Corbett Hotels

Corbett represents Jim Corbett National Park a sprawling wild life sanctuary located in the districts of Naintal and Pauri in Uttaranchal State, covering about 521 sq km area, being the  Corbett Tiger Reserve if taken together the nearby forest areas,  forming a vast location of 1288 sq km, with lot of streams, rivers and ridges, presenting wonderful landscapes, and in this destination there are  many wild life residents particularly the Bengal Tiger and the Asiatic Elephant, with 600 species of birds inhabiting this area, designed zone wise, such as Dhikala Safari Zone, Bijrani Zone, Jhirna zone, Durgadevi Zone, Sitabani safari Zone and the best part of the tour being the Jeep safari, Canter safari or Elephant Safari through the Jungle, to have the thrilling sight of the wild kingdom, these being basic information  about Corbett and to know more about Corbett, you may choose to get into one of the Tour packages covering this place and offered by Travel Agents, besides the Uttaranchal State Tourism, which you can do by logging in to the websites of these organisations.

About hotels in Corbett there are about 67 hotels here, of which Dhikala Forest Lodge, Hidaway River Lodge, Corbett Heaven Resort, Wood Castle Spa & Resort, Infinity Resorts, The  Solluna Resort, Corbett Leela Vilas, Corbett River View Retreat, Corbett Wild Iris Spa & Resort, Jaagar The Village Resort, Maple Leisure Resorts, Call of the Wild Safari Lodge, Jims Jungle Retreat, Wild  Trail The Resort, Country Inn Tree Tops, Corbett Hideaway, Tarangi, WelcomHeritage Corbett Ramganga Resort, Corbett River Side, Manu Maharani Resorts & Spa, and few other hotels coming under one, two, three, four & five star rated hotels in Corbett while there are budget hotels too in this destination, all of them having good accommodation providing excellent hospitality to the visitors of Corbett.

About Corbett history , the Maharaja of Tehri Garhwal consented to part with some areas of his princely State to East India Company as a gratitude to their assistance rendered in ousting Gurkha domain from his area, while Boksas tribe of Terai  which had settled in this area was also evicted by British, in early 1860s, the British occupants established their control prohibiting farming and cattle breeding in this area, created a Game reserve around 1907, forming a Hailey National Park , the preserve was renamed Ramganga National Park, once again name changed to Corbett National Park in 1955-56, to honour the author and wild life conservationist Jim Corbett, the reserve not allowing hunting, the reserve is administered from its headquarters at Nainital.