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Mangrove magic

Sundar means beautiful and Ban means forest, so Sundarbans literally translates into a beautiful forest. It’s wet swamps are one of the exotic biodiversity hotspots in Asia and is home to more than 2000 species of flora and fauna.

Sundarbans has been recognised as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO for its pristine mangroves and for being the natural habitat of the Royal Bengal Tiger. It is spread over ten thousand sq. kms with most parts of it in Bangladesh and the rest in the West Bengal state of India (which we will be visiting).

It is one of the last few places where you can spot a good number of tigers in the wild and hence is every nature loving photo-enthusiast’s dream destination. Sunderbans offers a variety of subjects (birds, crocodiles, leopards, tigers, moneys, deer, sharks and even Gangetic dolphins) and landscapes (mangroves, rivers & avifauna rich forests) to make beautiful macro, natural and landscape pictures.

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Tour Highlights

  • Sunny during the day
  • Cold in the night
  • Telephoto & Wide angle
  • Warm clothes for the night
  • Hat and glasses
  • Sun cream
  • Bring your own toiletries
  • Personal Medication

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Itinerary

Participants arrive at Kolkatta airport to be picked up by our Birdwing expert. We embark on a three to four hour journey to Gadkhali to reach in time for lunch. After a quick brief from our expert, we will go on a boat safari to get a feel of the mangrove forests of Sundarbans.

Upon our return from the safari, while we munch our snacks our expert will give another brief yet detailed overview on the forests and its denizens, how to approach them, followed by a quick image review session.

Overnight stay: Boat
Early morning as the sun rises, we would already be inside the forest for safari’s looking for kingfishers, salt water crocodile. We will pretty much stay inside and maximise our chance of photographing various flora and fauna of Sundarbans with break for lunch and snacks in between on the boat.

Our schedule will be pretty much same for the remaining days. We will anchor our boat for our night halt at the eco-camp only to return to the boat early morning the next day.

Overnight stay: Eco-Camp

This as you may expect will be a short day. We’ll start at the crack of dawn as usual for a morning session. Post lunch we’ll depart to Kolkata to catch our respective return journey flights/trains. Until of course, Birdwing brings us together again.

Cost and Terms

new comer

INR 39,500

Includes lunch, tea and applicable taxes. Payment options will be shared upon enquiry.

BIRDWING PATRONS

INR 39,500

Includes lunch, tea and applicable taxes. Payment options will be shared upon enquiry.

terms and conditions

Payment Terms

  • INR 15,000/- advance required for provisional reservation
  • Needed towards securing of forest permit with valid ID proof.
  • The tour cost is Ex-kolkata.
  • Remainder (100% ) within 30 days from the first payment

cancellation Policy

  • 60% refund if cancelled before 2 months from the date of travel
  • 20% refund if cancelled after 2 months and before 1 month from the date of travel
  • No refund if cancelled within 1 month of the date of travel

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Note: The date of written communication ( email ) stating the intent to cancel will be considered as the date for applying the cancellation policy.

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