Sundarban is the largest mangrove reserve forest in the world. Mangroves which are generally salt-tolerant plants have adapted themselves to this salty atmosphere by developing breathing roots which grow vertically from the ground. Some important mangrove species which can be seen during
Sundarban Tours are Sundari, Champa, genoa, hatal, dhundul, garjan, golpati, kankra, garan and keora tree.
The Royal Bengal Tiger, the national animal of India is the main attraction in the Sundarban tour package. If you are enough lucky, this iconic beast can give you a glimpse during your
Sundarban Tour Package. As per the last tiger census, there are about 250 to 300 tigers in Sundarban. This super predator preys mainly on chital or spotted deer, wild boar, monkeys, goats and other small creatures. In recent years, due to the lack of food in a jungle area, some Bengal Tigers have become man-eaters and human-tiger conflict has become a common phenomenon here.
Apart from tiger, other species that can be found during your Sundarban Tour are jungle cat, fishing cat, leopard cat, wild boar, chital or spotted deer, common otter, estuarine crocodile, water monitor lizard, king Kobra, common rat snake, common krait, monkeys, olive ridley turtle, green sea turtle, hawksbill turtle, fiddler crab, mud crab and the king crab.
Sundarban is a paradise for bird watchers thanks to its biological diversity, and location on migratory routes covering lush green wild forest and salty river bed. Every year hundreds of bird species populate or pass this world heritage acclaimed national park for breeding, resting and migrating making this great land the ideal spot for bird watchers and heaven for ornithologists.
You can find as many as 248 species of birds during your
Sundarban Tour Package from Kolkata includes a large no of migratory birds in winter like the Eurasian curlew, black-tailed godwit, scarlet-backed flowerpecker, common sandpiper, marsh sandpiper, lesser sand plover, dusky warbler, greenish warbler, jungle babbler, pacific golden plover, grey plover, Pallas's gull, common Iora, orange-headed thrush, Tickell's thrush, mangrove whistler, yellow wagtail.