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Dooars - The Gateway of noth Bengal

Dooars – the doors, the gateway between the hills in Bhutan and the plains in Bengal’s region (India). The Dooars region is divided into two viz. Western and Eastern Dooars. Western Dooars in West Bengal commonly known as North Bengal and the Eastern Dooars in Assam known as Assam Dooars. The beauty lies in Bengal Dooars, once ruled by Koch dynasty, is famous for Wildlife, Green Forest and Tea Gardens. Beside forest and tea gardens, Dooars also have many towns and cities. Siliguri is the largest city in Northern Bengal region.

Dooars is resident of various types Tribes such as Mech, Toto, Rabha, Bodo, Lepcha, Tamang, Etc. Most of the people are from Nepali community. The population of Bengali is also large.
The Bengal Dooars have many dense forest and jungles. Many National Park and Wildlife sanctuaries are here such as Jaldapara, Buxa, Gorumara National Park and Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary. The forests are populated with wild animals like Tiger, endangered one horn Rhinoceros, Elephants, Bisons, etc. Various types of birds and rare reptiles can be seen in Dooars.

Coochbehar, one of the districts of West Bengal, in Dooars once ruled by Koch Dynasty is famous for royal heritage and is a declared heritage town. The palace of the Koch king is in the heart of the town. The whole Coochbehar town and old buildings which stood from reign of the king, gives a feeling of being in a kingly state. Planning to visit Dooars, call us. We are leading tour service providers in Dooars. Our well experienced Guides and management team can make your trip a memorable trip.

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Buxa National Park

One horn rhino Buxa National Park is famous for two reason which is Buxa Tiger Reserve and Buxa Fort. Both spots are located inside the Buxa National Park. The park lies in the Buxa Hills of the southern hilly region of Bhutan.
Wildlife is flourishing in Buxa National Park. Animals like Tiger, Civet, Elephant, Bison etc can be seen here.

Buxa Tiger Reserve inside the park was created in 1983 to protect the endangered Tigers. The park is about 760 square kilometer. Among the wild animals, clouded leopard, tiger, wild dog, pangolin and Himalayan black bear are rare.
The main attraction of Buxa Tiger Reserve is Royal Bengal Tiger.

Buxa Fort - Buxa Fort is an important landmark of Buxa National Park. The fort is located at an altitude of 867 metres (2,844 ft) in the Buxa Tiger Reserve. The fort was captured by British-India in 1865 after the Bhutan War from Bhutan. The Fort was actually built by Bhutan King to keep eye on immigrants from Tibet. After British captured this Fort, the fort was used as a detention camp for Indian freedom fighters during Indian freedom movement. Indians have sentimental attachment with the fort on accounts of its association with the struggle for freedom.

Gorumara National Park

Gorumara National Park Gorumara Nationa Park is located in the Terai region of the Himalayan foothills, it is a medium-sized park with grasslands and forests.

The park is famous for its population of Indian Rhinoceros and Indian Government have declared it a wildlife sanctuary in 1949 and later declared an Indian National Park in 1994. The park is about 7 square kilometer in the Malbazar sub-division of Jalpaiguri district (West Bengal).

The park has recorded fifty species of mammals, 194 species of birds, 22 species of reptiles, 7 species of turtles, 27 species of fish, and other macro and micro fauna.
The park is rich in large herbivores including Indian rhinoceros, gaur, Asian elephant, sloth bear, chital, and sambar deer. Small herbivores include barking deer, hog deer and wild boar. Tourist can also view the animals at Night from the Watch Towers inside the park with the help of night vision enabled binoculars. The park is closed in the Monsoon season from 16 June to 15 September. The best time to visit Gorumara is from November to March.

Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary

Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary is famous for its Elephant and variety of flora and fauna. The place is popular with bird watchers, with parakeets, kingfishers, and green pigeons found in abundance. The area was declared a national reserve forest in 1895 under the Indian Forest Act. The name of the region comes from 'Chapra', a variety of small fishes found in northern Bengal, and 'Mari', meaning 'abundance'

Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary is close to Gorumara National Park and is about 30 kilometres from Chalsa and Lataguri in northern West Bengal, India. The total coverage of the forest is 960 hectares.

The Sanctuary remains closed during Monsoon season i.e. from mid-July to mid-September.

Jaldapara National Park

Elephant ride in Jaldapara Jaldapara National Park is at the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas in Dooars and on the banks of the Torsa River. The park is situated at an altitude of 61 m and is spread across 216.51 km2 (83.59 sq mi) of vast grassland with patches of riverine forests.

Jaldapara National has largest population of the Indian one horned rhinoceros and thus is the main attraction of the park. Other animals in the park include Indian leopard, Indian elephants, sambar, barking deer, spotted deer, hog deer, wild pigs, and bison.

Jaldapara is a paradise for bird watchers. It is one of the very few places in India, where the Bengal florican is sighted. The other birds to be found here are the crested eagle, Pallas's fish eagle, shikra, Finn's weaver, jungle fowl, peafowl (peacock), partridge, and lesser pied hornbill. Pythons, monitor lizards, kraits, cobras, geckos, and about eight species of fresh water turtles can also be found here.

Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary

leopard in Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary is about 159 square kilometer and is located on the foothills of the Himalayas, between the Teesta and Mahananda rivers. It falls in Darjeeling district of West Bengal. The gateway to the sanctuary is 13 kilometer from Siliguri and 28 kms from Bagdogra airport.

The Indian Government has declared it sanctuary mainly to protect the Indian bison and royal Bengal tiger. The forest has large number of species of mammals, birds and reptiles. Some endangered species like Rufous-necked Hornbill, Oriental Pied Hornbill, Great Hornbill etc can be found here. Among the others swallow, swift, thrush, babbler, warbler, roller, minivet and sunbird can be found in abundance.

Some exotic species of mammals are reported to found here like Himalayan serow, Himalayan porcupine, Himalayan Black Bear and even rarer like Binturong and Clouded Leopard. Other important mammalian species include Indian elephants, Indian bison, chital (spotted deer), barking deer, sambar, rhesus monkey, many species of lesser cat like fishing cat and jungle cat, leopard etc.

Cooch Behar

Coochbehar Rajbari Cooch Behar is now one of the district of West Bengal but once was ruled by Koch dynasty. The name Cooch Behar is derived from the name of the Koch or Rajbongshi tribes indigenous to this region for many centuries.

Cooch Behar is in the foothills of Eastern Himalayas. It is the largest town and district headquarters of Cooch Behar District with an area of 8.29 square kilometers. Cooch Behar is the only planned town in North Bengal region with remnants of royal heritage.

The tourist attraction in Cooch Behar is the Coochbehar Palace and Madan Mohan Temple. The Palace is now a museum which displays photographs and articles used by the maharajas of Cooch Behar and information about the tribals of North Bengal. There are few temples which also attracts tourist in large numbers such as Madan Mohan Temple, Bara Debi Bari and Rajmata Temple.
Every year during the Ras Purnima,the city hosts Ras Mela,the largest and oldest fair of West Bengal. The fair is older than 200 years. The fair is organized by Cooch Behar Municipality.

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