| Facts about Sundarbans National Park | | | | saline zone and moderately saline zone. |
| Sundarbans National Park is located in West Bengal, | | | | Timber extraction and honey collection as well as |
| India. It has a core land coverage area of 169,950 | | | | fishing are the major human activities that are allowed |
| hectares and buffer land coverage area of 88,527 | | | | within the Sundarbans region. Sundarbans has 4 |
| hectares. It was established as a tiger reserve in the | | | | national parks that were merged together for they all |
| year 1973 and as a national park in 1978. | | | | have common estuarine mangrove ecosystem |
| A lot of people residing here believe that | | | | characteristics. |
| “Sundarbans” is named after a plant found in | | | | Major attractions in this national park are large reptiles |
| local mangrove area called “Sundri” and the | | | | found in the delta harbor such as monitor lizards, Olive |
| word “bans” means forest. Meanwhile, others | | | | Ridley turtles, estuarine crocodiles and Tigers, The |
| believe that the name Sundarbans literally means | | | | authorities of this national park and the Indian park has |
| “beautiful forest” wherein sunder means | | | | a conservation program for Olive Ridley turtles. During |
| beautiful and bans means forest. The land area | | | | the recent decades, leopards, Javan Rhinoceros, Indian |
| extends to more than 1,000,000 hectares. It is | | | | Rhinoceros, hog deer, swamp deer and water buffalos |
| considered as the largest delta in the world. In addition, | | | | had become extinct locally form the delta. |
| this park is formed by 3 rivers namely the Meghanna | | | | Best Time to Visit Sundarbans National Park |
| River, Ganges River and the Brahmaputra River. | | | | The most ideal season to visit is during winter. Winter |
| The area has extensive abundance of mangrove | | | | months start in September and end in the month of |
| forests wherein the contours are in constant flux state | | | | March the following year. The minimum temperature of |
| which is caused by yearly monsoon flooding. | | | | this site during the winter season is 10 degrees Celsius |
| Approximately one-third of the waters in the delta, | | | | while the maximum temperature during the summer |
| which consists of channels, tidal creeks and channels, | | | | season is 34 degrees Celsius. |
| reach around 5 kilometers wide. Moreover, | | | | Getting to Sundarbans National Park |
| Sundarbans National Park falls within the jurisdiction of | | | | Access to Sundarbans National Park is hard to come |
| 2 neighboring countries namely Bangladesh and India. | | | | by. The nearest airport to get to this national park is in |
| The country of Bangladesh has a much larger share | | | | Calcutta. The nearest town is “Gasaba.” You |
| of the delta than India. In the Indian boundary, a national | | | | can reach this park by taking the Country Motor |
| park can be found that overlooks the magnificent Bay | | | | Launce to Sajnekhali from the Canning Park |
| of Bengal. | | | | Headquarters. The drive is approximately 5 hours. |
| The wildlife sanctuaries in the eastern, western and | | | | There are also regular busses that travel from |
| southern part of Sundarbans in Bangladesh are | | | | Calcutta to the park. The main sites of this park can |
| located along the delta’s southern extremities. The | | | | only be reached by riverine waterways. Perhaps the |
| parks along Sundarbans that are covered in various | | | | safest and the best way to visit this are is on tours. |
| mangrove forests have 3 zones. The zones are | | | | You can also avail of private vessel services from |
| classified depending on the salt level of the soil and | | | | Basanti, Gosaba and Canning. |
| water in the area. The 3 zones are freshwater zone, | | | | |