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Bail
Island Resort, Sunderbans
About
Sunderbans National Park
Sunderbans, world's largest delta covered by mangrove
forest and vast saline mudflats, is situated in the lower
end of the Ganjetic West Bengal. A land of some 55 tiny
islands, crisscrossed by innumerable tributaries of Ganga,
that was once infested by Arakanese and Portuguese pirates
is now the abode of varied flora and fauna population. The
only mangrove tiger land of India where 70% is under
saline water makes the life of commoners, mostly
honey-catchers, prawn-catchers and fishermen very
difficult. This mangrove forest has about 64 plant species
which alone covers 90% of Indian mangrove varieties and
60% of the total mangrove forest area of the country.
Bidya Forest Range
Accommodation:
03 ethnic cottages(dbl/triple occupancy)
01 deluxe boat having 08 sleeper berths and 02 western
toilets
01 normal boat having 04 clean sleeper bunks and 01
western toilet
Location:
A rural style lodge with a beautiful natural setting at
the backdrop,overviewing the Sajnekhali Wildlife
Sanctuary,on the bank of river Hogol.
About Sunderbans
National Park
Sunderbans, the world’s
largest delta and mangrove swamp, is formed by the merging
of three rivers- the Ganga, the Brahmaputra and the Meghna-
and has a 2,585 sq km wildlife sanctuary that extends into
Bangladesh. The Wildlife Sanctuary, which is the world’s
largest estuarine sanctuary, has some of India’s most
interesting wildlife, and is worth a visit.
Spreading over a series of densely forested islands and
saline water channels, Sunderbans is home to spotted deer,
wild pigs, monkeys, herons, kingfishers, white bellied
eagles and almost 270 Royal Bengal tigers.
The tigers of Sunderbans are known to be mostly man
eaters- mainly because of the lack of other suitable prey
in the area- and the entire estuary has become, over the
past decades, a place where you have to be on the alert
all the time. Hunters, honey-collectors and fishermen from
the neighbouring areas wander through the sanctuary
throughout the year, and there are an average of 40
maulings a year. This is an improvement on past figures,
however, as the forest department has introduced a number
of measures- including masks and electric dummies to scare
off maneaters. According to local folk culture, it is
still believed that Bonbibi, the goddess of the forest,
protects the villagers on their hazardous missions. A
possé of armed policemen accompanies all visitors who
venture into these 'beautiful forests’.
Sunderbans’ other creatures include estuarine terrapins,
Olive Ridley turtles, estuarine crocodiles, Ganges
dolphins, water monitors and a wide variety of birds, fish
and crustaceans. Also part of Sunderbans is the Sajnekhali
Bird Sanctuary. Besides a heronry, the Sajnekhali
Visitors’ Centre has a crocodile enclosure, a shark pond,
a turtle hatchery and a Mangrove Interpretation Centre.
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