Sundar Chital Tourist Lodge, Sundarban

Location: Sunder Chital Tourist Lodge, situated near to the mangrove wild hub land of Sundarbans at Sajnekhali, is the beautiful government run tourist lodge of Sundar Chital.

About the Hotel:
Accommodation Facilities:
A 60 bed lodging provision available in the tourist lodge.

Other Services:
- Watercraft to: Nimkhana, Bhagabatpur, Lothian & Holiday Islands
- Water Launches available at Sonekhali and Namkhana.
- Tourist Launches on hire are available from the Tourist Bureau.
- All three meals a day
- All entrance fee & permit charges.
- To & fro transfer services from Kolkatta and back.
- The stay can be increased on pro-rata basis.

Leisure Activities:
- 1/2/3 day
- Tours to STR & Tiger Projects.
- Cruise through the mangroves by a special dedicated motor boat.
- Accompanied by a nature guide on the cruise.

Attractions:
Some believe that the name Sunderbans is derived from Sundri - a plant found in the local mangroves - and bans meaning forest. Others believe the name ' beautiful forest (Sunder = beautiful, and Bans = forest). The Sunderbans falls both within the Indian and Bangladesh, the latter having the larger share of the delta. On the Indian side there is a national park overlooking the Bay of Bengal.The Sunderbans, West, South and East wildlife sanctuaries in Bangladesh are also at the southern extremities of the delta.The Leopard , Indian Rhinoceros, Javan Rhinoceros, Swamp Deer, Hog Deer and Water Buffalo have all become locally extinct from the delta in recent decades.

Sunderbans is home to the magnificent Royal Bengal tiger, the park holding more tigers than any other tiger reserve. More than 400 tigers were recorded during the mid-1980s. Project tiger has also launched a programme to protect the Olive Ridley sea turtles. Crocodiles and the gangetic dolphin are to be found aplenty in the Raimgangal river. The Sajnakhali sanctuary, famous for its rich avian population, is regarded as a part of the Sunderbans National Park.