Day 8 - Rishikesh to Corbett National Park
Overnight at the Infinity Resort
The hotel is on the banks of the Kosi River at the edge of the
Corbett Tiger Reserve in the Kumaon region of Uttaranchal.
The lodge has an atmosphere of an African lodge with a central dome-shaped pagoda with a cozy fireplace, a fully-stocked bar and a dining hall. The decor, the furniture, the artefacts, all capture the tough life of the jungle so loved by the legendary Jim Corbett.
Its comfortable bedrooms all overlook the swimming pool and offer a panoramic view of the Kosi river with the backdrop of the Kumaon hills.
Named after Jim Corbett, the hunter and naturalist, the park is India's oldest wildlife sanctuary. It stretches over an area of 1300 square kilometres in the foothills of the Himalayas. It is most famous for the tigers that live here but there over 50 other mammal including leopard and smaller cats, sambar, cheetal (type of deer), barking deer, hog deer, wild boar, langur and rhesus monkeys, sloth and Himalayan black bear, gharial and muggar crocodiles and nearly 600 different birds.
 
|
