Safaris
Open jeeps.
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Jim Corbett National Park lies in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand, India, covering 520.8 square kilometres. Its centre is about 29 km in a straight line from Ramnagar, the main gateway town. It was established in 1936 as India's first national park and is named after Jim Corbett, who played a leading role in creating it. It was the first park brought under Project Tiger, and it ranges from 400 to 1,220 metres above sea level. The park mixes hills, river belts, marshy hollows, grassland and a large lake, with about 73 percent under dense forest. It holds 50 species of mammals and 580 of birds, among them peafowl and sunbirds, and is home to Bengal tigers, elephants, wild boar and jackals. Visitors enter on open-jeep safaris into set zones, booked in advance through the official system, and most zones close in the monsoon. Tiger sightings are never guaranteed, and November to May is the best time.
Open jeeps.
Peafowl and sunbirds.
Stones and forest.
Nainital district, Uttarakhand, India
No.
November to May.