Nainital (lake of beauty)

Nainital the land of lakes

Nainital  is at altitude of 1938 m on the southern extremity of the Lesser Himalayan zone of kumaon , Nainital is one of the most popular tourist resorts of India today.It cover 14.32 sq km and is 34 km from kathgodam, the nearest railway head . Nainital is surrounded by seven hills of which China peak is highest,2611m.

Growth of Nainital

In 1962 Nainital became the summer seat of the North Western Provinces . After it was made the summer capital , a remarkable expansion of the town occurred with the growth of magnificent bungalow all around and construction of facilities such as marketing areas rest house the Secretariat and other administrative units It also become an important center of education for the British who wanted to educate their children in a better environment and away from the discomfort from the plains not to mention the risk of living in the south.

Education institutions

Humphrey High school where the present CRST . Intermediate College is housed was the first educational Institution in Nainital .It was established in 1850 as mission School and in 1908 it was taken obey as humphrey High school . In 1928it became a vernacular School owing to the efforts of Lala Chetram sah. At present it isCRST intermediate collage.

Sherwood collage is supposed to be the oldest European school in Nainital. It was established in 1867.and grew out need for for a good school in a healthy climate for the education of European boys Today Sherwood is considered as one of the premier institutions in India.

Sherwood school  is also known as the name of famous actor Amitabh Bachan .who studied here in his child hod days .

Growth of tourism 

Nalinital was also a bustling and successful centre of trade. it was a point to which the hill folk came to barter and sell their wares and to purchase supplies.being and important religious venture it got a substantial of not a large pilgrim traffic and also a trickle of those pilgrims who were visiting the shrines of Garhwal and Kailash Mansarovar . With the installation of the rail link to Kathgodam in 1889and the formation of the Nainital district in 1891,the importance of this town was further boasted. In 1905, Nainital became the headquarters of the Eastern Command of the Indian army, and the completion of the motor road between kathgodam, the nearest rail head in 1915 further contributed to he growth of the town.
Tourist Places around Nainital
Naina peak
it is the most popular picnic spot in Nainital . The soft cool air the shade of the tall trees, the songs of the birds and the quaint summer house welcomes you Naina is the highest peak 2611m in Nainitlal.it command an entire view of Nainital and the sparkling snow laden Himalayas can be seen in all their towering glory from this enchanting spot . An indicator built in front of the summer house, enables one to see the peaks of Nanda Devi     ,Kamet , Badrinath, Trishul and Panchachuli etc.












Zoo 
The mammal inmates of the zoo include the snow leopard ,Siberian tiger , leopards, leopard cat, civets, hill fox ,tibetian wolf , Himalayan black bear, goral, serow, deer and different species of macaques.

the speacility of this zoo is India's only Siberian tiger and snow leopard is  only here.

Rope way 
The Arial rope way is the major attraction of Nainital .The Arial rope way help to connect the snow view point with local flats.you can also take horse to connect local place easy .