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India is beauty in its true sense and has its uniqueness in nearly every fields. There are many sites within the country that throughout history have exhorted the spirit of people to discover them. Some of these places are restricted and thus becomes the main incentive to tourists who seek such areas. Sundarban must be one of those jewels that are hidden with many unknown secrets of nature and wild animals. The sundarbans national tourism also adds to the fact that more and more individuals or group of travelers must discover the beautiful charm of nature and its harmonious beauty.
The name of the site Sunderban is derived from the Bengali language and has the simple translation of ‘Beautiful Forest’. Nature has endowed the forest and many of the geographic locations in it are still unknown to man. Sundarban is nothing but a lovely mystic place for wildlife lovers, nature lovers and adventures as the sounds of the blades of leaves, breeze blowing to the trees, chirping and flying of bird, frightening roaring of the tigers etc.
Sundarban: Geographical Location
Sundarbanis located in the largest delta on the island in the Bay of Bengal. It spread in both India and Bangladesh and extends a coverage of 10, 000 km on the terrain. The major part of the Sundarban is in Bangladesh. The Indian-side Sundarban is confined on the west by the river Muriganga and on the east by the rivers raimangal and Harinbhanga. Saptamukhi originates in the farthest western corner of the Sundarban and after a course through the forest with Lothian Island Wildlife Sanctuary and across the transition zone of Sundari and Gewa mangroves joins the Bay of Bengal.
Sundarban’s name has been derived from Bengali word sundari, which is the local name as well as the scientific name of an arboreal mangrove. The Sundarban mangrove tree known scientifically as Heritiera fomes, is found in large numbers in Sundarban giving the lovely forest the name. Unique and Amazing Biodiversity
School children often explore it because of its singular concentration of concentration of bio-diversity. So, the habitat of these cats is vast and contains the large number of other wild animals such as the great Royal Bengal Tigers. The population count of delta is more than 4.5 million, people’s. It also raises climate sensitivity in this ecologically important location. The dwellers are predominantly Hindus and Muslims. Honey collectors mainly these local people who earn their living from honey collection.
The world heritage site erroneously known as sundarban consists three famous wildlife sanctuaries. Vegetation mainly of mangrove type has various type of plants like shrubs, different types of trees, lianas, grasses etc. Physiologically, the plants of Sundarban being evergreen are adapted more or less in the same manner structural wise too. Sundari and Gewa are two most popular species of mangrove trees in this area of the Sunderbans.
Sundarban and the adjacent area being the habitat and paradise for more than 42 mammals’ species, crocodiles and tigers. The delta is also home to differentiated bird types like the grey headed fish eagle, stork billed, brown winged and multi colored king fishers. Apart from wildlife and nature, birds are also everting a major pull for tourists who are visiting Sundarban.
Among all the animals found in Sundarban, it has been recorded that crocodile is the most populous. Some of the said crocodiles are as large as seven meters and may be categorized as prehistoric. Snakes, turtles, Varanus, lizards and many other types of lizards particularly the monitor ones are found in harmony. The particular species of snakes found in the delta include but are not limited to the King Cobra and Russell’s viper; all considered extremely venomous.
The best Sundarban tour package is not all about the Royal Bengal Tigers that they indeed are, yet they are not only that. It is very important that Sundarban tour Wildlife Photography Tour package costshould include bird watching, boat ride, visit to crocodile sanctuary or any wildlife of your choosing for the most prolific, adventurous, informative and magical wildlife tour.