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Welcome to Corbett Village Eco-Tour !

 

Home Stay

Away from hustle and bustle of hectic daily lives of city dwellers, away form the polluted streets and crowded corners of plains, in the lap of foothills of Kumaon lies the serene beautiful village of Jim Corbett-Chhoti Haldwani.

Bird Watching

From rejuvenating bird songs to exploring miles of quite untouched forests, tracking pug-marks of tiger to chasing deers in the grasslands, you will experience the beautiful effect of nature’s love in vicinity of Jim Corbett’s Village.

Heritage Trail

Jim Corbett Heritage Trail managed and interpreted by the villagers provides a unique experience of the works done by Jim Corbett to develop a model Kumaoni village. Covering a distance of about 3.5 kms, the trail will take you approximately 2 hours.

Forest Trail

Dense Saal and Teak forests, winding Boar River, Spotted Deers, Sambhar Deers, Barking Deers, Elephants, Tigers, Leopards, pythons, birds, Kumaon foothills is all that and more. Peer into the soul and you will see nature at its purest


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Queen of Villages - Chhoti Haldwani

Chhoti Haldwani is a small village in the foothills of Kumaon region of Uttarakhand. This village was once owned by the famous hunter turned conservationist of British India, the Jim Corbett.

Popularly called as 'Carpet Sahib' by the villagers, Edward James Corbett was a third generation Irishman, who was born and lived in India till 1947. He bought the small hamlet of 221 acres, Chhoti Haldwani in 1915 in Rs. 1500.00 from Guman Singh Barua to develop it into a model village and settled some forty tenants there.

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Conservation Activity

One of the most important aspects of our community based tourism initiative is conservation of flora and fauna of this area. We organize awareness campaigns, plantation drives and nature workshops for maintaining bio-diversity.

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Volunteer opportunity

Period of Stay

Volunteers are always welcome to Corbett Village Eco-Tour. This area has a lot to offer to the volunteers to work for long term...

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