{"id":6182,"date":"2021-07-25T23:53:08","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T05:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rishikeshdaytour.com\/blog\/?p=6182"},"modified":"2025-12-14T11:01:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T11:01:21","slug":"rajaji-tiger-reserve-and-jhimil-jheel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rishikeshdaytour.com\/blog\/rajaji-tiger-reserve-and-jhimil-jheel\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover Monsoon Safari in Rajaji Tiger Reserve and Jhimil Jheel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Discover Monsoon Safari in Rajaji Tiger Reserve and Jhimil Jheel<\/h1>\n<p>The good news for the <a href=\"https:\/\/rishikeshdaytour.com\/blog\/top-15-real-life-adventure-activities-for-your-families-in-uttarakhand\/\"><strong>adventure travelers<\/strong><\/a> who love to travel during the monsoon &amp; ready to experience Jungle\u00a0 Safari during monsoon season even <strong>if under heavy rainfalls?\u00a0 <\/strong>Now Open, The Great Monsoon Safari &#8211; Jim Corbett, Rajaji Tiger Reserve &amp; Jhimil Jheel in Uttarakhand<\/p>\n<h2>Overview:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Rajaji Tiger Reserve and Jhimil Jheel<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>The Jim Corbett<\/strong> National Park, <strong>Jhirna Zone<\/strong> (Nainital) the Rajaji Tiger Reserve, <strong>Motichur Range<\/strong> ( Haridwar ), and <strong>Jhilmil Jheel Lake Zon<\/strong>e ( Haridwar ) <strong>now remain open all year round, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uttarakhand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uttarakhand.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before the parks, which are the best known for tigers, leopards, deers, elephants, and other wildlife animals, used to close for the period of <strong>June 15 to November 15 each year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Why Monsoon Safari-Tiger \/ Jungle\u00a0 Safari?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Your presence in the park<strong> put off poachers<\/strong> who take mileage of monsoon season to hurt wildlife.<\/li>\n<li>It is true to spot the big wild animals in the park under the rain but the jungle dance in the rainy seasons.\u00a0 some <strong>wildlife comes out to play in the rain only.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The cost goes down because many of us do not know that these parks are now open during the rainy season and the less crowd offers <strong>you the best price.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Suggested Read &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/rishikeshdaytour.com\/blog\/jungle-safari-in-corbett-national-park\/\">The Jungle Safari In the Jim Corbett National Park Uttarakhand<\/a><\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4291\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4291\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4291\" src=\"https:\/\/rishikeshdaytour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Jim-Corbett-National-Park-Uttarakhand.jpg\" alt=\"Jim Corbett National Park Uttarakhand\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Corbett National Park Uttarakhand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Jim Corbett Monsoon Safari, Uttarakhand<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0 National parks are closed during the monsoon because of the animal breeding period, and the rains make the trails harder and muddy to ride on. The<strong> jungle becomes thick and dense,<\/strong> so spotting the big cat is a difficult job.<\/li>\n<li>But J<strong>hirna Zone of Jim Corbett National Park<\/strong> now welcomes you to take a ride on Jeep to go on Safari in this zone along with buffer area<strong> which is the best known as Sitabani Zone.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The park&#8217;s nature is <strong>in fresh, lush green, blooming<\/strong> and you will encounter wildlife for example deer, antelope, and boar who love to come out to play in the rain.<\/li>\n<li>This is maybe a great time for birding to train your <strong>binoculars &amp; camera to watch\u00a0 Asian barbets,<\/strong> quail, partridge, owls, pheasants, parakeets, and r<strong>aptors in action hunting for prey.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The Tigre may be a bit harder to spot during monsoon but your presence in the park put off poachers who take mileage of monsoon season to hurt wildlife.<strong> (Safari duration: 3.5 hours, Rs4,500\/vehicle<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Suggested Read &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/rishikeshdaytour.com\/blog\/rajaji-national-park-the-kingdom-of-the-elephant\/\">Rajaji National Park &#8211; The Kingdom of Elephants in Uttarakhand<\/a><\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6189\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6189\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6189\" src=\"https:\/\/rishikeshdaytour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Tigre-Reserve-Motichur-Range-Rajaji-National-Park-Uttarakhand.jpg\" alt=\"Tigre Reserve Motichur Range Rajaji National Park Uttarakhand\" width=\"1000\" height=\"657\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tigre Reserve Motichur Range Rajaji National Park Uttarakhand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Rajaji Tiger Reserve Monsoon Safari<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Rajaji Tiger Reserve has <strong>approx 37 tigers and only two tigresses<\/strong> in the<strong> Motichur range of National Park,<\/strong> the tiger reserve is spread over<strong> 570 sq km.<\/strong> The Moitchure tiger reserve has<strong> the capacity to house\u00a0 83 tigers.<\/strong> Once it was a big home of tigres,<\/li>\n<li>The reserve\u2019s eastern and western zone is parted by a busy<strong> traffic corridor, making wildlife difficul<\/strong>t, especially for the tigers to move between the two parts.<\/li>\n<li>Before, the Motichur Zone was not open during breeding time <strong>15 June to 15 November,<\/strong> but the government has decided to open all the year. <strong>( Approx\u00a0 INR 2400 per Vehicle )<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Suggested Read &#8211;\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/rishikeshdaytour.com\/blog\/jhilmil-jheel-a-lake-dance-of-the-birds\/\">Jhilmil Jheel &#8211; A Lake Dance of Wildlife in Uttarakhand<\/a><\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6187\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6187\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6187\" src=\"https:\/\/rishikeshdaytour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Jhilmil-Jheel-Lake-Haridwar.jpg\" alt=\"Jhilmil Jheel Lake Haridwar\" width=\"1000\" height=\"633\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jhilmil Jheel Lake Haridwar- Rajaji National Park -Uttarakhand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Jhilmil Jheel Zone Monsoon Safari<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jhilmil Jheel is just one hour from Haridwar<\/strong>, which is the best monsoon getaway for weekend travelers in Uttarakhand. The rain-wet wildlife put on a whole new look, once you enter the forested land,<strong> you admire the shades of the green lush forest and the Jhilmil Lake.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>You spot in the<strong> Jhilmil Zone elephants, monkeys, and langurs, barking deer, birds,<\/strong> reptiles such as king cobra, and many species of avifauna.<\/li>\n<li>Moreover, you sight thousands of butterflies namely <strong>blue nawab, onyx, and golden tree flitter<\/strong> &amp; many more. Jhilmil Zone of the park is the best known for<strong> birdwatching and a paradise of birders,<\/strong> famous as the lake of bird&#8217;s dance <strong style=\"font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0px;\">(\u00a0 Safari Duration: <\/strong>1\/2 hr to 2 hr, 2400 per vehicle and INR 15 0 entry fee per person )<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover Monsoon Safari in Rajaji Tiger Reserve and Jhimil Jheel The good news for the adventure travelers who love to travel during the monsoon &amp; ready to experience Jungle\u00a0 Safari during monsoon season even if under heavy rainfalls?\u00a0 Now Open, The Great Monsoon Safari &#8211; Jim Corbett, Rajaji Tiger Reserve &amp; Jhimil Jheel in Uttarakhand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39366,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1639,1640,1641],"class_list":["post-6182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rishikesh-day-tour","tag-monsoon-safari-jim-corbett-rajaji-tiger-reserve-and-jhimil-jheel","tag-rajaji-tiger-reserve-open-all-year-round","tag-why-uttarakhand-govt-has-decided-to-keep-jim-corbett"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rishikeshdaytour.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rishikeshdaytour.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rishikeshdaytour.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rishikeshdaytour.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rishikeshdaytour.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6182"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rishikeshdaytour.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39370,"href":"https:\/\/rishikeshdaytour.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6182\/revisions\/39370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rishikeshdaytour.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rishikeshdaytour.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rishikeshdaytour.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rishikeshdaytour.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}