Sundarban Tour - 1 Night 2 Days

ONE NIGHT TWO DAYS

1ST DAY:

7.45AM : Meet at our office and leave Calcutta by car. Three and half hours of journey to Godkhali, the last road point.

11AM : Cross over to the island of Gosaba, which has no car or electricity.

1.30PM : Reach the hotel in the village of Pakhiralaya and followed by lunch.

3.00PM : A walk through the beautiful paddy fields and the village of honey collectors and fishermen, looking out for local rituals and beliefs.

3.30PM : Country boat ride for bird watching, during two to three hours, spotting seven types of kingfisher, egret, brahmani eagles, pond heron, black cormorants etc and above all getting introduced to the lovely mangroves, with surreal creatures like fiddler crabs, mud skipper fish etc.

6.30PM : Return to the hotel, just after the sunset.

7PM : An enchanting evening with the local musicians with their age old musical instruments, trying to understand the local music in their backyard. A session of refreshments.

8.30-9PM: Dinner is served according to the leisure of every individual guest, getting prepared to spend the night without electricity, with only oil lamps and candles.

2ND DAY:

6.30AM: We try to start as early as possible, board our personalized engine boat, ELMAR, get the required permissions from the forest office, which is just opposite to our village, and head off into the jungle, for our rendezvous with one of the biggest mangroves of the world, rich in flora and fauna.
This boat cruise will last till sunset and during this period we will visit 3 watch towers, namely Sajnekhali, Sudhanyakhali and Dobanki.
Cruising  the small channels and creeks we will try to spot different wildlife, spotted dear, wild boars, civet cat, monitor lizard, crocodiles, dolphins and of cos the ROYAL BENGAL TIGER.
Breakfast, lunch and other refreshments will be cooked and served on the boat.

At sunset we start our journey back for Kolkata and reach by 9 to 10pm.

                                     
>One night two days by car    :  INR 4000 per person.
Two nights three days by car: INR 4500 per person.

Local transport tours
Only in summers (May-august) or requested group tours (minimum four travelers)
One night two days by local transport     : rupees 3500 per person.
Two nights three days by local transport: rupees 4000 per person.

This is a group rate, and our group starts at 3 travelers, there will be an additional cost of rupees 500 each, in case there are only two travelers on any given day.

In case of single travelers please let us know in advance so that we can book you on any of the existing tours: however we keep the option of traveling alone, open for you and the price will be:
One night two days     : rupees 8000
Two nights three days: rupees 9000.Full payment has to be made before the start of the travel.
Pick up and drop from our office. Free pick up from your hotel in central kolkata.Extra charges of rupees 500 if you want pick up and drop outside central Kolkata.

Special Modified Tour

Apart from the classic tours of backpackers, above we are open to planning modified tours, depending on the time, availability, and convenience of the travelers.
For example:
Starting the tour, according to the train or flight timings
Staying for more days in sundarban (with or without the jungle cruise)
Staying in the village exploring the island on bicycles.

Please email us with your needs and we will sketch a plan for you.