Dooars Travel

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2. “Dooars” the word is derived from the word ‘duar’ or ‘door’. The name signifies its location as a gateway to the hill stations of North Bengal and Sikkim as well as Bhutan and Assam. The 130 X 40 sq.km stretched Dooars valley, an important travel destination in Eastern Himalaya, is covered with lush green forests and teagardens and intersected by the rivers like Tista, Torsa, Jaldhaka and their innumerable tributaries. It is the home to one horned rhino, gaur and many other rare species. A tour or a safari through these forests of Dooars will be a life time experience.

3. Destination Dooars Tourist Destinations in Dooars Dooars plains can be broadly divided into Eastern Dooars, Central Dooars and Western Dooars. • – Central Dooars – Jaldapara Wild Life Sanctuary has been the prime attraction in this area. Chilapata forests adjacent to Jaldapara has also become an important tourist destination since the last few years. The main entry point of Bhutan at Jaigaon / Phuentsholing is also in this area. The central Dooars area is dotted with tea gardens and a number of small towns such as Banarhat, Birpara, Madarihat, Binnaguri.

4. – Eastern Dooars– Buxa tiger reserve is the most important tourist destination and forest in this area. Alipurduar, Coochbehar are major towns. Buxa and its surrounding area offer a large number of small but attractive tourist destinations such as Jayanti, Raimatang, Buxa fort, Lepchakha, Rajabhatkhawa, Hatipota, Bhutanghat etc. • – Western Dooars – This is the most popular tourist area in Dooars. Gorumara National Park and Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary, two forests on both sides of Murti river, are the most popular tourist area of Dooars. This area also has the best tourism infrastructure with large number of hotels and resorts around Gorumara / Chapramari area.

5. Monsoon The rainy season in the area starts in the month of July with the arrival of south-west monsoon. The region receives a record rainfall during July-August. The average annual rainfall in the region is 3925 mm. Summer Temperature starts rising by March, which continues till the end of October, being June and July the hottest months. But temperature never rises to the unbearable limit because of its locational advantage. Winter The cold season starts by the first week of November and continues upto the end of February. January is the coldest month with mean minimum temperature at 10.7 Celsius and the mean daily maximum temperature at 23.6 Degree Celsius.

6. Jaldapara is connected by road with Darjeeling and Siliguri. North Bengal State Transport Corporation Buses, Bhutan Govt. Buses, Mini Buses and Private Buses are available from Siliguri to Alipurduar via Madarihat. Bagdogra is the nearest Airport from where one can go by above routes, (Siliguri to Bagdogra 13 km.) private vehicles are available at Madarihat for going to Hollong Forest Lodge/Jaldapara Tourist Lodge. Nearest Railway Station : Madarihat which is only 7 kms from the Sanctuary and all the passenger trains stop here. Jaldapara Tourist Lodge is in a walkable distance from this Railway Station. All the Mail and Express trains stop at Birpara/Hasimara Railway Station both are 20 kms. away from the sanctuary.

7. A vast texture of virgin forests teeming with wildlife, unending tea gardens, gurgling rivers, interspersed with sleepy or busy settlements, constitute a fascinating tourist destination Dooars. Greenchilli Resort is the best luxury resort in Dooars among various budget Resort in Dooars, Lataguri.