Jim Corbett National Park India

Jim Corbett National Park India

This is a fact that the Jim Corbett National Park India is one of the most popular National Parks in the country. Jim Corbett National Park India lies in the Nainital, Pauri Garwhal and Bijnore Districts of Uttaranchal and covers a total area of 1318.54 square kilometers. Of this, 520 square kilometers is the core area that forms the national park, while the buffer area of 797.72 square kilometers includes reserve forests as well as the Sonanadi Wildlife Sanctuary that sprawls over an area of 30,118 square kilometers. If you are a wildlife enthusiast who wants to visit this National Park, you can take the rail route, and board the Ranikhet Express from Delhi to Ramnagar to reach here, or drive down to this park from Delhi via Moradabad, Kashipur and Ramnagar.

The rich floral and faunal assemblage of Jim Corbett Park includes sal, sissoo, khair, Bel, Kusum, Mahua and Bakli as the major tree species and tigers, leopards, rhesus macaque, common langur, Himalayan goral, wild boar, Asiatic jackal and common otter as the main mammal species that are found in this park. Jim Corbett Park is also a haven for the avid bird watchers as more than 600 species of birds have been recorded in and around this park. This includes approximately fifty kinds of birds of prey that provide a unique character to the avifauna of this park. While visiting this park, it is advisable that you wear clothes in muted shades of color and carry your own binoculars, cameras, film rolls, personal medication and insect repellent.