Watch Towers of Sundarbans
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Sundarban National Park, is a dense and dangerous mangrove forest with animals like the tigers, many poisonous reptiles and crocodiles. The watchtowers happen to be the most safest place to watch the wildlife. There are many watchtowers established in Sundarbans forests in different strategic locations. We will come to know about the prominent watch towers of Sundarbans that you should miss on your visit to the largest mysterious mangrove jungles on planet earth.
Generally speaking the Sundarban Forests in West Bengal are divided in Core and the Buffer areas. Tourists are only allowed inside the buffer areas of the forests and the core areas are out of bound to any one other than the forest department. The only watchtower inside the core area is the Neti Dhopani Watchtower which was open to tourist till 3 yrs ago but now has been closed.
The most visited watch towers in Sundarbans are the Sajnekhali Watch tower and Tiger Project, Sudhanyakhali Watch Tower and the Dobanki Watch Toower and Canopy Walk. These three watch towers are covered in most itineraries of 2 Days or 3 days tour.
Bonnie Camp and Kalash watch towers are more drown stream and near the Bay of Bengal and not that popular due to being much further from the main tourist areas. Visited mostly during winters when the weathers are calmer are very remote yet beautiful and offers greater sense of adventure. As being not very popular with regular you need to book a reserved cruise and is a little bit costly.
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Sajnekhali Tiger Project & Watch Tower
Tourist obtain permission to enter the national park from this spot for visit the 3 watchtowers. The watch tower accommodates 20 people at a time. The major attractions in this region are Bono Bini Temple, Mangrove Interpretation Center, a Turtle project and a Crocodile project. Chances of spotting wildlife are higher.
Sudhanyakhali Watch Tower
Sudhanyakhali Watch Tower is located in close proximity to Sajnekhali watch Tower, and are very popular among tourists. Most tigers, few reptiles and birds, axis deer, monitor lizard, wild boars and crocodiles may also be seen from here. There are observation lines and fresh water ponds which attract lot of animals.
Dobanki Watchtower & Canopy Walk
The Dobanki Watch Tower offers a way to view the wildlife in the most natural manner. It has a half-kilometer long canopy walk, about 20 ft from ground. The sweet water pond nearby attracts tigers, deers and other wildlife. Brahminy kites are frequently sighted here. Tiger attacks around this watch tower is frequent.
Watchtowers of Sundarbans-Sajnekhali, Sudhanyakhali, Dobanki
