the long-snouted, fish-eating Gharial Crocodile and the 'Mugger' Crocodile. Also seen on the rocky hillsides is the Ghoral or Goat Antelopes. The Langur and Rhesus Monkeys are well distributed through out the jim corbett national park and warning the whole Jungle with alarm calls when they see either a Tiger or Leopard from tree-top perches.

Corbett Jungle Resorts, Corbett Tiger Camps, Lodges & Hotels in Jim Corbett National Park India

Hotels in Jim Corbett National Park can divided in four category: Resorts, Hotels and Forest Rest Houses, providing a higher standard of accommodation at a price as well as guides for expeditions in the forests, which can be as rich in wildlife as the Jim Corbett National Park, without the restrictions.

Accommodation in Corbett and facilities
There are many accommodation facilities at Ramnagar as well as at the Corbett National Park. Being one of the most frequently visited parks in the country, the forest department and other agencies have their hotels, lodges, rest houses, log huts for the visitors.
Forest rest houses, log huts etc at Dhikala, forest rest houses at Sarapduli, Bijrani, and Ghairal offer some of the best stay in the region. There are many resorts along the periphery of the park which take the load off the governments accommodation facilities. To stay at the government hotels, rest houses etc make sure that reservations are done well in advance as the pressure is really high during the tourist seasons.
In order to make the travel tour to Corbett even more joyful we at Corbett Park offer just the right kind of accommodation for you and your family or friends in Corbett. We at Corbett Park can customize the tour package and offer the corbett jungle resort and hotel accommodation. As Corbett is quite popular destination during the tourist season, it is better to get reservation before reaching there.

Park Safari Timings:
The park normally opens at 0600 hrs in the morning and is open till about 1100 hrs in the morning. In the afternoon the park timings usually are from 1430 to 1730. However depending on the season the timings change locally which the forest authorities of Corbett notify.