Address: Office of the Chief Conservator of Forests and Field Director, Sundarban Tiger Reserve, Canning Town, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India – 743329,
Location: 21°50′17″N 88°53′07″E
Official Website:
https://sundarbantigerreserve.org/
Contact: 03218-255280
Email: sundarbantigerreserve@gmail.com
Established in: 04 May 1984
Nearest Airport: Netaji Subhash International Airport at Dumdum, Kolkata (112 kms)
Nearest Railway Stations: Canning (48 kms)
Nearest Bus Stop: Namkhana, Raidighi, Sonakhali and Najat
About: The Sundarbans National Park is a national park, tiger reserve and biosphere reserve in West Bengal, India. It is part of the Sundarbans in the Ganges Delta and adjacent to the Sundarban Reserve Forest in Bangladesh. The delta is densely covered by mangrove forests, and is one of the largest reserves for the Bengal tiger. It is also home to a variety of bird, reptile and invertebrate species, including the salt-water crocodile. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1987, and it has been designated as a Ramsar site since 2019. It has been considered as a World Network of Biosphere Reserve (Man and Biosphere Reserve) since 1989.
