A premier jungle resort is scenically located on a
hilltop, in the heart of the tiger reserve. During the days of the
British Raj, honey collectors were given small tracts of this land to
earn a livelihood by collecting jungle produce. In time these became
tiny hamlets, nestling amongst pristine forests. One such village
hamlet is Bakrakot.
Bakrakot is an idyllic village, surrounded by thick Sal forests. The
northern boundary is flanked by thickly-wooded hills of the Shivalik
range. The grasslands that encompass Wild Tusker Lodge are home to
different species of cat, deer, antelope, wild boar and of course the
majestic wild elephant. It lies two kilometres from the village of
Mohan, immortalized in the story of the Mohan Man-eater in Jim
Corbett’s magnum opus the ‘Man-eaters of Kumaon’. Describing the
magnificent beauty of this landscape, Corbett wrote “I have never seen
a greater variety, or a greater wealth of bloom, than what the forests
on that hillside had to show. The beautiful wild butterfly orchids
were in great profusion and every second tree appeared to have decked
itself out with them”.
