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Sundarbans Reserve Forest: Day 2 at the largest continuous mangrove forest in the world

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                                                   Sundarbans Reserve Forest Continued from my last post  Sundarbans Reserve Forest: the largest continuous mangrove forest in the world Day 2 : We checked out of our hotel at 8 in the morning and got into our launch for our 2 nd and last day at Sundarbans (yes, a very short trip:) Breakfast was prepared and served in the launch. Hot luchis (fried refined flour bread), aloo sabji (potato curry with gravy), and tea was the menu, and exactly what we needed to start the day with :) Our first stop was Sajnekhali and this is the place where a permit is obtained to get into the reserve forest area. Sajnekhali has watch towers which provides  a good view of the mangrove forest a. We saw monkeys and river terrapins during our stop here. With the permit done, our launch  ride continu...

Sundarbans Reserve Forest: The largest continuous mangrove forest in the world

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                                   Sundarbans Reserve Forest West Bengal, India Finally went out for a short trip with the family after almost two years! What a relief to be able to start travelling  again:) We chose Sundarbans because of the short time it takes to reach Sundarbans from Kolkata. It was not my first visit but i like visiting Sundarbans anyway:). If you are in Kolkata, Sundarbans must be in your list of places to visit, especially if you like nature. It will take you approx. three hours by road from Kolkata to reach the closest point from where the launch journey to Sundarbans begins. Day 1 : We started around 9.30 am, and by the time we got  dropped off at Godkhali, it was almost 12.30 pm.  Godkhali is one of the points from where you can get into a launch that will take you into the reserve forest. You can also reach Sundarbans from Canning. For us, Godkh...