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Sundarban · from Khulna · by ship
A place to sit and watch the river under a flower-decked canopy, with a heart-shaped arch to one side. The cabins in the photos have AC and red curtains, with the bathroom in the cabin.
Pick your departure date: The route changes with the season.
6:00 am Our guide meets you at BIWTA Launch Terminal (4 no. Ghat) and takes you aboard; settle into your cabin · 6:30 welcome drink · 7:00 the ship leaves Khulna · 8:00 semi-buffet breakfast · 11:00 snacks, tea and coffee · 11:30–12:30 Dhangmari forest station, the first gate into the Sundarbans; permits checked, forest guards aboard · 1:30 pm lunch · 3:00–4:00 ashore at Andharmanik — watchtower, the boardwalk through the mangrove, pugmarks in the mud if the forest is willing · 5:00 back aboard and away towards Kotka, with afternoon snacks on deck · evening dinner on the top deck.
Both routes, every departure. 6:00 am at sunrise out in small boats into Kotka's narrow canals, engines off — the hour for birds, and for hearing deer move · 6:15 Kotka watchtower, herds of deer, then the walk through the mangrove to Jamtola beach · 8:30 breakfast · 9:00 Kotka Office Par and the grassland around it · 11:00 snacks · 1:30 pm lunch. Departures up to 14 November · 10:30 away for Kochikhali · 3:30 pm Kochikhali sanctuary — forest office, deer, dolphins in the river · 4:30 by small boat to Dimer Char: open sand, deep forest on every side, sunset over the Bay of Bengal · 5:30 back aboard, light snacks · evening barbecue dinner on deck, then the ship sails overnight for Karamjal.
8:00 am breakfast · 9:30 Karamjal — the boardwalk through the forest, the deer and crocodile breeding centre, the watchtower · 11:00 back aboard, away for Khulna · 11:30 snacks · 2:30 pm lunch · 5:30 alongside at Khulna ghat. End of the trip.
The route can change: visits are limited to Forest Department-approved spots and tides, weather or official instructions can alter the plan.
6:00 am Our guide meets you at BIWTA Launch Terminal (4 no. Ghat) and takes you aboard; settle into your cabin · 6:30 welcome drink · 7:00 the ship leaves Khulna · 8:00 semi-buffet breakfast · 11:00 snacks, tea and coffee · 11:30–12:30 Dhangmari forest station, the first gate into the Sundarbans; permits checked, forest guards aboard · 1:30 pm lunch · 3:00–4:00 ashore at Andharmanik — watchtower, the boardwalk through the mangrove, pugmarks in the mud if the forest is willing · 5:00 back aboard and away towards Kotka, with afternoon snacks on deck · evening dinner on the top deck.
Both routes, every departure. 6:00 am at sunrise out in small boats into Kotka's narrow canals, engines off — the hour for birds, and for hearing deer move · 6:15 Kotka watchtower, herds of deer, then the walk through the mangrove to Jamtola beach · 8:30 breakfast · 9:00 Kotka Office Par and the grassland around it · 11:00 snacks · 1:30 pm lunch. Departures from 15 November · the ship turns south-west instead of east. Kochikhali and Dimer Char come off the itinerary, and in their place we run Dublar Char — the fishermen's island on the open coast — and Hiron Point, where the forest meets the Bay. evening barbecue dinner on deck, then the ship sails overnight for Karamjal.
8:00 am breakfast · 9:30 Karamjal — the boardwalk through the forest, the deer and crocodile breeding centre, the watchtower · 11:00 back aboard, away for Khulna · 11:30 snacks · 2:30 pm lunch · 5:30 alongside at Khulna ghat. End of the trip.
The route can change: visits are limited to Forest Department-approved spots and tides, weather or official instructions can alter the plan.
Yes. The forest is closed to tourists from June to August each year, and November falls in the open season, which Khulna tour operators put at October to March.
Yes. Tourists may only visit spots and routes the Forest Department has approved, and tides, weather or a Forest Department instruction can change the plan.
Dublar Char and Hiron Point sit on the open coast, and we only run them from 15 November. REASON: sea conditions. Departures up to 14 November go to Kochikhali and Dimer Char instead. Both routes are three days, both include Kotka, Jamtola beach and Karamjal, and the price is the same. Your written confirmation names the stops for your departure.
Royal Bengal tigers live throughout this forest but are seen by very few visitors. Most guests come back with pugmarks in the mud rather than a tiger — and with deer, crocodiles, dolphins, macaques and a great many birds. We would rather you travel with the right expectation than come home disappointed.
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