Winter (September - March): Days are clear and pleasant, Nights get cold. Great time for bird-watching and Tiger sighting.
Summer (April to June): Hot days with pleasant nights. Ideal time for sighting animals, especially elephants and Tigers.
Monsoon (July - August): Humid days and nights. Great time for walks and trekking. Because of less crowd and rush probability of sighting animals. Good for observing flora.
Corbett National Park is majorly divided in three zones for public wildlife sighting :
JHIRNA Range remain open round the year.
BIJRANI Range from October 1st till June 30th each Year.
DHIKALA Range from November 15th to June 15th each year.
Journeys on the Elephant back is an exclusive privilege when you are inside the Corbett Tiger Reserve, one of the first and finest protected homes of big cats. Elephant Safari is indeed a unique way of empathizing with the wilderness. The prime bonanza of riding a Pachyderm is -it enables you to visit and feel the terrain from close quarters, which otherwise is not possible through jeep OR any other means.
JEEP SAFARI
Like Gir National Park in Gujarat and and Rajaji National Park in Uttarakhand Corbett National Park is also known for Jeep Safari. One gets a whole new Jungle experience in these sanctuaries while moving about in a 4x4 WD jeep. Jeep Safari is allowed within the National park from two gates, Jhirna and the Bijrani. Options are available for a full or half day Safari. The timings are 0600 hours and 1400 hours. It requires pre-booking as the number of vehicles inside the park at a given time is not allowed to exceed 30.
SITABANI SAFARI
Sitabani, at half an hour's drive from the camp, is a virgin jungle where, legend has it that Sita spent her days of exile after the agni pariksha. Sitabani is a birdwatchers' paradise and there is an ashram tucked away in the virgin forest area. Movement of Panthers and other wildlife to Sitabani quite often coincides with the tourist season.
THE TEMPLE VISIT
En-route to Dhikala, about 10 Kms. from Ramnagar, there is hillock perching out of the Kosi river bed. Its apex is mounted with a beautiful shrine of Durga, the mother goddess, named as Garjia. A large fair is held here on Kartik Poornima. The deity is highly revered all over the region. It is an ideal place for bathing, basking, meditation and also for being one with the panoramic view of the meandering hill river, i.e. Kosi.
CORBETT WATERFALL
4 kms ahead of Corbett's Kaladhungi on Kalaghungi-Ramnagar highway, is the 20 mts. high Corbett Water Fall, surrounded by dense forest and silence of timeless perfection. It is an ideal camping and picnicking site. Trekking, bird watching and nature-walks are some of the leisure activities at Corbett Fall. It repays a visit well any time in the year. The forest department has taken necessary steps to provide all amenities here.
Ramnagar makes a fishing base camp. Emerging from high mountains the sparkling, gushing waters pass through the heart of the Park and debouch into the plains at Kalagarh. At Lohachaur, 15-kms north along the River Kosi, good anglers are often in with a chance of landing the legendary Mahseer; a redoubtable battling River Carp, apart from Indian Trout and Goonch.The rapids make the spoon, spinner and plugs invaluable, but the big monsters in the pool can be lured best by live bait. A fishing permit is necessary; it can be obtained at Dhikala. The shallows and back waters are full of small fish.
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