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Camp Forktail Creek - Corbett region, Kumaon
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Highlights Without electricity, the Camp encourages local ecology in and around the area. Working hard since inception, Camp Forktail Creek have now managed to create a forest on the barren fields that the land was once. The abundance of birds and wildlife within the premises are a big giveaway! The Camp has skilled field guides and naturalists making a wildlife experience a memory to live with. On 5 acres of land with only 3 well spaced out canvas tents and 6 mud huts, it offers the utmost privacy and an intimate wildlife experience.
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The Camp's forte being wildlife, extended
birding or wildlife related trips are organised from Camp, such as overnight trips inside the National Park, elephant back safaris ranging from 3 to 8 days, journey on jeeps to old forest bungalows in the Kumaon Himalayas, overnight hikes on trails used by Corbett during his hunt for man-eating tigers, multi-day trips to Dudhwa National Park, mahout training program, specialized photography trips, day long or multi-day angling expeditions.
Accommodation
3 spacious safari tents on raised wooden floors are well spaced for privacy. Each tent has a deck and a fully functional toilet, where hot water is provided on the tap. The furnishings in each tent include a
chest of drawers with a dressing mirror, twin beds with soft duvets, side tables, deck chairs and a luggage table.
6 mud huts, specially created by local craftsmen have recently replaced some of the tents. Some have thick thatched roofs and the others, tiled roofs (tiles being made by a local women's organisation), a private verandah and attached toilets. Furnishings are similar to the tents with the addition of a shower and a writing table in some huts.
Guest Areas
The Machan, a double leveled structure with a lounge area on the lower floor and a spacious library and lookout on the top floor. This is a recent addition and has been much appreciated by all the 'old- timers'.
Camp is located 23 kms north of Ramnagar, the last railhead for this part of the Kumaon Himalayan foothills.
The last 450m to Camp are only accessible by an uphill four-wheel drive, dirt track. A detailed guideline for a rail/road journey to Camp could be provided on request.
Photo Credit: Camp Forktail Creek
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Editor: Romola Butalia (c) India Travelogue. All rights reserved. |
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Camp Forktail Creek is a forest home surrounded by a
dense Sal forest and moist jungles and the only 'jungle' camp of its kind on the periphery of Corbett Tiger
Reserve offering exclusivity in game viewing, great walks and explorations on foot. Located in the Shivalik Hills or the Outer Himalayas, on the north are the magnificent Himalayas and to the south lies the Bhabhar and Terai, a belt of marshy grasslands/ savannas and forests.
Located on the north-eastern periphery of Corbett Tiger Reserve which was the first National Park founded in Asia, it is an excellent habitat for the Bengal Tiger. Project Tiger was launched here in 1973.
Owing to the huge altitudinal variation within the Tiger Reserve, Corbett is rich in flora and fauna, especially
avifauna with counts of over 600 bird species. Corbett provides elephant back safaris (two-hour or
multi-day); one of the best ways of exploring the Reserve.
Activities
Seasons
The Thatch, an open stone structure with a thatched roof. This
houses the dining area with the buffet.
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