Forest Lodges in Corbett National Park

Jim Corbett National Park is one of the most famous wildlife reserve in India. It is cover more than 520 sq km area in the Himalayan foothills. Thousand of tourists come here to enjoy the wildlife nature and adventure. For the simplicity of guests Jim Corbett National Park has been distributed into five tourism zones. Every zone has its separate entry gate.

Tourism Zone and Entry Gates are defined below : 

Dhikala is the most famous zone in Corbett National Park. It is located at the border of the Patli Dun valley. River Ramganga flows in many channels from there. Dhikala offers a excellent continuous panoramic sight of the valley, with the Kanda peak in the backdrop. This sight seems as much more imposing the tower in the vicinity Dhikala. The Tourist complex on Dhikala chaur (one of the last large meadows of the Park) and Phulai chaur. A reader through the many paths through chaurs is rewarded by the remarks for the wild elephants, chital, the stag of pigs and many type birds of the meadows and the raptors. Old recuperative home in Dhikala is a historical organization, having been built more than a hundred of years.

Dhikala : Dhikala Forest Lodge is the most favorite destination amongst wildlife enthusiast. It is 32 Kms far from Dhangari Gate. Journey from Dhangari to Dhikala is very adventurous. Dhikala forest lodge has 22 rooms and 2 dormitories containing 24 beds. Accommodation is very limited in Dhikala Forest Lodge.

Sarapduli : This forest Lodge is on Dhangarhi (Dhikala road). It is situated downstream from Gairal on the dish of the southern bank Ramganga while the northern bank is drawn up vis-a-vis a strong peak. Movement of the large mammals (tigers, elephants included) is very high, in Sarapduli. It is also a good place to see the crocodiles and also a good thing for the observation of birds.

Sultan : Sultan is the first forest Lodge during the driving way of Dhangarhi with Dhikala. Sultan is named after the Sultan, the seasonal flow which crosses this area. It is typical in the dense zone of forest.

Khinnanauli : Khinnanauli is located in the middle of Khinnanauli chaur, this forest rest house is an excellent tiger territory. It is one of most recently built convalescent homes Corbett. Its strategic site offers an easy escape to the various parts of the park.

Gairal : This lodge is reached by a short turning with broad of Dhangarhi (Dhikala Road). It is situated on banks of Ramganga close up to the place where the first entry gate of the park. In Gairal Ramganga the portrait a character different from this fact at places downstream (like Dhikala). Here, it acts; a crystal clear, fast, which runs river of mountain which runs through the picturesque forests. To be out of the way, Gairal presents ideal conditions to look at fauna and the birds in all peace.

Kanda : Kanda is the uppermost forest lodge (nearly 1 km altitude) in the Jim Corbett National Park. Kanda is more in north of Corbett National Park. To be at the top, you have an advantage of test and find image the entire valley with Ramganga point angle. Kanda located in the north of the park is also known as that the neighbour of The Himalayas for its resemblance to the Himalayas in terms of climate, vegetation and fauna. Here, you obtain the true feeling of the Himalayas.

Malani : This forest lodge is to 12 km in the North-West because of Bijrani. Located on the edge of the central zone of the Park, Malani has offer; one of most picturesque and loneliness. The reader of Malani is very enriching in the observations by mammals and the birds.

Bijrani : The zone located around Bijrani once a part; a block of catch the sight. During the British period, it was much more famous for the quality of the hunting which it offered to shikaris. Compared to Dhikala, the ground with Bijrani is drier and the vegetation is diversified.

Jhirna : This forest lodge is with an heart of the southern limit of the Park. The rest house is on the road of Ramnagar to Kalagarh that turns in East-West direction through the Park. The landscape is drier than in Dhikala and of the vegetation is mainly undergrowth. Jhirna was an agricultural village until 1994, date on which it was moved within the framework of the Tiger project.

Lohachaur : This lodging is situated in the northern part of the reserve of tigers of Corbett RF buffer zone. It is located on banks of the Mandal river upstream of its meeting with Ramganga. You can get access from Durga Devi gate.

Rathuadhap : Rathuadhap is one of the most famous places for the elephants in Jim Corbett National Park. It is situated in the north of the buffer; Rathuadhap is on the forest road connecting Durga Devi in the east and towards Vatanvasa in west.

Halduparao : Halduparao Lodge is one of the oldest rest houses. It was built hundred years ago. It is placed between the Palain and Sonanadi rivers just before they meet into Ramganga reservoir. Halduparao is the best destination to watch wild elephants during summer season.