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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Pauri Garhwal & Nainital
districts. 436 km (271 miles)
NW of Luck now.Entry points:
Dhangarhi & Kalagarh. n For
bookings & permits contact,
Tourist Rest House, Ramnagar,
(05942) 231 436. Open Nov–
Jun. & 8 Extra charges
for commercial filming. 
∑ corbettonline.uk.gov.in
Ramganga River Transport
The lifeline of the park’s wildlife, the Ramganga river is £ Ramnagar, 20 km (12 miles)
surrounded by tall elephant grass (nall) and scrub. S of Dhangarhi. @
Kanda
•
Sona Nadi Safaris
Wildlife Sanctuary The highlights of
a trip to Corbett
are the canter safaris,
available from Dhikala
Ramganga and Bijrani. Apart from
Gairal • Ranikhett the herds of wild elephants
and deer, it is sometimes
• Khinnanauli J possible to encounter a lone
Ramganga Reservoir • • Sarpduli • Sultan Dhangarhi tiger or leopard.
•
Dhikala
•
Paterpani Kosi
•
•
Chir Choti Gaujpani
Malani
•
Garjia •
• Kalagarh Dhara Jhirna
• • Bijrani NH121
Takeswar •
Indian Tiger
Laldhang Dhela
• • Amdanda • Corbett has about 140 tigers.
It became India’s first Tiger
Reserve in 1973, under the aegis
Ramnagar of Project Tiger (see p293).
• Haldwani
Jim Corbett (1875–1955)
Jim Corbett was born in Nainital and developed a keen interest
0 kilometres 5 in the jungles of Kumaon. An avid hunter in his early years (he
0 miles 5 shot his first leopard when he was eight), the
turning point came when, on a duck shoot, he was
appalled by the mindless slaughter of 300 birds.
Corbett then decided to use his rifle solely to kill
the man-eating leopards and tigers that plagued
Key
the nearby villages. Riveting accounts in his first
Park boundary book, Man-Eaters of Kumaon, describe how he
Trail tracked, and shot the dreaded Champawat
tigress who had killed 434 people. In 1956,
National highway after Corbett’s death, the park was named
Major road after him as a tribute to his pioneering efforts
Minor road Bust of Corbett, Dhikala at conservation.
For keys to symbols see back flap

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