About Dhikala Govt Forest Lodge

Dhikala is largest and most beautiful tourism zone of Corbett Tiger Reserve consisting large grasslands, river beds, Sal and mixed forests. Ramganga river flows through dhikala zone which supports variety of wildlife in the zone. Dhikala is also popular amongst photographers and wildlife enthusiasts since it acts as seasonal home to large population of Asiatic elephants and good density of wild tigers.

Dhikala Forest Lodge

Dhikala forest lodge is run and managed by forest department under Corbett national park, it is located in the core area of Corbett national park. The entry gate for Dhikala is Dhangadi gate. You have to show your permits to forest guards here at this point.

Dhikala forest lodge is 30 kms from Dhangadi gate, and it will take around 01 Hr to 01 Hr 15 Mins to cover this distance. This journey from Dhangadi gate to Dhikala itself is full of adventures, you have to cross dense sal forest and Ramganga River with several seasonal rivers, the animals you are most likely to spot while going to Dhikala are herds of spotted deer, Barking deer, Sambhar, Barasinga, Elephants, and Hyena, Fox, Monitor Lizard and even Tigers also. Its location at core area of Corbett national park made it a perfect place to stay for wildlife enthusiast.

Booking of Dhikala Forest Rest House

Bookings of Dhikala rooms are mainly divided into offline and online rooms. 17 Online rooms are booked online through official website of corbett national park and 8 offline rooms are alloted by booking office available at Ramnagar. 17 online rooms are further divided in Indian and foreign quota with 12 and 5 rooms respectivly.

Safety

The Dhikala forest rest house campus is covered with solar wire fence.

Facilities in Dhikala forest Rest House

All rooms in dhikala forest rest house have washrooms attached with running hot and cold water.

Power Supply at Dhikala forest Lodge

Dhikala is the only forest rest house in corbett national park which has electricity.