Introduction: The Corbett National Park
is famous all over the world as "The Land of Trumpet, Roar
and Song". One can find some more species of Cat family like
Leopards, Panthers, and Wild Cats apart from the Tigers in the Corbett
Park. A huge amount of Tigers can be seen near Ramganga. A various
kind of bird species of around 500 types both migratory and resident
birds can be found here. Peacock, Block Partridge, Kaleej Pheasant,
species of Eagle, Falconets are popular here. An additional area
was added in 1966 to this park and it is spread over 1318.54 sq
km at present.
Species Available: Jim Corbett National Park is a Popular National
Park for preservation of tigers. Apart from tigers there are also
many species of animals and birds all around the park. Some of the
commonly found species of animals include spotted deer, wild boar,
sambar, barking deer, rhesus macaques, langur monkeys, peacocks
and wild elephants. It is a paradise for those who love to watch
birds. One can find a rich collection of about 580 different species
of birds in this reserve. The Corbett Park is particularly meant
for saving the animal and plants of Ramganga river valley mainly
the tigers and gharial crocodiles fed on fishes. According to the
census of 2003 there are around 150 tigers in the reserve and it
is a remarkable increase in the number of tigers since the last
census of 1976. 16 muggars, the Indian crocodiles and 4 gharial
crocodiles fed on fishes were found in the river of Ramnagar during
1974 in the park. Currently the number has increased to 283 young
gharials and 301 muggars according to the census of 1997. The reserve
is also serving as a refuge to some other animal species like wild
cats, leopards, wild dogs, Indian elephant, Indian pangolin and
hog deer.
Travel
information: One can also avail air transportation from Phoolbagh,
Pantnagar 50 km away from Corbett Park. The nearest international
airport is at Delhi around 300 km away. The airlines connect with
the entire major and near cities of India. Travelers can come up
to Ramnagar by train and the remaining journey to Corbett is to
be completed by roadways to reach Corbett. Roadways is the most
convenient and economical means of traveling to Corbett for the
near by cities. Buses are running on regular basis connecting with
Delhi, Gajraula, Moradabad, Kashipur, Lucknow and Ramnagar. The
Park is open all round the year.