Accommodation
Tourists can find comfortable
accommodation and delicious food right in the heart of the Sanctuary at the Hollong Forest
Bungalow or the Jaldapara Tourist Lodge. Garumara also has a forest bungalow with
two rooms in the most enchanting setting.
There are forest lodges at Samsing,
Chapramari, Milpara, Jainti, Baradabri, Mal & Madarihat.
Jaldapara Tourist Lodge
P.O. Madarihat
Dist: Jalpaiguri
Ph: (03563) 262230
Number of Rooms: 22 double bedded rooms,@
Rs.1000/- including all meals.
13 bedded dormitory @ Rs.300/- per bed including all meals and
Rs.650/- per cottage with food. |
Reservation Authority |
Sl.No. |
Name
& Address |
Telephone
Nos. |
a) |
Tourism Centre
Govt. of West Bengal
3/2 B.B.D. Bag (East)
Kolkata- 700 001. |
22485917
22488271 |
b) |
Tourism Centre Govt. of West Bengal
M-4 Building, Pradhan Nagar
Hill Cart Road
Siliguri - 734403
Tele Fax: 2511979/2517561 |
(0353) 2511979
2511974
2517561 |
c) |
Tourist
Bureau
1, Nehru Road,The Mall,
P.O. Darjeeling.
Gram: Dartour |
(0354) 2254102
|
d) |
Manager, Jaldapara Tourist Lodge
P.O. Madarihat
Dist: Jalpaiguri
Madarihat |
(03563) 262230 |
|
Hollong Tourist Lodge
P.O. Madarihat
Dist: Jalpaiguri
ph: (03563) 262228
No. of rooms: (7) Seven Double Bedded rooms @ Rs.1000/- per room
per day + Compulsory food @ Rs.175/- per head per day (dinner,
breakfast &
bed tea only). Lunch - Optional Rs.75/- per head. |
Reservation Authority |
Sl.No. |
Name
& Address |
Telephone
Nos. |
a) |
Tourism Centre
Govt. of West Bengal
M-4 Building, Pradhan Nagar
Hill Cart Road
Siliguri - 734403
Tele Fax: 2511979/2517561.
e-mail: slg_omntdc@sancharnet.in |
(0353) 2511979
2511974
2517561 |
b) |
Tourism Centre,
3/2 B.B.D. Bagh
Kolkata - 700 001 |
(033) 2248 8271 |
c) |
Divisional Forest Officer
P.O. & Dist: Cooch Behar. |
(03582) 227185 |
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Excursions :
Local excursions may be arranged to visit
tea gardens to see the manufacturing of tea in the nearby tea gardens by prior arrangement
with the authority.
Totopara :
30 kms from Madarihat, a small
village on the banks of the Toorsa near Bhutan border is the only habitation now of the
Dooars aboriginals – the Totos. Their number has dwindled to less than a hundred now.
A tea garden near Banarhat also bears the name Totopara, probably a survival from days
when Toto settlements were more numerous.
Buxa Duar
A Fort at an altitude of 867 metres
on the Sinchula Range guarding the most important of the eleven routes into Bhutan, the
Buxa Duar. Only 60 kilometres from Madarihat, the Fort used as a detention camp for
freedom fighters during British rule.
Jayanti
75 kms from Madarihat a beautiful picnic
spot on the bank of Jayanti river.It provides an excelletn view of the
hills of Bhutan.
Attraction:- 1) Flora and fauna of the region, 2) Pukhri Pahar, 3)
Mahakal Cove, 4) Buxaduar (12 km trek through forest)
Bhutan Ghat
85 kms from Madarihat, the road passes
through beautiful forest and tea gardens. A picnic spot.
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Conducted Tours :
- 1. Jaldapara Wild Life
Sanctuary including Dooars. 2 days (Only on
Saturday. Rates : 2050/- per head)
Accommodation at Holong Tourist Lodge.
tour is inclusive of food, accommodation, elephant charges and
transportation.
Tour starts from TOURISM CENTRE, Govt. of W.
Bengal, M-4 Building, Pradhan Nagar, Hill Cart Road,
Siliguri-734403 every Saturday at 10 a.m. and returns to Siliguri on
Sunday by 5 p.m.
For further information & booking of
the tour, please contact :-
KUNJANAGAR AT FALAKATA
Distance from Birpara - 32 Kms. Adjacent to Jaldapara- Wildlife Santuary
an Eco-tourist spot.
Accomodation : Eco Cottage.
No. of rooms : (4) four Double Bedded Rooms @ Rs.200/- per room per day.
RESERVATION AUTHORITY
a) Divisional Forest Officer
Cooch Behar Division.
P.O. + Dist : Cooch Behar.
Phone : (03582) 227185
Fax ; (03582) 227513
b) Assistant Wild - Life Warden
Madarihat
Phone : (03563) 262239
Entry Fee to Hollong :
Rs.
25/- Per head. |
Rs.
50/- Per light vehicle. |
Rs.
200/- Per heavy vehicle. |
Rs.
5/- Per still camera. |
Rs.
2500/- Per video camera. |
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Elephant Ride Charge :
a)
Adult |
Rs. 120/- Per head |
|
(Maximum 4 persons are allowed on
each Elephant) |
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Garumara Wildlife Sanctuary
Further to the north of Jaldapara and has
similar fauna, with leopards too. It can be accessed from Malbazar. Elephant safaris can
be had here to sight the exceptional wildlife of this region.
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