While leaving Delhi for my trip to
Corbett, I was not aware that the experience would be cherishable. Well, I still remember how the sudden trip took place. It was
Monday when I got to know that I was getting an off on Friday as well. As I have five
days working so I jumped at the great opportunity that rarely
befalls. With an urge to make the most of my leaves I shared with
my husband about Jim Corbett Trip. He agreed and assured to accompany me
for the trip but on Saturday.
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| Jim Corbett National Park |
As he left all the responsibility to manage
this trip on me, I gathered information about Jim Corbett National Park. We
decided to go by car and left for Ramnagar. Though that five hours journey
proved bit tiresome yet it could not decrease our excitement to encounter the
wildlife at Corbett.
On being reached Corbett National Park, we took rest in our rooms in
Camp Dhikala for a while. After filling our stomach with delicious vegetarian food, we started
our adventure tour to Corbett. First, we had to make the mandatory formalities at
the gate office at the Dhangari Gate.
The reserve remains open from 6 am to 11 am
in the morning and reopens from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm in the evening. We drove from
Dhangari gate to camp Dhikala, which was two-hours long safari. It took us
through dense forest patches of Jim Corbett National Park.
The area along the gorgeous Ramganga River
into the far-stretched Dhikala Forest Rest House enables you to pass through
dried up rivers, steep climbs and dense forest. First a scared Barking Deer
came into our sight and then a heard of monkeys who were little away from our
Gypsy.
For almost half an hour, we were watching
the path with bated breath to check if there might be a tiger around. The
forested hillside was standstill and then we had to move on. After going ahead,
we captured the sight of a Leopard who was slowly coming towards our Gypsy.
Though Tigers were difficult to spot yet we did not lose hope. We took a
halt at the Crocodile Point. It lies on the corner of a hilltop from where
you can look into the blue waters of the Ramganga River.
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| Elephant Safari in Corbett |
Then we saw Deer, Sambhar, Cheetal and grazing Elephants. We rushed and enjoyed the buffet
lunch at Canteen, which cost us 200 Rs per head. Indian and Chinese both foods
were available and we had up to our fill. We spent afternoon
sitting on the wall and gazing at the Ramganga with our binoculars. In the evening,
we started our elephant safari and
on going ahead, several tortoises came into our sight.
We were back to the camp and had tea with
snacks. As there were no facilities like TV or internet, we had to fall off to sleep
at around 10 pm.
Though we could not spot tigers yet the
trip ended with highly exciting note.
