Luxury Sundarbans Tours

A rusted cargo vessel gliding through a tidal waterway in the Sundarbans mangrove delta, West Bengal

Overview

Sundarbans At A Glance

The Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest in the world, a delta of tidal channels and islands where the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers meet the Bay of Bengal. About half of it lies in West Bengal, reached from Kolkata by road to Godkhali or Sonakhali and then by boat. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the largest single home of the Bengal tiger, along with saltwater crocodiles, spotted deer, and some of the richest birdlife in eastern India. There are no roads inside the reserve. Visitors travel by boat along the creeks, staying at riverside lodges on the delta's edge and taking day launches into the permitted forest channels with a guide, since the core zone is closed to unescorted entry. Tiger sightings are rare and never promised — the forest, the waterways and the birdlife are the real reason to come.

Where To Stay: Sundarban Tiger Camp
Continue To: Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Kolkata

What To See

What To See In Sundarbans

Sundarbans's real highlights are what a private guide builds each day around.

Nature / Wildlife

Sundarbans National Park

The core tiger reserve of the Sundarbans delta, a UNESCO World Heritage Site of tidal mangrove forest reached only by boat.

A spotted deer in the Sundarbans mangrove forest habitat

Wildlife / Safari · 4 hours

Sundarbans Mangrove Boat Safari

A guided boat safari along the Sundarbans' tidal creeks with a naturalist, watching for tiger pug marks, crocodiles, deer and birdlife.

A wooden boat with two people on a Sundarbans waterway, West Bengal

How To Travel

Journeys Through Sundarbans

Every journey comes with a private guide and driver for each day on the road. Full details live on each journey's own page.

Silhouette of Himalayan mountain ranges at sunset

10 Nights

West Bengal in Depth

Darjeeling · Kalimpong · Kolkata · Sundarbans

A body of calm water bordered by green trees, mangrove-forest conservation area

8 Nights

Sundarbans Tiger Safari

Kolkata · Sundarbans

Aerial view of Kolkata's high-rise skyline and green park during daytime

4 Nights

Kolkata & the Sundarbans

Kolkata · Sundarbans

Where To Stay

Where To Stay In Sundarbans

Stays are chosen for the setting and the service, then matched to the pace of your route.

camp · luxury

Sundarban Tiger Camp

★★★

Sundarban Tiger Camp sits on the edge of the delta at Dayapur, reached by road from Kolkata to Godkhali and then a short boat crossing. It is a cluster of cottages and huts around a garden, built in local style with mud-and-thatch detailing, simple by design rather than luxurious, since the reserve itself is the draw. Meals are Bengali home-style, largely fish and rice, taken together in a central dining hut. The camp runs its own permitted boat safaris into the reserve's waterways with a naturalist and an armed forest-department guard, as required inside the core zone, along with village and birdwatching boat trips outside it. It is the most established of the Sundarbans lodges, and the standard base for a multi-day visit.

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