Sundarban Trip

Sundarban Trip

[Jharkhali, Kaikhali, Bonnie Camp, Kalash Iland, Kalash Deep]

View Point of Sundarban India: 

• Bonnie Camp √
• Kalash Dweep √
• Kalash Camp √
• Kalash Dweep Turtle Sanctuary
• Bhagabatpur Crocodile Sanctuary
• Do Banki Watch Tower
• Haliday Island
• Lothian Island
• Netidhopani Watch Tower
• Sajnekhali Watch Tower
• Sundhanyakhali Watch Tower
• Haliday Island

Planning: 

2 Night 3 Day Trip with a Rented Launch. Night Stay in Launch.

First Night Bonnie Camp. Second Night Kalash Camp.

Details of Scheduled: 

• Start From Sealdha(Kolkata Rail Station) at 6:30 to word Canning. Reach Canning at 7:45 A.M.
• Done some Marketing like Crab, Fish etc
• From Canning to Sonakhali via Taker  reach at 9:30
• Start Boat from Sonakhali [1] at 11:00 A.M to Jharkhali [2] 
• Take permission from Sonakhali forest rang to enter Sundarban at 4.30 PM
• Go to Kaikhali [3] and stop the boat middle of the river at 6.00 PM. 
• Next Day start the boat at 6:00 AM from Kaikhali and reach Bonnie Camp [4] at 8:30 AM.
• At 9:30 A.M restart the boat from Bonnie Camp to Kalash Beach [5] and reach kalash at 1.00 PM
• Stay the boat near Kalash Beach approx 1.30 hours we start to word Kalash Camp for nigh stay.
• Reach Kalash Camp[6] near 4:30 PM stop the boat.
• Next Day we start our boat at 6:00 A.M from Kalash Camp towards Canning via Bonnie Camp and Kaikhali.
• Reach Canning at 6:30 P.M 

Sundarban Travel Map

My Sundarban Bonnie Camp Tour Experience

Bonnie Camp: One of best the view point of Sundarban situated one of the tributary of River Matla. Mangrove forest can clearly viewed from a watch tower (Approx height 50 feet) of Bonnie Camp. From this watch tower you can see sweet-water pond, where different animal of Sundarban comes for drinking water. We see few resorts in this Camp may be for visitor.

How to Reach:

1. From Kolkata Railway station to Canning by Canning Local
2. You can hire a boat  from Canning by any tourist agency
3. Or go to Sonakhali/Basanti from Canning via Tracker/Auto and hire a boat
4. Approximate 5 hour will take to reach Bonnie Camp via Jharkhali; you need a permission to travel any part of Sundarban like Bonnie Camp. One point where you can get permission is Jharkhali Forest Range, which is on the way of Sonakhali/Canning to Bonnie Camp.

It is better to hire a boat advances from any tourist agencies at Canning. Group tour with 8 / 14 / 20 person is better for saving money. Different capacity boat is available from travel agencies. 

See:

1.With in protected area of Bonnie Camp you can see spotted Deer.

2.From watch tower you can see wild boars, spotted deer , crocodile, Macaque  etc

3.You can see different type of sundarban bird like, Water Hens, Coots, Pheasant-tailed Jacanas, Pariah Kites, Brahminy Kites, Marsh Harriers, Red Junglefowls, Spotted Doves, Common Mynahs, Jungle Crows, Jungle Babblers, , Caspian Terns, Gray Herons, Brahminy Ducks, Spot-billed Pelicans, Night Herons, Common Snipes, Wood Sandpipers, Green pigeons, Rose Ringed Parakeets, Paradise Flycatchers, Cormorants, White-bellied Sea Eagles, Seagulls, Common Kingfishers, Peregrine falcons, Woodpeckers, Whimbrels, Black-tailed Godwits, Little Stints, Eastern knots, Curlews, Golden Plovers, Pintails, and Lesser etc

4. Fisherman with fishing

5. Golpata, Sundari, Garan , Geoa, etc mangrove tree

6. If you are very very Lucy   then you can see Royal Bengal Tiger. Don’t expect while travel sundarban you will see the tiger.

Best Time To visit:

December to February with sunny day. This time animal are coming toward river site for sun ray.

Care:

If you visit the this route(Bonnie Camp , Kalsh Camp/ Deep) you should take a sunglass, Winter cloth and also summer dress, kambal, Chappal, Easy photo shooting camera, Binocular, Camera and Cell phone power back up, Extra drinking and bath water.

1. Temperature is very fluctuating with in day
2. At day time you will feel very hot and evening and later you will feel very cold
3. To watch the site view at the day time when you are near the Bay of Bengal Sunglass and summer dress is required.
4. It is not easier to captured any running bird/animal photo when you are in a traveling boat so easy photo shooting camera is preferable.
5. When you are at the middle of any river the objective is not easily visible, so high capacity Binocular is preferable.
6. The river water in this site is salty, so extra normal bath water is preferable.
7. It will better to start your trip in early morning because after 6.00 P.M boat will stop.

Travel Boat of Sundarban MV AFIAN

Living Place of  Boat to travel Sundarban

Dining place of  boat to travel Sundarban

Sundarban Common snipes, Observed after Sonakhali

Breathing Root of Tree observed in Sundarban 

Water fowl with a white heron in Sundarban

Sundari Tree of  Sundarbal

Sundarban Water fowl, observed near Kaikhali

Golpata Tree of  Sundarban

Sundarban Chital Deer 

Khari of  Sundarban

Sundarban Grey-headed Fish Eagle, observed near Jharkhali

River Delta of  Sundarban

Soil Erosion in Sundarban 

Sundarban Wild boar or wild pig, observed from Bonnie Camp Tower

Sundarban Anatidae, observed near Kalash Beach

Sundarban Gulls or seagulls chasing the fisherman boat near Kalash Deep  

A Eagle on a killed Wild boar at Kalash beach Sundarban

Sundarban cotton pygmy gooses observed near Kalash

Sundarban Lesser adjutant 

Sundarban White Heron

Sundarban Trip Map

Our Group: Ujjal Mahanti and his Family, Bibhas Biswas and his family, Me and my Family

Request:

• Don’t through any thing in the river during your sundarban tour.
• Do not disturb any wild animals and birds.
• Keep your and other safety.