24Sep2022

The Mystic Mangroves Sunderbans!

GoingWild

#Guest Blog

In the month of August 2016; Anirban Sen joined us during the bird photography trip at Sundarban Tiger Reserve in West Bengal. Very recently he has published a write up on his experience of birding and wildlife photography with us which has been posted below.
The other posts related to birding by Anirban Sen can be seen at: Wild Chronicles
White-bellied Sea-Eagle [Banner] - © Anirban Sen @ 2016

Despite being born and brought up in Kolkata, it’s a wonder that it took me 3 decades to finally plan a trip to the mangrove kingdom of the Sunderbans.

For the uninitiated, the Sunderbans is the world’s largest delta and a vast stretch of small islands covered with mangrove trees and interspaced by estuarine creeks which drain into the Bay of Bengal. This deltaic forest has evolved into an ecosystem unlike any other in the country and provides sanctuary to a phenomenal amount of wildlife, including the fabled Royal Bengal.

I had planned my trip with a travel agency called GoingWild (http://www.goingwild.in/contactus) managed by 3 enterprising young gentlemen. Their knowledge of Sunderbans would probably be the best amongst many experts who organize trips to these forests.

Our trip began at 5:30 AM on a Saturday when we were picked up from our respective homes ...... [Click here to read from original website of Anirban Sen]