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DOOARS - DOOR TO NATURE
DOOARS - DOOR TO NATURE 
I got pregnant with the idea of making tour to DOOARS months back when Paromita and Kuntal da asked me to frame up a tour to DOOARS. Dooars for me was a land full of mystery and adventure , without much knowledge of the place i dipped into my research work and the more I read about the place , system of tourism , and the periphery of tourism there, the more I got confuse as it is not like other places where i generally make tours.I t is huge , generally people understand Dooars by Gorumara and Jaldapara but believe me it is much more than it is usually think about. It is a world of nature within a world of its own, a world completely engrossed in its own charm and one who will be able to invade its heart will come out as a true winner. Winner means not saying others that he/ she have seen this , that wild life out there , winner mean in true sense he/ she has been able to catch up the pulse which is beating inside it. The jungles of Jayanti , Chilapata and such places have so many things to whisper if one could hear. I can tell a tale of pages on the life energy of DOOARS but lets not bore you all and get straight inside our DOOARS DIARY.
Date of Journey : 21st December ' 2013 by Kamrup Express from Howrah , destination station : New Alipur Duar. TOUR MEMBERS : Priti Kona Dutta , Tripti Mukherjee , Rita Banerjee , Anangajit Chatterjee , Suparna Chatterjee , Tirtha Roy , Mahuya Roy , Hrishita Roy , Kuntal Roy , Paramita Roy , Shuvam Roy and Subhas Das, Moumita Mukherjee ,Kuhak Das.
22nd Dec : REACHED NEW ALIPUR DUAR .Finally our black rubbers soles touch the road through the undulating hill slopes, widespread mushrooming green tea gardens divided by babbling mountain brooks, sky-scraping Sal forests fortifying the humble tribal settlements, vast grazing lands with royal presence of the great Himalayan ranges in the very horizon as a natural backdrop kissing the clear blue sky, you should be delighted to realise that you’re driving into Dooars! -
1st day of the tour and we drove into CHILAPATA JUNGLE CAMP , a group of cottages built keeping in mind eco tourism concept. There are two types of cottage , Bamboo and Elephant , as the name suggest bamboo cottage is toally made of bamboo but the inside is quite comfy and elegant. Elephant cottage are so called as Elephant get scared by this type of two storied cottages .
22nd December , evening we all rolled on into open zypsies and warmed up ourselves for the first day jungle Safari...few minutes gone and we witness oursleves within deep , dense forest of Chilapata. Our guide was busy giving the detail of the forest fauna while our eyes were gazing for the sight of wildness. The zypsies in which our other group was seating had a competent guide and driver , they waited until all the car passes and eventually drove into the jungle. While our car witnessed only 1 wild Bison , Kuntal da'S group witnessd Bison, Elephant , and last of all an wild , anguished tusker.They said the sight was immensely fearful as the elephant was trumpeting and giving final warning before attack. They flew from the palace directly to Jungle camp.The little one , Tatai got so scared that he decided to leave half way the tour of DOOARS.. and run straight to SANTOSHPUR.
THE DAY ENDED WITH CHICKEN AND VEG PAKORAS , TEA FOLLOWED WITH "hebby" ADDA IN THE OPEN AIR DINING AREA OF CHILAPATA JUNGLE CAMP.
23rd December was a busy- fizzy day as after an early breakfast we rolled into our vehicle for a day long tour to Raymatang, Jayanti , Core forest area of Jayanti , Buxa , Pukhori , etc.the most enjoyable part of this day was venturing into the deep woods of JAYANTI , the jungle in Jayanti really catalyzed goose bumps . Its dense, and we felt the deepness , the smell and the sound of the jungles it is still not invaded by tourists and our car driver took us deep into the jungle , for actually making us feel the ambiance of jungle . Though there was not much sighting except a golden jackal which peeped in and out but the night safari was excellent. and thrilling.
FOR
THOSE WHO ARE NOT SO ACQUAINTED WITH DOOARS ... straight from Wikipedia
"The
Dooars or Duars (Pron: ˌdu:ˈɑ:z) (Bengali: ডুয়ার্স; Nepali: डुवर्स) are the floodplains and foothills of the eastern Himalayas in North-East India around Bhutan. Duar means 'door' in Assamese, Bengali, Nepali, Maithili, Bhojpuri, Magahi and Telugu languages, and the region forms the
gateway to Bhutan from India. There are 18 passages or
gateways through which the Bhutanese people can communicate with the people
living in the plains. This region is divided by the Sankosh river into the Eastern and the Western
Dooars, consisting of an area of 8,800 km² (3,400 sq mi). The Western
Dooars is known as the Bengal Dooars and the Eastern Dooars as the Assam
Dooars. Dooars is synonymous with the term Terai
used in Nepal and northern India and form the only
nitrate rich soil in India."
"
Forests
and animals
The
beauty of the region lies not only in its tea gardens but also in the dense
jungles that make up the countryside. Many wildlife sanctuaries and national
park like Manas National Park
in Assam, Jaldapara National
Park, Buxa National Park,
Gorumara National Park,
Chapramari
Wildlife Reserve and the one of the densest CHILAPATA FOREST
ZONE in West Bengal are located in this region.
A
number of rare endangered species of animals like tiger,
rhinoceros and elephant make their habitat in the forests of the
Dooars. Other animals includes different types of deer,
bison, birds and reptiles. A railway line runs
through the tea gardens and the various protected areas and a number of
elephants have been killed in collisions with trains."
Date of Journey : 21st December ' 2013 by Kamrup Express from Howrah , destination station : New Alipur Duar. TOUR MEMBERS : Priti Kona Dutta , Tripti Mukherjee , Rita Banerjee , Anangajit Chatterjee , Suparna Chatterjee , Tirtha Roy , Mahuya Roy , Hrishita Roy , Kuntal Roy , Paramita Roy , Shuvam Roy and Subhas Das, Moumita Mukherjee ,Kuhak Das.
22nd Dec : REACHED NEW ALIPUR DUAR .Finally our black rubbers soles touch the road through the undulating hill slopes, widespread mushrooming green tea gardens divided by babbling mountain brooks, sky-scraping Sal forests fortifying the humble tribal settlements, vast grazing lands with royal presence of the great Himalayan ranges in the very horizon as a natural backdrop kissing the clear blue sky, you should be delighted to realise that you’re driving into Dooars! -
1st day of the tour and we drove into CHILAPATA JUNGLE CAMP , a group of cottages built keeping in mind eco tourism concept. There are two types of cottage , Bamboo and Elephant , as the name suggest bamboo cottage is toally made of bamboo but the inside is quite comfy and elegant. Elephant cottage are so called as Elephant get scared by this type of two storied cottages .
23rd December was a busy- fizzy day as after an early breakfast we rolled into our vehicle for a day long tour to Raymatang, Jayanti , Core forest area of Jayanti , Buxa , Pukhori , etc.the most enjoyable part of this day was venturing into the deep woods of JAYANTI , the jungle in Jayanti really catalyzed goose bumps . Its dense, and we felt the deepness , the smell and the sound of the jungles it is still not invaded by tourists and our car driver took us deep into the jungle , for actually making us feel the ambiance of jungle . Though there was not much sighting except a golden jackal which peeped in and out but the night safari was excellent. and thrilling.
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| Jungle safari of Chilapata |
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| Jayanti river |
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a mild trek through woods to RAYMATANG
24th December : It
was a busy day again. Bidding bye to Chilapata to set for our nest destination. THE SHOW MUST GO ON. We got up early, get ourselves ready very fast, had some quick
break fast, came out of the Hotel and hopped in the waiting cab . Today we are going to Madarihat , where will stay for a night and the following morning will enjoy ELEPHANT SAFARI of Jaldapara. HEAVEN IN JALDAPARA , was our resort in JALDAPARA . Backyard of the hotel is accompanied with enough playing area for children , well mantianed lawn and an empty swimming pool. Well the children and their parents enjoyed a volley ball game out there. After lunch all the male members of the tour , that is my hubby , Kuntal da, Tirtha Da and Anangajit da went to buy tickets for ELEPHANT RIDE , next morning. The situation out there was totally out of controll and we constantly got the feed back from the hotel people as well as other tourists that it is next to impossible to obtain tickets for elephant ride as it was a christmas time. They even said that tickets are blacked by the touts @ 3000/- to 4000/- . So we got sure that by no means we would be able to enjoy elephant ride and we have suffice our needs with Zypsy safari only. But GOD was at our side and Do not know how Subhas managed to mend new rules in the ticket counter and ultimately we got 14 tickets out of total , 42 tickets. Even the wardren of the forest Divn got surprised by these and applauded us. I think some heroic ghost temporarily resided on Subhas's shoulder . HA...Ha... :)
Next morning , it was still dark and chilled outside but our troop was full of energy , beaming with confidence we hopped into our car and rolled on towards the forest gate. After brief checking procedure at the gate we are allowed to enter the reserve forest area, we reached HOLLONG BUNGLOW at the break of the dawn. After much waiting , far there , we saw a little baby elephant followed by her big mother . The sight was exotic. and soon all the tourists lined up to capture this moment in their lens. Least bothered by the attantion the duo along with 4 other elephants slowly proceeded towards us.
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