The Dooars Foothills of North Bengal

Dooars is situated in the Sub-Himalayan parts of Northern West Bengal. The word Dooars is gotten from the word 'duar' which implies entryway in Bengali. The name is well-suited as dooars goes about as the door to Assam, Sikkim, and Bhutan. Dooars goes about as a center for tourism. Dooars is secured with rich green woodland and tea gardens. Dooars has substantial number of untamed life havens, for example, Gorumara National Park, Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary, Buxa Tiger Reserve. Dooars is the home to Asiatic one-horned rhino, buffalo, elephant and assortment of flying creatures. Aside from these untamed life asylums alternate goals in dooars are Coochbehar, Jalpaiguri, Murti, Jhallong, Jayanti, Alipurduar, and so forth. The huge surface of green woods, unending tea patio nurseries and waterway Teesta, Torsha, Jaldhaka, Raidak, Kalchini and their tributaries courses through dooars. Tea and Tourism is the significant wellspring of pay in Dooars. Dooars is a standout amongst the most favored areas for traveler everywhere throughout the world. Dooars has picked up unmistakable quality in the current years as it is encompassed by number of natural life havens and national parks.

The Duars or Dooars is the neighborhood name of the floodplains and lower regions of North Bengal that keep running from the Teesta River to the Sankoshi River, around Bhutan. Its name, as you may have speculated, originates from the word 'entryway', since they fill in as a portal to India's benevolent northern neighbor. Darjeeling, Siliguri and Jalpaiguri are a couple of the conspicuous towns that fall inside the Dooars. With the strong Himalayan mountains extending over the skyline and thick, normally assorted woodlands around it, the Dooars is a honored and lovely district. What's more, it will get significantly more wonderful if an arrangement being figured by the Northeast Frontier Railway is finished.

Risen up out of the word 'Entryway', Dooars is the portal to Bhutan beginning from stream Teesta in the East to waterway Sankoshi in the west. Dooars is honored with the strong scope of the Eastern Himalayas out of sight, thick backwoods, assortment of types of Flora and Fauna, proceeded with tea patio nurseries and few streams to include the magnificence in the environment.

Dooars is acclaimed for its rich biodiversity and timberlands. The most extraordinary parks are Gorumara National Park, Jaldapara Wild Life Sanctuary and Buxa Tiger Reserve.

Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, Gorumara National Park, Champamari Wildlife Sanctuary are territories of the uncommon one-horned rhinoceros, the relentless buffalo, panther, spotted deer, Sambar, hoard deer, reptiles, colossal wild tuskers, wild pigs, and the rarest assortment of winged creatures, including peacocks. Elephant – riding through the Jaldapara timberland looking for wild creatures, especially the one-horned rhinos, is mainstream among vacationers.

Jayanti – is about 30 km from Alipurduar, is a delightful spot encompassed by the waterway Jayanti and the slopes around.

Bhutan Ghat around 45 km from Alipurduar is renowned for its beautiful magnificence and is near the waterway Raidak that outskirts Bhutan.

Buxa Fort is 30 km from Alipurduar, renowned for the remains of the Detention Camp utilized by the British Government for keeping opportunity warriors of our nation.

 Malbazar is 52 km from Siliguri has tea gardens and picturesque spots around.

Chalsa is 61 km from Siliguri, is well known for its grand excellence.Teesta Barrage is 57 km from Siliguri and is a rising and being created as a vacation spot.

Phuntsholling is 161 km from Siliguri by means of Jaldapara, on the outskirt of Bhutan, is a noteworthy passage to Bhutan.

 

Mahanada Wildlife Sanctuary - Mahanada Wildlife Sanctuary is an unquestionable requirement in the event that you are into natural life. Situated at the lower regions of Himalayas in the Terai district, it is spread over the lower catchment territory of waterway Mahanada. Mahanada homes uncommon types of creatures like one horn Rhino, Bison, Elephants, Tigers, Leopards, Sambar and Cheetals. 

Sumsing and Suntalekhola - 81km from Siliguri, it is considered paradise for Nature darlings with two woods cottages amidst a backwoods, slopes in the scenery and the steady sprinkling clamor of the various streams as they stream, advance out of the home and tune in to early morning trilling of winged creatures and whispers of the woodland as it advises a remark rambunctiously moving waterway water.

Latpanchore – A little town at slope top on the Mahanada Wildlife Sanctuary is encompassed by woods and is rich in the Cinchona estate. There is an old British cottage amidst this, which now fills in as a backwoods home. Trekkers trek from here up to Namthing Pokhri. Dawn from the Aahal Pick is so mitigating and nonexistent and is dependably a joy to watch.

 The magnificence of the locale lies in its tea plants as well as in the thick wildernesses that make up the wide open. Various uncommon jeopardized types of creatures like tiger, rhinoceros and elephant make their natural surroundings in the timberlands of the Dooars. Different creatures incorporate diverse kinds of deer, buffalo, feathered creatures and reptiles.

Best Time to Visit Dooars

With charming climate consistently, Dooars can be gone by whenever of the year. Amid November – December Tourism Fest and Teesta Tea is commended. It is most likely the best time to visit to witness and take an interest in number of fun and skip exercises, water sports, social occasions and exhibitions and so forth. Amid this time, the West Bengal government in a joint effort with the Indian Railway run unique trains associating Dooars to Cooch Behar and Siliguri.

The most effective method to Reach

  Street: Siliguri is the portal to the Dooars. Cooch Behar, being the base camp of the North Bengal State Transport Corporation, is well – associated by long separation transport courses to Siliguri and Kolkata, Jalpaiguri, and so forth.