Sundarban : "Endangered" Ecosystem List

 Sundarban : Endangered Ecosystem

According the recent research work made by a global team from India, Australia, Singapore & United Kingdom under the framework of  International Union for the Conservation of Nature assessed "Sundarban" as Red list of Endangered Ecosystem. 

Started from 1800 the deforestation of Mangrove and reduction of population of fishes, the process begun and continuing which is near to collapse the ecosystem.

Complete Guide of Sundarban Tour

 Sundarban Travel at a glance

Sundarban is most nearest place of Kolkata. Most of travellers like to spend few days in Sundarban for take a green breath. It is Mangrove delta forest, comprises with about 4000 sq km in India portion. 

Best route to go Sundarban :

By Train : You can start your journey by Canning local train from Sealdah south. Canning is end station from where you need to take other vehicle to reach the Godkhali (Gateway of Sundarban). 

Train Fare : From Sealdah Rs. 15 only per head.

By Bus : From Baruipur or Babughat you can take Bus for Godkhali.

By Auto : From Canning Station you can avail Auto for Sonakhali by sharing basis, from there (Sonakhali) another auto for Godkhali. Even you can take reserve Auto from Canning Station to Godkhali. Price range for Reserve Auto : Rs. 400 to Rs. 500 per Auto. 

By Tracker or Magic Car : From Canning Station you can take Magic car / Tracker (Sharing basis) for Rs. 20/- per head only for Godkhali.

If you are planning to go by driving your own car, you can do so. From Science city there are two ways, i) Baruipur-Canning Road ii) Basanti High Way, set GPS map to Godkhali ferry ghat and reach there by 3 hrs ride. 

Car Parking : There is secure car Parking available. Preferrably you can choose "Sundarban Car Parking" Rate : Rs. 150/- per car per night, Contact Name : Kalyan, Ph No. : 9733702902

Godkhali Ferry Ghat: This is the gate way of your Sundarban Travel if you are not pre-booked your boat you can choose it from here. Price range for boat fare Rs. 4500 to Rs. 6000/- per day basis. If you traveling singly then it may be bit of costly, there is another way to curtle the charge of boat fare by going directly to Pakhirala, take a sharing ferry service for Gosaba, and from there you can take pvt toto or Auto for Pakhirala for Rs. 300. Now you need to merge in a group for jungle ride, although best time to start the boat ride is within 9 am from Pakhirla. If you are not very familiar to contact any boat, you can talk with the Hotel manager to arrange a sharing boat. They are very helpful. 

If you don't have that time to start the journey for Jungle ride, you can stay the first day by seeing some local sight seeing like Kabiguru Bungalow, Hamilton Bungalow at Gosaba site, and by before evening take country side small boat for Bird's island. During winter seasons you can be amazed by seeing lots of migrated birds there.   

Popular Hotels in Sundarban: 

United 21 Resort : Best resort to stay in Pakhirala, most nearest to jetty ghat, rooms are very well, AC/Non-AC both rooms are available there. TV not available, Geyser available. 24 hrs power backup, Wifi at Reception desk. Room rent : Rs. 1200/- Double bed non-ac, Rs. 2200 Double bed AC, Contact Person : Surajit Mondal, Contact No. : 8346839452

Hotel Apanjan & Apanjan Cottage : Another good name to say in Pakhirala Hotel, nearest to the jetty ghat, rooms are clean, No-TV or Geyser there, AC/Non-AC rooms available there. Price for Non-AC Rs. 1000 - Rs. 1200 and for AC Rs. 1500 to Rs. 1800. Most of the rooms are four head occupancy. Contact Name, Chandan Giri Contact No. 9734377188

Hotel Araam : Good to stay near the Pakhirala with clean standard rooms, AC / Non AC rooms available, Cottage Style rooms, No TV and Geyser available there. Room Rate Rs. 800 to Rs. 1000 for Non-AC for AC Rs. 1500 to Rs. 1800, Contact Person : Biswajit Koyal, Contact No. 7384145383

Sundori Lodge : 2 mins away from Pakhirala Jetty ghat, Good standard AC/Non-AC rooms available, Room rent range Rs. 800 to Rs. 1000 for Non-AC for AC Rs. 1500 to Rs. 1800, few rooms with TV, Geyser not available, Contact Name : Mr. Monaj, Contact No. 9836730528

Sabuj Deep Cottage: It is completely in village area, near Amlamethi, Cottage style clean and beautiful rooms, AC, TV and Geyser not available, it is adjacent to river. Feel the wild essence. Room rent Rs. 800 to Rs. 1000, Contact Name : Ranjit Mandal, Contact No. 9382410158

Few Important No. if you need to know

Mr. Nishikanta Mondal : For Car service from Gosaba to Pakhirala or vice versa, Car fare Rs. 300 per trip, Contact No. 8609876388

If you need Independent Boat for Sundarban Jungle Visit you may Consider these boats

M.B Baba Surendra : 6 Cylinder Boat with Night Stay option, Boat Rent : Rs. 4500 to Rs. 5000 per day

M.B. Baba Surendra 1 : 6 Cylinder New Boat with well decorated, Rent Rs. 6000 to Rs. 8000 per day

For M.B. Baba Surendra & M.B. Baba Surendra 1 Contact Name : Ashok Mandal, Contact No. : 8768482591

M.B. Jungle Queen: 6 Cylinder Boat, Contact Person Biswajit Koyal, Contact No. 7384145383

Travel Agency : There are many agencies independently arrange the complete Sundarban package tour from Kolkata to Sundarban. 

Few are here:

Sonakshi Travels: Sonarpur based Travel agency, having good user reviews and ratings, Contact Name : S Talukdar, Contact No. 7980469744

SundarbanTNT : Gosaba based Travel agency, having good user reviews and ratings, Contact Name : Mr. Gopal Mondal, Contact No. 9609358441

Disclaimer : All the above information and contact no. are collected from reliable source. The author is not responsible for any kind of financial transaction or loss. Please be sure to book or advance payment. 

Hotels in Sundarban

Hotels in Sundarban

Sundarban is the delta of Ganges river, Gosaba is the entry point of many villages. There are hundred of hotels around the Gosaba, Pakhirala and Dayapur.

If you are planning for Sundarban Trip it may be helpful for you.

In Gosaba:

Lonamati Lodge : Lonamati lodge located in the Gosaba Bazar, just opposite side of Godkhali, it is in prime location from where you will get all the vehicles to go Pakhirala.

In Pakhirala

1) Hotel Apanjan : It is one of the big hotels with room capacity for the 60. All the amenities are very good. Generator Service available. AC rooms also available.

2) Apanjan Cottage : It is near the Tiger more with concrete cottage style rooms. Newly constructed. Good accommodation.




3) Aaraam : Near the Tiger more, Cottage style and normal rooms available here.

4) Hotel Krishnakunja : On the Tiger more, good location, 2 storied building. No information available about the service.

5) Hotel Mainak : In front it is hotel like, behind the hotel new construction of cottage shortly opend.

6) Hotel Madhuban : On tiger more, visitors can be seen during the season.

7) Sundari Lodge : Newly modified well decorated, near the tiger more, service are good, new construction going on 1st floor.

8) Unique cottage : 5 mins away from the tiger more, good accomodation with cottage style.

9) Pramila Lodge : 5 mins away from the tiger more, no information available about the service. citation needed

10) S2 Hotel: It is also 8-10 mins walking distance from tiger more, very good looking, well decorated, own boat ghat.

11) Solitary Nook : It is located almost 15 mins walking distance from Tiger more, very good looking cottage style rooms.

12) Hotel Dolphin : 5 mins away from tiger more. no information available. citation needed.

In Dayapur:

1) Tiger camp : Good hotels with modern amenities, just opposite side of Sajnekhali Tiger Reserve Camp.

2) Sundarban Mangrove Retreat: One of best hotel in Sundarban, cottage style rooms, Own boat and package tour.

3) Sabuj deep : One of best cottage style room in Sundarban in Non-AC category. Excellent interior and outside, with garden. 

Disclaimer : The above information collected from various people, so there may be some information incorrect. This web publisher is not responsible for any such mistake or error. Please check it by your own. There are many other hotels and accommodation, the web publisher not able to collect all data for such things.

Plan Your Travel For Sundarban

Plan your travel spot as Sundarban during this winter season as Sundarban became the most important destination and choice of travelers due to the easy and economic tours. Many travelers prefer to stay over night there due to the numbers of tourist spots scattered in Sundarban. World’s largest mangrove forest is located there, more importantly the tourist spots is famous for study of birds and wild animals. Many ornithologists prefer to go Sundarban for their study. 

In recent time the term “Eco-Tourism” is related to the Sundarban, due to the varieties birds and wild animals found in Sundarban. Many ecologists believes that “Sundarban is the best Eco-Study Centre” as there are largest varieties of flora and fauna. Many Kolkata based tour operators conduct Eco-Tour in Sundarban. This tour package is very attractive to travelers.

When do you decide to visit Sundarban, you need to know the best season for Sundarban tour, from September to March, is the pick time for traveling in Sundarban. In this season many tour operators arrange tour for Sundarban. Most importantly you can find the best package cost in this time. Traveling along is bit of expensive for Sundarban. There are many things which can be cost effective if you arrange a group instead of traveling along. The main cost for traveling is associated with the Luxury boat. This boat is little bit expensive to book along. Therefore, you need a good conduct tour operator for Sundarban Tour package. You may visit this site for more details, http://sundarbantravel.com

Sundarban Tours

The recent hype of traveling the Kolkata surrounding is limited to Sundarban Tours. Many travelers now prefer to visit Sundarban during the Puja vacation. It caught the maximum attention of the travelers due the quick and easy to go. Only 100 km away from Kolkata proper location, you can visit the Sundarban Tourist Spots. In Kolkata several Tour operators are conducting Sundarban Tour with minimum costs. A 2 nights 3 days package costs Rs. 3,000 to Rs. 5,000 per head. The package included all the costs like car transportation from Kolkata to Kolkata, Boat fair, Hotel Costs, Jungle Permission, Camera Costs, Fooding  & Local sight seeing. 

During the travel you need to know that, Sundarban travel covers most of the tourist spots in Jungle. This tourist spot can be achieved only by the luxurious boats. So if you have waterfobia, then avoiding the tour is the best option.  These tours are complies with thrilling adventures of traveling Jungle and river. The river is not safe for bath or any activities as there are many crocodiles. In other hand Jungle is not also safe as this is the place of man eater Royal Bengal Tigers.

Although, Sundarban is not far from Kolkata only 100 km but still there may be lack of modern facilities in tourist spots, like emergency transportation is completely unavailable during the night. If you stay in Dayapur during the night session then it may be difficult for you to get any transportation during night. Night stay in Gosba is much easier as there are all the modern amenities like, hospital, ATM, Bazaar etc. are available but main problem there are no such good quality hotels to stay at night. Therefore, you need to pack your emergency medicines and other important things with you for avoiding discomfort situation. 

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Socio-Economic Structure of Sundarban

In recent years Sundarban package tour caught the maximum attention of travelers due to the easy and quality travel for short time of span. Many travelers opted for Sundarban Travel, due to the non-commercialization and easy availability of the tour operator. Travelers who are interested to spent 2-3 nights at weekends or weekdays, they can opt for Sundarban.

Sundarban is the largest delta and largest Mangrove forest of the world. Moreover, it has the largest no. of varieties birds in there. Ornithologists are prefers to spent day and night for Sundarban due to the varieties of birds and wild animals. Sundarban is most famous for it’s Royal Bengal Tiger. As you know according the census of Tiger in 2014, now in the all over world, only 6,000 tigers are left. In which 1700 tigers has been reported in India. Therefore, In India Sundarban is the only place where you can find the largest no. of tigers. 

The socio-economic structure of Sundarban is more dependent in it’s jungle and river. Although, several poor people dies every years for their livelihood in bite of tigers and crocodiles. With the proper implantation of education and jobs can eliminate the situation. The statistics of earlier days was most worse as there were unlimited numbers of hunters who were busy to hunt tigers and deers. Now people became aware of the importance of maintaining the ecosystem.

Sundarban Package Tour

Sundarban is the world’s largest forest and mostly popular for it’s Royal Bengal Tiger. The tour for Sundarban is one of the most popular tour for the travelers through out the year due to the verities of animals and plants in there. Sundarban comprises almost 7,000 sq. km in area in which almost 2,000 sq. km is the core jungle part, where visitors are not allowed to landing, but they can watch the scenic beauty of jungle through out the journey by boat. 

In recent years Sundarban caught the maximum attention of the tourist due to different attractive places in there, in which Pakhirala, Dayapur, Dobanki, Saptomukhani, Burirdabri etc. There are many resorts and hotels in different prime locations, where travelers can stay over night. 

Sundarban package tour is famous due to there are no hazards of traveler for booking the hotels or booking the boats etc. Moreover, they don’t need to worry about anything during the travel. Jungle permission, boat permission every thing is conducted and arreanged by the tour operator. The most famous package tour for Sundarban is 2 Nights 3 Days package. This package covers all the core part of the jungle and prime visiting locations. 

The most reliable tour operator for Sundarban is http://sundarbantravel.com . This is the most realible source for traveling Sundarban during this season. As they arranged everything what do you need to travels. Please visit the above mentioned website for more details.