Nainital, After four months of ‘Monsoon Closure’ Jim Corbett National Park will reopen, but partially for wildlife enthusiasts, coming 15th October.
The park will permit day-safari jeeps and elephant rides for those who wish to venture into the park looking for wildlife and some adventure. Incase anyone wants to halt for the night, they will have to return to the park post 15th November onwards.
For now the park authority is working round the clock to rev up their Guesthouses and approach roads which took a battering due to incessant rainfalls, this monsoon.
Director, Jim Corbett National Park, Rahul, updated the media stating, “the Park is being partially opened on the 15th of October for visitors who wish to spend a day at the Park and for those who want to enjoy a night halt, the Park will be ready to cater to them, post the 15th of November.”
First established in the 1936, the Jim Corbett National Park is known for its rich in flora and fauna, and also has the highest density of the Royal Bengal tiger within its periphery. Other animals found in abundance here are leopards, wild elephants, deer, wild boars that are easy to spot by those who visit the Park. The Park also boasts of the highest footfall of wildlife enthusiasts from home and abroad who make a beeline to catch a glimpse of the royal Bengal tiger, over the next seven months, before all national parks shut-shop for the Great India Monsoon.
After five months of ‘Monsoon Closure’ National parks all over the country including Rajaji National Tiger Reserve, will open their gates to visitors too. First established in 1983 and spread over 820 square kilometers, the park is known for its Asiatic Elephants as well as 315 species of rare birds.