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Sundarbans National Park
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Sunderbans National Park is the amogst the largest mangrove forest in the world. Most of the plot of prize winning anthropologist Amitav Ghosh's 2004 novel "The hungry tide" is set in Sundarbans. In which there is a famous quote is:- "The rivers channels are spread across the land like a fine mesh 
net, creating a terrain where the boundaries bet land's water are always unpredictable. Some of these channels are mighty waterways, so wide across that one shore is invisible from the other, others are no more than two or three Kms. long. When these channels meet it is often in clustered of four, five or six; at these confluences, the water stretches to the far edges of the landscape and the forest dwindles into a distant rumor of land."
One of the first things that the tourist to Sunderbans must appreciate is that it is not a zoo. The tiger will not come obediently to the wire-mesh netting and pose for the camera. By the last count, in 2004, there were 274 tigers in the area that stretches over almost 1,500 sq km. Before the netting was put up about a couple of years ago, the tiger was known to slip into the waters and come calling on its biped neighbours across the river. This would usually happen during the breeding period from November to February, when the mother is on the lookout for food for the cubs. Sometimes the tiger would carry away a goat or a cow — when it was less lucky, it would be cornered by irate villagers and stoned or speared to death. There is now more awareness about the need to conserve tigers and a beast that strays into human habitation nowadays has a better chance of ending up with a tranquilliser dart than a bullet. The second thing to appreciate is the rich diversity of flora and fauna even if the tiger remains elusive. Cruising along the sanctuary is a non-stop lesson in biology. At the edge of the water, kingfishers, herons, egrets, sandpipers, whimbrels and plovers pinwheel through the air or wade daintily through the sand. What looks like a piece of dead wood suddenly turns out to be an alligator when viewed through binoculars. A deer pauses, mid-graze, and turns to look at a passing boat. A water monitor (or tarkel, as it is locally called) worries a drifting carcass by the shore. A shoal of dolphin surfaces tantalisingly and then vanishes in the eddying, churning waters of the mohona. And the mangrove forests themselves are absolutely unique — clumps of small, leathery, gnarled trees with names like sundari, hetal and gorjon. The riverbank is pierced by legions of breathing roots — the pneumatophores — like shapes out of a Van Gogh painting. If you are observant you might also spot clumps of hetal bushes, much beloved of tigers, and appropriately called tiger bush. When you actually get off the boats at the tiger observatory camps, you can see the even smaller holes made by the eternally busy fiddler crabs.
Sunderbans may have received bad publicity due to its man-eating tigers, but it is the wetland habitat, among the largest and most unique in the world, which is the main draw of this biosphere reserve. Waterbodies crisscross the forest and separate the hundreds of islands that dot the delta. You can visit the Sajnekhali Sanctuary and the buffer areas, which can be reached only by boat.
Area: Sunder bans National Park has an total area of 2608 Sq kms.
Altitude: Sunder bans National Park is at sea level.
Temperature:
* Summer : Maximum 42 degree Celsius, Minimum : 37 degree Celsius
* Winter : Maximum 29 degree Celsius, Minimum : 9.2 degree Celsius
State: Sunder bans National Park is in West Bengal - India.
Language: Normally English, Hindi, and Bengali is written and spoken in and around the Sunder bans National Park.
Best Time To Visit: Between September and March.
Time To Visit: Sunder bans National Park is open to tourist's whole year, but it's best to visit between September and March.
Annual Mean Rainfall: Sunder bans National Park receives a annual rainfall of 1,108 mm of rainfall.
Sightseeing's
* Sajnekhali
* Gosaba
* Tiger reserve
* Bhagatpur Crocodile Project
* Netidhopani
* Holiday Island
* Kanak
* Piyali
Orientation
From Kolkata, if you are taking a bus, you have to get off at Basanti or Sonakhali, located near the Matla River. From here, take the boat to Sajnekhali (the journey takes 2 hrs), at the junction of the Peech-kali and Gomdi rivers. This is the entry point to the sanctuary, where you pay the entry fee and collect the permit from the Forest Office Foreigners must remember to get the permit in Kolkata from the Wildlife Department or the West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation. The Forest Department has chalked out the routes tourists can take in the sanctuary. Every boat venturing into the sanctuary should have a guide; the Forest Department's trained guides always accompany tourists into the waterways. The core area (declared the Sunderbans National Park in 1984) of the Tiger Reserve is closed to tourists. As a result, what you will get to visit is the Sajnekhali Wildlife Sanctuary and other buffer areas. The only way to approach these areas is by boat. Sonakhali is the point where you can visit the buffer zones of the Tiger Reserve (you first pass through Sajnekhali). Dhamakhaii is the point from where you board the launch to enter the Burirdabri Eco-tourism Complex in the reserve. Namkhana is the point to visit the Bhagabatpur Crocodile Breeding Centre, Lothian Wildlife Sanctuary and Bakkhali. An intricate network of rivers and their tributaries enmesh the whole of the Sunderbans. Of the 102 islands in this network, only 52 are inhabited by human beings. Gosaba is the last major human settlement and is the meeting point of four rivers — Karatal, Bidya, Durgaduani and a branch of the River Bidya. En route, one cruises along the waters of the Gomdl, Gomor and the Hogal rivers. In addition to these, there are innumerable narrow creeks, which can only be navigated by country boats. It is advisable not to get too close to the bank while doing this, as it is the heart of tiger country. You can get a motorboat for traveling . The WBTDC as well as private tour operators organize tours into the sanctuary. It pays to be careful while choosing your travel operator. Indiawildlifetrip comes highly recommended as it played an important role in promoting the area in conjunction with the Forest Department. Another good option is the Sunderbans Tiger Camp , which has a luxurious outfit at Dayapur, located near the reserve.
Note Cruise boats with overnight stay options too have to move out of the park and anchor outside by 5 pm Sweet water wells are the source of potable water on the islands and resorts in the Sunderbans. The boats that take you Inside stock sweet water. You may, if you wish to do so, carry your own mineral water. Though you don't need any antimalarial injections, carry insect repellent.
net, creating a terrain where the boundaries bet land's water are always unpredictable. Some of these channels are mighty waterways, so wide across that one shore is invisible from the other, others are no more than two or three Kms. long. When these channels meet it is often in clustered of four, five or six; at these confluences, the water stretches to the far edges of the landscape and the forest dwindles into a distant rumor of land."One of the first things that the tourist to Sunderbans must appreciate is that it is not a zoo. The tiger will not come obediently to the wire-mesh netting and pose for the camera. By the last count, in 2004, there were 274 tigers in the area that stretches over almost 1,500 sq km. Before the netting was put up about a couple of years ago, the tiger was known to slip into the waters and come calling on its biped neighbours across the river. This would usually happen during the breeding period from November to February, when the mother is on the lookout for food for the cubs. Sometimes the tiger would carry away a goat or a cow — when it was less lucky, it would be cornered by irate villagers and stoned or speared to death. There is now more awareness about the need to conserve tigers and a beast that strays into human habitation nowadays has a better chance of ending up with a tranquilliser dart than a bullet. The second thing to appreciate is the rich diversity of flora and fauna even if the tiger remains elusive. Cruising along the sanctuary is a non-stop lesson in biology. At the edge of the water, kingfishers, herons, egrets, sandpipers, whimbrels and plovers pinwheel through the air or wade daintily through the sand. What looks like a piece of dead wood suddenly turns out to be an alligator when viewed through binoculars. A deer pauses, mid-graze, and turns to look at a passing boat. A water monitor (or tarkel, as it is locally called) worries a drifting carcass by the shore. A shoal of dolphin surfaces tantalisingly and then vanishes in the eddying, churning waters of the mohona. And the mangrove forests themselves are absolutely unique — clumps of small, leathery, gnarled trees with names like sundari, hetal and gorjon. The riverbank is pierced by legions of breathing roots — the pneumatophores — like shapes out of a Van Gogh painting. If you are observant you might also spot clumps of hetal bushes, much beloved of tigers, and appropriately called tiger bush. When you actually get off the boats at the tiger observatory camps, you can see the even smaller holes made by the eternally busy fiddler crabs.
Sunderbans may have received bad publicity due to its man-eating tigers, but it is the wetland habitat, among the largest and most unique in the world, which is the main draw of this biosphere reserve. Waterbodies crisscross the forest and separate the hundreds of islands that dot the delta. You can visit the Sajnekhali Sanctuary and the buffer areas, which can be reached only by boat.
History:
The sunder bans Tiger Reserve, created in 1971 is part of the then 24-Parganas forest division. Subsequently, the area comprising the present Tiger Reserve is constituted as a Reserve Forest in 1971 incorporating some 2,585 sq km of the huge mangrove swamp, which is about 260 km from the Bay of Bengal to the Meghna River Estuary in Bangladesh.Facts
Area: Sunder bans National Park has an total area of 2608 Sq kms.
Altitude: Sunder bans National Park is at sea level.
Temperature:
* Summer : Maximum 42 degree Celsius, Minimum : 37 degree Celsius
* Winter : Maximum 29 degree Celsius, Minimum : 9.2 degree Celsius
State: Sunder bans National Park is in West Bengal - India.
Language: Normally English, Hindi, and Bengali is written and spoken in and around the Sunder bans National Park.
Best Time To Visit: Between September and March.
Time To Visit: Sunder bans National Park is open to tourist's whole year, but it's best to visit between September and March.
Annual Mean Rainfall: Sunder bans National Park receives a annual rainfall of 1,108 mm of rainfall.
Sightseeing's
* Sajnekhali
* Gosaba
* Tiger reserve
* Bhagatpur Crocodile Project
* Netidhopani
* Holiday Island
* Kanak
* Piyali
Orientation
From Kolkata, if you are taking a bus, you have to get off at Basanti or Sonakhali, located near the Matla River. From here, take the boat to Sajnekhali (the journey takes 2 hrs), at the junction of the Peech-kali and Gomdi rivers. This is the entry point to the sanctuary, where you pay the entry fee and collect the permit from the Forest Office Foreigners must remember to get the permit in Kolkata from the Wildlife Department or the West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation. The Forest Department has chalked out the routes tourists can take in the sanctuary. Every boat venturing into the sanctuary should have a guide; the Forest Department's trained guides always accompany tourists into the waterways. The core area (declared the Sunderbans National Park in 1984) of the Tiger Reserve is closed to tourists. As a result, what you will get to visit is the Sajnekhali Wildlife Sanctuary and other buffer areas. The only way to approach these areas is by boat. Sonakhali is the point where you can visit the buffer zones of the Tiger Reserve (you first pass through Sajnekhali). Dhamakhaii is the point from where you board the launch to enter the Burirdabri Eco-tourism Complex in the reserve. Namkhana is the point to visit the Bhagabatpur Crocodile Breeding Centre, Lothian Wildlife Sanctuary and Bakkhali. An intricate network of rivers and their tributaries enmesh the whole of the Sunderbans. Of the 102 islands in this network, only 52 are inhabited by human beings. Gosaba is the last major human settlement and is the meeting point of four rivers — Karatal, Bidya, Durgaduani and a branch of the River Bidya. En route, one cruises along the waters of the Gomdl, Gomor and the Hogal rivers. In addition to these, there are innumerable narrow creeks, which can only be navigated by country boats. It is advisable not to get too close to the bank while doing this, as it is the heart of tiger country. You can get a motorboat for traveling . The WBTDC as well as private tour operators organize tours into the sanctuary. It pays to be careful while choosing your travel operator. Indiawildlifetrip comes highly recommended as it played an important role in promoting the area in conjunction with the Forest Department. Another good option is the Sunderbans Tiger Camp , which has a luxurious outfit at Dayapur, located near the reserve.
Note Cruise boats with overnight stay options too have to move out of the park and anchor outside by 5 pm Sweet water wells are the source of potable water on the islands and resorts in the Sunderbans. The boats that take you Inside stock sweet water. You may, if you wish to do so, carry your own mineral water. Though you don't need any antimalarial injections, carry insect repellent.
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