Sundarban Tour

Sundarban, Sunarbans, Sundarban National Park

Sundarban seems to be a floating forest when it gets partially submerged by highly saline water during the high tide. Within a few hours, the low tide makes the water to recede back to the Bay of Bengal exposing the clay beds of mudflat to the air. Tidal amplitude and fluctuations of Sundarbans is around 7 meter. These unique features make Sundarban National Park, the best National Park in India.

The Sundarban is the true wonder of nature. It is the largest continuous block of Mangrove Forest in the World. Sundarban is the home to many beautiful and some endangered species like Royal Bengal Tiger, Estuarine Crocodile, Spotted Dear, Wild Boar, Olive Ridley Turtle, and Gangetic Dolphin etc. Indian Sundarban consists of 102 deltaic islands which is a part Gangetic Delta, the world’s largest delta. Sundarban is spread over 9630 sq KM. in southern part of West Bengal and hosts extremely rich diversity of aquatic and terrestrial flora and fauna.

The literal meaning of the word Sundarban is "beautiful forest" or "beautiful jungle" in the Bangla (Bengali) language. It is also thought that it could have been derived from Sundari, a tree that is abundant in the forest. The official name of this amazing forest is Sunderban National Park. Sundarban is located around 85 KM away from Kolkata.

Sundarban Tour- The Most exciting part of Sundarban tour is Sundarban Safari- A jeep or an elephant back cannot be opted rather you will have a country motor boat or launch for jungle safari here in sundarban. It is very thrilling to sail through narrow creeks and canals of sundarban. You might have some wonderful images in your camera like Tiger swimming, Crocodiles lying on mudflat along with Sundarban’s scenic beauty and great diversity of its flora and fauna.  Views from watch towers in sundarban are really amazing.

Status of Sundarban

1.      Sunderban National Park, declared by GOI in the year 1984

2.      Natural World Heritage Site, recognized by UNESCO in the year 1987

3.      Biosphere Reserve, declared by GOI 1989. In 2001 Sundarban got included in global network of biosphere reserves.

Little Important Information.

1.      Sundarban is a collection of tiny islands. Some are covered with mangroves and some for human habitation.

2.      There is no electricity supply from mainland of west Bengal where hotels and resorts are located. Generators and solar system are used for power supply.

Climate of sundarban from October to March are best for Sundarban Tour. Monsoons are also spectacular in sundarban.

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