West Bengal-Siliguri

Kanchanjunga Stadium

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Kanchenjunga Stadium, formerly known as Kanchenjunga Krirangon, is a multi-purpose stadium in Siliguri, India. It is mainly used for cricket and football matches

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Hong Kong Market

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Most of the wares in Siliguri are found in two streets of Sevoke Road and Hillcart road. There are many traditional stores in the former street with most of the hotels in the area in this part while the Sevoke Road is having most of the sophisticated stores and most of the city’s banks are found in this location.

 

Because of the popularity of the hill station as a place for tea cultivation, Darjeeling has become a great place to get important brands of tea leaves.

 

Having its position at the West Bengal and North East Border, siliguri has the amalgamation of both the cultures. The most preferred item in siliguri is the Darjeeling tea and is also well known for the woolen garments, Tibetan paintings and the handicrafts made of wood. Hill Cart Road is the perfect place for buying these items as well as the Sevoke Road is also suitable. There is another market for the electronic goods, which goes by the name of Hongkong market, which is also quite famous. Most of the gadgets available are quite cheap and lures the tourists to buy many of these items.

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Jaldapara

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Jaldapara is the long stretch of lush green forest in the northern part of West Bengal. Jaldapara is synonymous to the wildlife in the state of Bengal. There is a wildlife sanctuary in Jaldapara, which attracts a good number of tourists. 

 

 

The Jaldapara Wild Life Sanctuary is a sanctuary that is the most famous in the whole of Bengal. It is located in one of the Jalpaiguri District's Sub-Division - Alipurduar. It is at a distance of about one hundred and twenty four kilometer from Siliguri. 

 

The Wild Life Sanctuary in Jaldapara is especially well known for the rhinoceros with one-horn, which is endangered specie. 

 

The forest in Jaldapara is mainly savannah and it is coated with a kind of tall grasses known as elephant grasses. Through the sanctuary runs the beautiful hilly river, Toorsa. 

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The animals for which the sanctuary is famous apart from the one-horned rhinoceros are:

Wild Elephant

Royal Bengal Tiger

Wild Pig

Sambhar

Bison

Deer

Spotted Deer

Barking Deer

Hog Deer

Peafowl

A special attraction in the Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary is the elephant ride for having a top view of the forest and its animals. It is available at the dawn and the experience is simply exhilarating. 

 

The best time to be in this forest region of Jaldapara is between the month of September to the month of March. The rainy season should preferably be avoided to rule out any kind of inconvenience. The winter is a wonderful time to catch a glimpse of the migratory birds.

Garumara

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Gorumara National Park is significant as representative of the wet evergreen forests of the duars(dooars). The major town of Siliguri is known as the gateway to the duars. Gorumara National Park is close to the major town of Siliguri and offers the visitors a chance to see wild elephants, gaurs(wild ox) and rhinos in their natural habitat.

 

One-horned Indian Rhinos can be seen in the wild in Gorumara. The density of Gaurs is one of the highest in India as there is no significant predator base. Gorumara-Dhupjhora is the one of the last remaining fragment of the majestic Terai/Duar jungles of Bengal.

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Coochbehar

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How to reach Dooars from Cooch Behar?

 Siliguri is the gateway to the Dooars. Cooch Behar being the headquarters of the North Bengal State Transport Corporation, the place is well connected by long distance bus routes to Siliguri as well as to Kolkata, Jalpaiguri and other areas of the state. 

 

Dooars - wild marshy area

There is a broad gauge railway service connecting Cooch Behar with Kolkata via New Jalpaiguri (NJP railway station near Siliguri). The nearest airport to Siliguri is Bagdogra, connecting Kolkata, Delhi and Guwahati.

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Mirik

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In Darjeeling district of west Bengal state  Mirik is an excellent tourist spot and  almost a new hill resort,  situated at just mid way of Siliguri and Darjeeling by another some longer route. Mirik is a tiny picturesque  place, now in fame for it’s main attraction 1.25 km long and approx depth of 8 meter “Sumendu Lake’’ locally called Mirik Lake. In the middle of lake crossed over 25 meter long beautiful arch bridge connected with East and western bank of lake. One can enjoy walking on the bridge over the lake, also can feed to the fish’s in the lake but fishing is strictly prohibited. There is a beautiful trail at the slop of western bank of lake under the canopy of evergreen trees of Cryptomaria – japonica, it is a spot of numbers of cinema shooting. Climate is pleasant almost through out the year. Mirik is surrounded by well-manicured lush green tea gardens, Orange orchard’s , Big cardamom grove, One can enjoy this place for a day excursion from Darjeeling or Siliguri, as picnic spot, or spent some day’s at leisure in a Really calm and quite atmosphere away from the velocity of city life.

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Kalijhora

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28 kms away from Siliguri on National Highway-31A is offering you with all its natural spectacular provisions to arrange picnic by the side of river Teesta. naturebeyond is building a eco-tourism resort at Kalijhora on the banks of River Tista. The project is undertaken with the direct involvement of local people, NESPON an environmental NGO and Govt agencies.

Kalijhora is a splendid picnic spot by the side of spectacular River Teesta (27 km away from Siliguri). Close by are Peshok, famous for the confluence of Teesta and Rangeet; Mongpu reminiscent of association of the place with Rabindranath Tagore; and Latpanchor is emerging as an excellent tourist destination.

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Mahananda Weir Sukna

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Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary is located at a distance of 18 km from Silguri in Darjeeling between the rivers Mahananda and Teesta. This vast expanse of forest and grass lands is the home for Bengal tigers, elephants, Indian bisons, languor, mountain goats, barking deer, Himalayan black bear, chital, gaurs and leopards among others.The winged species include rosy minivets, pea fowls, Kaleen pheasants, hill partridges, king vultures, swallows, swifts and ibis bills. During winter many migratory birds can also be seen.

The West Bengal government forest department arranges jeep and elephant safaris from Sukna gate from 9 am to 3 pm. Entrance fee is INR 25/- and INR 100/- per head for Indians and foreigners respectively. An elephant safari costs INR 145/- per head and jeep safari INR 450/- per vehicle. The four watchtowers inside the sanctuary help visitors to watch the wild life at close quarters.

If you are an adventure seeker, there are some mild to medium trekking tracks inside the sanctuary for you to explore. Nature lovers, photographers, ornithologists and tourists will also find a visit to Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary highly interesting.

Sanctuary remains closed from July to September and the best time for a visit is from October to December.

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