Sundarban
The sun over the horizon
The next day we started early in the morning on a trawler boat. After obtaining the required permissions from sundarban trip our long journey through the wilderness started. Our journey towards the mangroves started with the “Para Siempre” (That’s what our boat was called!) sailing through the heart of the Gomdi river. The morning was so foggy that we could hardly see a few meters ahead of our boat. The cold wind blew against our cheeks making us tug our jackets close to us. As the boat moved through the vast stretches of rivers and rivulets bringing us close to the forests that are so dense. It gave us an eerie feeling, a feeling that we are being watched by those burning eyes of the creature who is so elusive.
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The forest, the mangrove, the wilderness
The Sundarban has its name derived from the “Sundari trees”, a pneumatophore which helps to bind the soil of Sundarban. These trees are now declared endangered. From Gomdi, we took a route through various creeks and finally came to the confluence of rivers Gomdi, Bidya and Matla.
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Moving through the heart of the mighty water bodies
Sundarban is full of birds like kingfishers, egret, Brahmani eagles, pond heron, black cormorants, magpie robin, green bee eaters and many more.
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Giant Kite
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Blue Kingfisher
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Green bee-eater
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Black-naped Oriole
We were also lucky to see deers, crocodiles, the rare water monitor lizard, wild boar and wild cat. Believe me, the thrill of seeing this animals in their natural habitat is much better that seeing them confined in a zoo.
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