Highlights : Along the extreme southern reaches of West Bengal, the state resembles a coconut palm leaf seen in close up. The land is split by numerous rivers and water channels all emptying into the blue of Bay of Bengal. And throughout the soiled ground is covered by dense forest and vast saline mud flats. This is the area known as Sunderban. The biggest estuarine forest in the world.  There are no roads in the watery wilderness. The waterways are the only path ways in to the heart of the forest Sunderban is actually composed of 54 tiny island.
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SUNDERBANS - Along the extreme southern reaches of West Bengal, the state resembles a Coconut palm leaf seen in close up, the land is split by numerous rivers and water channels all merging into the blue of the Bay of Bengal. And throughout the soiled ground is covered by dense forest and vast saline mud flats.

This is the area known as Sundarbans. The biggest estuarine forest in the world. There are no roads in the watery wilderness. The waterways are the only pathways in to the heart of the forest. Sunderbans is actually composed of 54 tiny islands.

THE FOREST
Dense, sometimes impenetrable undergrowth of Goran between six and twelve feet high cover almost the whole of Sunderbans, The timber for this one of the toughest in Indian forest, the rest of fauna consist of clumps of Hantal, Dhundal, Passur Sundram, Kerpra & Kankra. The forest can be botanical termed as salt water heritiera type.

What identifies sunderbans are vast Mangrove forest with their bayonet like roots protruding out of location to let the trees breathe.

THE LIFE WITH THE FOREST
The forest is a natural habitat of the world famous Royal Bengal Tiger, jungle cat, fishing cat, Axis dear, wild pig, other and the largest estuarine crocodiles in the world.

Among the birds there are Herous egrets, strokes, cormorants and sea gulls, variety of ferns as you sail closer to the sea Kingfishers dive-bomb and come up with wriggling silvery prey seasonal birds like ehimbrel, black tailed God wit, Eastern knot and curfew, sand pipers, golden plovers, lesser whistling teats visit regularly.

ACCESS
Sundarban is accessible only by riverine water ways. Embarkation points can be reached by Canning, Basantid, Namkhana which are connected from Calcutta.

ACCOMMODATION
MADHUKAR, luxury launch of the Tourist bureau which has facilities of an excellent gallery, sleeping quarters complete with bed rolls and armed guards and provision to anchor in mid channel and stay overnight.

SEASON
July to September

ACCESS
Approx. distance of embarkation points from Calcutta.
Calcutta : Canning - 54 kms.
Calcutta : Basanti - 100 kms
Calcutta : Namkhana - 105 kms