 The
Darjeeling, Dooars
and Sikkim region has
some of the best and the most varied forests in India. It
includes Tropical Moist Deciduous, Himalayan Moist Temperate,
Himalayan Dry Temperate, Tropical Semi Evergreen, Tropical
Dry Deciduous, Subtropical Broadleaved Hill, Subtropical Pine
forests.
The state of Sikkim has a recorded forest
area of 265,000 hec constituting 37.34 per cent of the geographic
area of the state. West Bengal has forest cover of 1.19 million
ha, much of which is in the Darjeeling and Dooars region.
With such wide and varied forest cover,
the region is also home to a large variety of fauna. The animals
in the forest include Rhino, Tiger, Leopard, different varieties
of Deer, Gaur, Monkey, Bear, the Himalayan red panda and countless
other species and subspecies of birds, reptiles and animals.
In the Darjeeling and Dooars region, there is a tiger reserve
at Buxa, wild life sanctuaries
at Jaldapara and
Mahananda, National
parks at Gorumara,
Neora Valley and Singalila. Sikkim has Kanchenjunga National
Park and five wildlife sanctuaries.
Most of the forest area can be visited by
tourists with prior permission of the forest department. naturebeyond
keeps close link with the department for this purpose. At
many places, the forest rest houses and bungalows are the
only decent accommodation available. naturebeyond also arranges
booking of these bungalows as and where they are available.
naturebeyond jungle Tour Packages
Dooars
Jungle (JJ1)
Dooars Jungle (JJ2)
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