The Den Corbett Resort & Spa - Jim Corbett

The Den is where pet-friendly Corbett began. Opened in 1989 as the first resort in the Chilkiya range, it sits on the banks of the Kosi River with the Shivalik hills rising behind it — 54 cottages spread across 13 acres of reserve forest, in 11 room categories that run from treehouse machans to villas with private plunge pools. For a dog-friendly jungle stay in Jim Corbett, nothing else in the area is built around pets quite like this.

The rooms

From treehouse machans tucked into the canopy to the Den Villa with its plunge pool and the Presidential Suite, the range genuinely spans solo travellers to families with three dogs and a Rubicon. Riverfront cottages put the Kosi a few steps from your door.

Around the resort

Organic farm-to-table restaurants, the Vanantara spa, morning jeep safaris into the reserve, and evening bonfires under the Shivaliks. It doubles as a wedding venue, and there is free parking plus driver accommodation — the practical details that make the long drive from Delhi easy to commit to.