Sundar Chital Tourist Lodge

Sunderabns Accommodation Sunderbans National Park

About Sundar Chital Tourist Lodge, Sunderbans
Sunder Chital Tourist Lodge, situated near to the mangrove wild hub land of Sundarbans at Sajnekhali, is the beautiful government run tourist lodge of Sundar Chital. For reservations contact - West Bengal Tourist Development Corporation.

Accommodation Facilities :
A 60 bed lodging provision available in the tourist lodge.

Other Services :
Watercraft to:
Nimkhana, Bhagabatpur, Lothian & Holiday Islands
Water Launches available at Sonekhali and Namkhana.
Tourist Launches on hire are available from the Tourist Bureau.
All three meals a day
All entrance fee & permit charges.
To & fro transfer services from Kolkatta and back.
The stay can be increased on pro-rata basis.

Leisure Activites : 1/2/3 day
Tours to STR & Tiger Projects.
Cruise through the mangroves by a special dedicated motor boat.
Accompanied by a nature guide on the cruise.

Reservation Request for Sundar Chital Tourist Lodge, Sunderbans

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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