Jim Corbett Museum (Corbett House), Kaladhungi
The winter home of Jim Corbett, the hunter-turned-writer. It displays his manuscripts, rifles, and photographs, and explains how the park got its name.
This brick-and-timber bungalow in the town of Kaladhungi, in the village of Chhoti Haldwani, was the winter residence of Jim Corbett, a hunter, naturalist, and writer. Corbett wrote classics such as The Man-Eaters of Kumaon based on his experiences hunting man-eating tigers and leopards. In his later years he devoted himself to wildlife conservation, and the national park was named after him in 1957. The house is now a museum run by the Forest Department. It displays his letters, photographs, fishing gear, and personal belongings, and the courtyard holds trees he planted himself and a memorial. Nearby Chhoti Haldwani village is the model village Corbett established, and it still has the stone walls he built. Admission is inexpensive. It is about 27 km from Ramnagar and is often visited together with Corbett Falls.
Opening hours
About 08:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Corbett Falls
- Pawalgarh Conservation Reserve
- Sitabani Forest & Temple
- Kosi River, Ramnagar
- Garjia Devi Temple
- Bijrani Zone
- Dhela Zone
- Durga Devi Zone