Among the many nature reserves in India Jim Corbett National Park is especially notable for its age. It is the oldest national park of the country and was founded in 1936 under the name of Haley. He was subsequently renamed several times, and its name has gained the final in 1956 - in honor of the famous British environmentalist Jim Corbett.

The park is located in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, near the small town of Ramnagal, in more than a 520kv km. On the south side of the park surrounded by a high stone wall 12ti kilometer. Its construction was a necessary measure, as the population of small villages located near the nature reserve was dissatisfied with the fact that predators living on its territory, attacking cattle and cause damage to crops. In addition, the wall was supposed to be protected by numerous poachers.

Landscape diversity, rich flora and fauna make the park of this attraction for tourists, whose number every season reaches 70 thousand, although open to visit only part of the territory of Jim Corbett.

Despite the fact that the focus of the park is to protect the Bengal tigers living there, on its territory inhabited by many other equally beautiful and rare animals - about 655 species of birds and animals. Apart from tigers, Jim Corbett Park is home to leopards, elephants, sambar, Bengali and speckled cats, muntjac, sloth bears, Indian black bears, otters, martens, various monkeys, owls, nightjars, crocodiles.

The most favorable time for a visit to Jim Corbett Park is the period from November to June.