There is no place else on earth like the Sundarbans. Formed by the Ganges River and Brahmaputra River deltas in the Bay of Bengal, the Sundarbans is the world’s largest mangrove forest and one of the most biologically productive of all ecosystems. Encompassing 513 square miles, Sundarbans National Park is situated within a larger UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve. Many rare and endangered wildlife species call this region home, including the estuarine crocodile, Gangetic dolphin, Olive Ridley turtle, king cobra and Bengal tiger. Approximately 100 Bengal tigers live in the watery world of the Sundarbans, having adapted to an almost amphibious life. They can swim long distances and feed on fish, crab, and water Monitor Lizards. It’s a unique landscape that attracts wildlife lovers who are mesmerized by the mangroves, waterways, birds, and rich biodiversity.

The park is composed of 54 small islands and intersected by several distributaries of the Ganges river. The park is surrounded by a buffer zone of 885 square kilometers. This also mainly consists of mangrove forests. The core area of the park has it’s own natural boundaries with the river Matla on it’s West, the river Haribhanga on it’s East, with Netidhopani and Gosba in the North.