Jim Corbett National Park, India ….
Known as Hailey National Park when it was first established in 1936, this nature reserve in northern India was renamed in honour of Jim Corbett. A British hunter who felled many Bengal tigers and leopards in India in the early 20th century, Corbett later became a wildlife conservationist. He worked to establish the country’s first national park as a place of protection for its dwindling number of big cats and other endangered species. Today the park covers more than 200 square miles full of dense forests, grasslands, rivers, lakes and naturally, wildlife both great and small
Jim Corbett National Park
Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest national park in India and was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park to protect the endangered Bengal tiger. It is located in Nainital district…
- Website: http://www.corbettonline.uk.gov.in/
- Address: Ramnagar, Naini Tal Uttarakhand 244715
- Phone: +91-5947 253977
- Established: 1936
- Travel tip: Situated in Nainital district of Uttarakhand,
- Annual visitors: 500,000 (1999)
- Points of interest: Garjiya Devi Temple · Ramganga
