Visitor Information
The nearest major town with railhead and bus service is Pilibhit which has train connections to most major cities in northern India, including Delhi and Lucknow. Pilibhit Tiger Reserve has its own station too, but connections to it are scarce, moreover Government of Uttar Pradesh is planning to stop rail traffic in the tiger reserve area as it has caused the death of wild animals. Puranpur and Bisalpur are other towns near to Tiger Reserve, which also has a few trains coming in from other parts of Uttar Pradesh.
The nearest airports are at Lucknow, 250 km (160 mi) from Pilibhit and Delhi, 264 km (164 mi) from Pilibhit.
Pilibhit city is well connected with Bareilly in west and Nainital in north (Via Khatima). There are good road connections to Pilibhit Tiger Reserve via Shahjahanpur. Private coaches and buses operated by the UP State Road Transport Corporation connect Pilibhit to Bareilly, Delhi, Lakhimpur Kheri, Shahjahanpur and other towns.
- Where to stay
For visitors, the tiger reserve area has its own tourist log huts, lodges and forest resthouses at Bankatti, Mala, Chuka and other places. All are pretty minimalist (except the one at Chuka, which has a small canteen attached to it), and charge no more than a nominal tariff.
Alternatively, Pilibhit and Bareilly have hotels where tourists can have air conditioned or non-air conditioned rooms at nominal price. Hotels also provide daily vehicles to the tiger reserve areas.
- Best time to visit
The best time to visit Pilibhit Tiger Reserve is between September and mid-June. The Reserve area remains open to the public from September to June, but by June it’s usually a little too hot for comfort. In the rainy season, also, the weather can ruin your trip, so this season is better to avoid. Remember to take your woollens along if you’re going between December and February — it can get pretty chilly here, but then you see lot of wild animals due to clean grass in the foothills of the Terai.
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