At Village and PO Dhela, within Corbett Tiger Reserve near Ramnagar, adjoining the Dhela safari zone.
Jim’s Jungle Retreat was planted decades ago as a deliberate recreation of Corbett’s mixed deciduous forest, and its 18 independent cottages and bungalow-style lodges – drawing on Raj-era and Van Gujjar pastoral design – now sit among mature trees and water bodies that draw genuine birdlife onto the property itself. Meals move around the grounds (bush dinners, machaan platforms, an open-air Golghar), and the in-house naturalists lead both game drives and on-property bird walks along dedicated trails.
Day and night safari drives, guided birdwatching along the property’s Mahavan, Python, and Bagh Machaan trails, organic farm visits, and evening wildlife documentary screenings.
The property’s own water bodies and forest trails often produce as many good sightings – kingfishers, hornbills, resident troops of langur – as the park safaris themselves, worth building into any shoot list.
To arrange a tailor-made journey to this lodge, speak with your Kipekee Journey Lead.
