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The Land of The Royal Bengal Tiger - Sunderbans Forest Tour
Dhaka – khulna - Sunderbans - Dhaka
04 nights – 05 days |
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The Sundarbans: We know that the Sundarbans Forest is the largest mangrove forest in the world. Mangroves are tropical trees found near water, whose twisted roots grow partly above ground. The second largest mangrove forest in the world is at Mastang in Malaysia, which is one tenth of the size of the Sundarbans. The area of the Sundarbans is 10,000 square kilometers. Two-third of the forest belongs to Bangladesh, the rest one third, to India. Sundarbans is a world heritage site.
To protect the wildlife in the Sundarbans, three wildlife sanctuaries in the forest-- east, west and south have been established by the Government in 1973. The total area of the sanctuaries is 325 sq. kilometers.
The bees of the forest are migratory. Every year they come from the Himalayas to make beehives in the Sundarbans. Turtles of the Sundarbans swim as long as 3500 kilometers from the Indian Ocean to find nesting ground in this forest. |
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Suggestive Itinerary
Day 01: Leave Dhaka in the morning by AC Bus / Flight for Khulna with packet lunch. Arrival at Khulna in the afternoon and will be transferred to our boat. The boat will immediately start cruising towards the Sundarbans forest, en-route collecting permit form the Daingmari forest station and anchored for overnight stay at Daingmari.
Day 02: Early in the morning, leave for kachikhali, tiger point. Arrive kachikhali around 1400hrs. In the afternoon, beach walk and hiking in the kochikhali area to see the wild life and forest. Back to the boat in the evening. Overnight at kacikhali on the boat.
Day 03: Early in the morning we shall offer trip through small creeks and canals by country boat to see the wildlife and feel the forest from very close. After breakfast jungle walk, beach walk, Sun-bathing (Swimming) etc. will be offered. Around 1300hrs. the boat will leave for kotka wildlife Sanctuary. In the afternoon, more forest activities including climbing the watch tower to have a glimpse of the forest, forest walk around the kotka forest office etc will be offered. Overnight on the boat at kotka.
Day 04: Around 0900hrs. leave kotka for khulna . In the afternoon the boat will stop at karamjal wild life breeding centre, where you can see some wild life being reared by the forest department. Arrival khulna in the evening.
Day 05: Leave for Dhaka by AC coach in the morning with packet lunch. Arrival Dhaka in the afternon.
Tour Ends.
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