With the winter taking its leave, you may want to enjoy a heatless, sunny weekend under nature's own canopy, Sundarban. Also, as the nomadic birds leave for their next destination, won't you like to take a look at them?
Visit Sajnekhali Bird Sanctuary in Sundarban next weekend and add a souvenir to your memory.
Know Sajnekhali Bird Sanctuary, Sundarban
Sajnekhali Bird Sanctuary covers an area of 362 square kilometres of Sundarban towards the north. The confluence of the Gumdi and Malta rivers, Sajnekhali sanctuary is a mangrove scrub, set in 1976. The vast area is the house of herons, spotted deer, wild boar, Olive Ridley turtles, Batagur terrapins, crocodiles, waterfowl, tigers, water monitor lizards, otters, rhesus macaques, fishing cats, and most importantly migratory birds. As for the current weather, it is the ideal time for watching birds leave and wait for another year to see them.
How To Visit Sajnekhali Bird Sanctuary From Kolkata?
The distance between Sajnekhali and Kolkata is about 130 km. The closest railway station to reach Sajnekhali Bird Sanctuary will be Canning. From there, you will go to Gosaba to take the ferry services to Sajnekhali. For detailed travel, anyone can hire a motor launch or boat from Gadkhali or Namkhana, or Basanti.
Where To Stay In Sajnekhali Bird Sanctuary?
If you want to stay in Sajnekhali for the night, you will get numerous government-registered Sajnekhali resorts, hotels, and lodges. The places are equipped with all the amenities without hampering the natural ecosystems. Therefore, you can see birds and animals around the resort as well. To get a lifetime experience, you can look for houseboat services too. Those houseboats are equipped with modern amenities, along with customization. Also, the houseboat services are designed so that tourists can see birds, animals, and mangrove forests from the boat.
What To Do In Sajnekhali?
Sajnekhali is one of the most sought tourist destinations in West Bengal. You will live a day away from chaos, crowd, and contamination. While you get tired from waking up to see speeding cars and greyish concrete buildings and suffer from suffocation, Sajnekhali will be your place of fresh air.
You will get canals, parks, waterways, and islands. If you get lucky, you can see the great Royal Bengal Tiger.
From the Sajnekhali watch tower, you can see numerous birds; including migrating birds. Once you complete the sanctuary tour in the morning, you can hire a boat to travel to the Sundarban National Park. While sipping your fresh coconut water, you can watch the Royal Bengal Tiger drinking water on the banks. You will also be watching thousands of spotted deer, wild boars, and Olive Ridley turtles crawling their way to the water, as the Gangetic dolphins and crocodiles. While you are on Sundarban sightseeing, you can buy fish from local fishermen and get the fish looked at in their style.
Lastly, while returning, you can buy 100% original raw honey from the locals. If you have time, you can visit the local villages to study their lifestyle and buy some local handicrafts.
In short, a one-day Sajnekhali trip is far more than you can think of. Sajnekhali's trip from Kolkata may seem a bit difficult to cover the entire trip. However, availing of a houseboat from Kolkata to Sajnekhali return will be a lifetime experience.
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