Dooars

Situated in the Himalayan foothills, Dooars is the area, which offers visitors a trip through the rolling hill slopes, extensive verdant green tea gardens, high Sal forests, small calm ethnic villages, vast fields with a blue out line of the great Himalayan ranges in the horizon, endless sky. With its magnificent natural beauty, it is a dream destination of every man. Dooars is the combination of the tropical forests that enriched with various kind of wildlife, countless hill streams that cut the green carpet of tea gardens and rolling plains, low hills rising up from the rivers.

The Dooars valley (also called Duars), is the entry point of Bhutan and the entire North East of India. It is the gateway to the Himalayas. If you want to make your visit unforgettable, then you drive through the Dooars plains.

There are several famous forests situated in Dooars, they are

  -  Buxa Tiger Reserve
  -  Chapramari Sanctuary
  -  Gorumara National Park
  -  Jaldapara Wild Life Sanctuary
  -  Mahananda Wild Life Sanctuary
  -  Murti Forest
  -  Neora valley national park

The places to visit in Dooars:
There are many interesting places in and around Dooars and they are the remains of forts at Nalrajar Garh and Buxa Duar, Jalpesh temple and Totopara, the home of the exceptional Toto tribes. Coochbehar Jalpaiguri, Malbazar, Mongpong are some of the towns, which situated in Dooars.

Where to stay at Dooars:

There are many forest lodges situated at Samsing, Chapramati, Garumara, Hollong, Nilpara and Jainti, Bardabri. A number of tourist lodges situated at Mal and Madarihat.
Some of the well-known hotels and resorts of Dooars are,
  -  Silver Ridge Resorts, Lataguri
  -  Panchavati Resorts, Lataguri
  -  Gracilips Hotel, Buxa
  -  Hotel Sivaji Inn, Bindu
  -  Sinclears Retreat, Chalsa

How to get to Dooars:

Dooars is well- connected Siliguri by road, which is the most comfortable entrance to Dooars. There are regular bus services between Siliguri and the most important spots in the Dooars. Broad gauge rail connection is accessible between New Jalpaiguri and Mal, Madarihat, Nilpara, Jainti, Mainaguri, Dhupguri and Falakata. Metregauge rail connection is accessible between Siliguri and most spots of the Dooars.