Sundarbans, West Bengal · luxury

Sundarban Tiger Camp

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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.