DOOARS TRIP

***Dooars***04 Nights / 05 Days

****A SHORT TRIP  (04 nights / 05 days) OF THE DOOARS**** 

If you have only 05 days to visit Dooars. You can and make a short trip of the Dooars. You can start your trip from NJP (New Jalpaiguri Railway Station) / Bagdogra airport. From your starting point, you will see many cars, prepaid cab booth. You will go and talk with them for your trip. Otherwise, if you know any reliable tour organizer, you can book a car, hotel/resort in advance for your trip.

Ist Day of Your Trip:- The car would take you through the elephant corridor and dense parts of Baikunthpur Forest and cross River Teesta to halt at Gajoldoba Reservoir, where you would find migratory birds from Central Asia in winter. This reservoir watered by a barrage on River Teesta is a birdwatcher’s paradise and you can even take short boat trips to get close to the birds. Reach Lataguri / Murti by lunchtime. 

(You can take Gorumara Forest jeep safari in the evening or the next day morning). If you will not take Gorumara Forest Jeep Safari in the evening, you can go to MEDLA Watchtower which is located at Kalipur near Ramsay on the eastern fringe of Gorumara National Park. There are unique Bullock cart driven forest safari available here. Overnight at Lataguri / Murti.

02nd day of your trip:-  You can take Gorumara Forest jeep safari this morning if you have not taken jeep safari the previous day. After breakfast at the resort, leave for Samsing which is a small hill village and tourist spot in the Matiali, Malbazar subdivision of Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal situated at an elevation of 3000ft in the foothills in between Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling districts border. It is known for its beautiful landscape with green tea garden sceneries, hills and forests. On a clear day, the snow-clad mountains of Bhutan are also visible from this place. It lies 18 km from the Neora Valley National Park. 

04th day of your trip:- Take a nature walk in the fringes of  Neora Valley and enjoy a walk on the hanging bridge of Suntaleykhola. Leave samsing village and reach Jaldapara National park (Jaldapara National Park is a national park situated at the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas in Alipurduar District of northern West Bengal and on the banks of the Torsa River. Today, it has the largest population of the Indian one-horned rhinoceros in the state, an animal threatened with extinction, and is a Habitat management area. The nearby Chilapata Forests is an elephant corridor between Jaldapara and Buxa Tiger Reserve nearby is the Gorumara National Park, known for its population of Indian rhinoceros.)via Nagrakata, You Can visit Totopara Tribal Village, South Khaerbari Animal rehabilitation centre.  You can take Jaldapara Forest jeep safari in the evening or the next day morning. Overnight at Salkumar / Natunpara or Madarihat.

05th day of your trip:-  You can take Buxa Tiger Reserve jeep safari this morning. 

Jayanti Riverved

After breakfast proceeds for New Alipurduar Railway Junction Via Jayanti riverside.

Doars trip

DOOARS TRIP.

Dooars Sightseeing (West Bengal)

• EAST DOOARS

1. Chilapata
2. Jayanti
3. Madarihat
4. Natunpara
5. Raimatang
6. Rajabhatkhawa
7. Salkumar
8. Sikiajhora

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Best Place to Visit Lataguri

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• WEST DOOARS

1. Jhalong
2. Bindu
3. Lataguri
4. Murti

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Rockey Island

• HILLS OF DOOARS
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1. Dalgaon
2. Kumai
3. Paren
4. Rocky Island
5. Samsing
6. Sultanekhola

A SHORT TRIP OF THE DOOARS (WESTERN PART)

If you have only 03 days to visit Dooars. You can and make a short trip of the western part of Dooars. You can start your trip from NJP (New Jalpaiguri Railway Station) / Bagdogra airport. From your starting point, you will see many cars, prepaid cab booth. You will go and talk with them for your trip. Otherwise, if you know any reliable tour organizer, you can book a car, hotel/resort in advance for your trip.

The car would take you through the elephant corridor and dense parts of Baikunthpur Forest and cross River Teesta to halt at Gajoldoba Reservoir, where you would find migratory birds from Central Asia in winter. This reservoir watered by a barrage on River Teesta is a birdwatcher’s paradise and you can even take short boat trips to get close to the birds. Reach Lataguri / Murti by lunchtime. 

(You can take Gorumara Forest jeep safari in the evening or the next day morning). If you will not take Gorumara Forest Jeep Safari in the evening, you can go to MEDLA Watchtower which is located at Kalipur near Ramsay on the eastern fringe of Gorumara National Park. There are unique Bullock cart driven forest safari available here. Overnight at Lataguri / Murti.

02nd day of your trip You can take Gorumara Forest jeep safari this morning if you have not taken jeep safari the previous day. After breakfast at the resort, leave for Samsing which is a small hill village and tourist spot in the Matiali, Malbazar subdivision of Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal situated at an elevation of 3000ft in the foothills in between Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling districts border. It is known for its beautiful landscape with green tea garden sceneries, hills and forests. On a clear day, the snow-clad mountains of Bhutan are also visible from this place. It lies 18 km from the Neora Valley National Park. 

A Land Blessed with Nature's Bounty

On the way sightseeing at Jhallong which is surrounded by the thickly wooded forest and the astounding hills of Bhutan in the backdrop, this place is undoubtedly a paradise for nature lovers. This hill station is situated near Indo-Bhutan border on the banks of the jaldhaka river. On the way to Bindu Jaldhaka Hydro Electricity Project on the Jaldhaka River is a major attraction in this are. Bird lover can enjoy a varied collection of hill birds as well as migratory waterfowl here. You can take your lunch in front of Jaldhaka river bed.

Jaldhaka River from Jhalong

 Then you proceed for Bindu which is the last village on the Indian side bordering Bhutan. It is known for its landscape with Jaldhaka River, hills and forests. There is a conjunction of three streams at Bindu. The three streams are known as Bindu Khola, Dudh Pokhri and Jaldhaka that originates from the Kupup lake, a small glacial lake in Sikkim. The combined streams meet at Bindu to form the Jaldhaka River. 

There is a dam known as Bindu Dam over the Jaldhaka river which is used for controlling water supply to the Jaldhaka Hydel Project at Jhalong and acts as a bridge for crossing over to Bhutan.

Bindu Dam

After the visit Bindu Dam, you will go to Rocky Island which is a hill station of Dooars and a small village in Samsing. Rocky Island surrounded by the hills along with the Murti River, enhances the beauty of the place. A small piece of land blessed with scenic beauty is a complete peace to the soul and eyes.

After the visit all natures you can stay at night at Samsing

Feel the sound of Nature at Suntalekhola

I hope that you all can visit Dooars and I want that everyone must explore nature. And last but not least the thick forest canopy hardly allows any sunlight to enter and even at noon this place is dark like evening. And in this darkness lurks the animals. Enjoy safely!

Dooars part 03 will come soon

Rockey Island, Samsing

Last day of your trip you Take a nature walk in the fringes of Neora Valley and enjoy a walk on the hanging bridge of Suntaleykhola. Leave Samsing for NJP / Bagdogra via the forests of Chalsa, tea gardens of Malbazar, Sevoke Kali Mandir and Coronation Bridge.

. Overnight at Samsing.

DOOARS Part 01.

DOOARS PART 01.

The Dooars are the alluvial floodplains in northeastern India that lie south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas and north of the Brahmaputra River basin. This region is about 30 km (19 miles) wide and stretches over about 350 km (220 miles) from the Teesta River in West Bengal to the Dhansiri River in Assam. The region forms the gateway to Bhutan. It is part of the Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands ecoregion.

There are 18 passages or gateways between the hills in Bhutan and the plains in India. This region is divided by the Sankosh River into Eastern and Western Dooars, consisting of an area of 880 km² (340 sq mi). The Western Dooars are also known as the Bengal Dooars, and the Eastern Dooars also as the Assam Dooars. Dooars is analogous with the Terai in northern India and southern Nepal.

GROUP OF ELEPHANTS

GEOGRAPHY OF DOOARS

The Dooars region constitutes the plains of Darjeeling District, the whole of Jalpaiguri district and Alipurduar district and the upper region of Cooch Behar district in West Bengal and the districts of Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Goalpara and Bongaigaon in the state of Assam.

ALTITUDE

The altitude of the Dooars area ranges from 90 to 1,750 m. Innumerable streams and rivers flow through these fertile plains from the mountains of Bhutan. In Assam, the major rivers are the Brahmaputra and Manas. In northern West Bengal, the major river is the Teesta besides many others like the Jaldhaka, Murti, Torsha, Sankosh, Dyna, Karatoya, Raidak, and Kalchini rivers, among others.

Climate

The average rainfall of the area is about 3,500 mm. Monsoon generally starts from the middle of May and continues until the end of September. Winters are cold with foggy mornings and nights. Summer is mild and constitutes a very short period of the year.

MAJOR CITIES AND TOWNS

The Dooars is a large region and is dotted with many towns and cities. The largest cities in the whole region stretching from the Darjeeling foothills to the Arunachal Pradesh foothills is Siliguri and Jalpaiguri, which both partly lie in the Terai region rather the Dooars, geographically. These northern Bengal cities are well connected with the rest of the country by road, air and railway and are the business hub of the region.

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The other major cities are Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Goalpara, Barpeta and Dhubri in Assam. Cooch Behar, Alipurduar, Dhupguri, Malbazar, Mainaguri and Birpara are the major cities of the Dooars in West Bengal and Kishanganj in Bihar. Also, the commercial capital of Bhutan, Phuentsholing, near Jaigaon, can be considered a part of this region.

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