How to reach Ramnagar and Jim Corbett National Park
How to reach Ramnagar, the gateway to Jim Corbett National Park: measured road distances from Delhi, Haridwar and Nainital, the rail link, buses and airports.
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Things to do in Ramnagar — the park, the river shrine and Corbett's village
Things to do around Ramnagar: a Jim Corbett National Park safari, the Garjiya Devi Temple, Sitavani, Corbett Falls and Kaladhungi, with sources and permits.
Ramnagar is a base more than a destination: most of what there is to do is in the park to the north, in the shrines along the Kosi, and on the road towards Nainital.
Go into the park
Jim Corbett National Park is India's first national park, with about 260 tigers and about 1,100 elephants counted in recent surveys. Permits are issued at the reception office in town and visitors hire permitted vehicles; Wikivoyage names the Dhikala, Bijrani, Jhirna, Durga Devi and Dhela zones. Plan more than one safari if you hope for a tiger.
See the Garjiya Devi Temple
The temple sits on a big rock in the Kosi, about 14 km from town, and draws thousands of devotees at Kartik Purnima.
Visit Sitavani
Sitavani, a forest shrine of Sita about 20 km from Ramnagar by Wikipedia's account, holds a fair at Ramanavami. We have no measured drive time for it.
Drive to Corbett Falls and Kaladhungi
Corbett Falls is a 20 m waterfall in the forest beside the highway, and Kaladhungi is the town where Jim Corbett lived; his house there is now a museum.
Watch birds
Wikipedia counts more than 580 bird species in the park and says the Kosi barrage at Ramnagar draws migratory birds in winter.
Plan it
The park-gate day and the Kaladhungi day put these in order. Read when to visit and how to reach Ramnagar.
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Questions people ask
What is there to do in Ramnagar?
Visit Jim Corbett National Park, with a permit from the reception office in town, and see the Garjiya Devi Temple on the Kosi. On the Nainital road are Corbett Falls and Kaladhungi, where Jim Corbett lived. Sitavani, a shrine of Sita, is in the forest nearby. Plan a day for each side of town.
Can you see the park without a safari?
Wikipedia says visitors enter the park at its gates with a permit and hire permitted vehicles, and Wikivoyage names the Dhela zone, which allows day visits on foot with security staff. We have no verified rules or fees for any zone, so ask at the reception office in Ramnagar.
Is it a good place for birds?
Wikipedia counts more than 580 bird species in the park, and says the Kosi barrage at Ramnagar draws migratory birds such as the ruddy shelduck in winter. Wikivoyage names the Durga Devi and Dhela zones for birdwatchers. Go early, and ask a registered guide for the day's best spots.