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Buxa Tiger Reserve Voyage Tips and guide

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    The Buxa Hills viewed from Jayanti forest

    Buxa Tiger Reserve, also known as Buxa National Park, is a forested area in the northern plains of West Bengal. It is a habitat for tigers, Asian elephants and other mammals plus a variety of birds, amphibians and reptiles.

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    History

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    Landscape

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    Buxa Tiger Reserve is the largest forest in the Dooars region. It is bounded by Bhutan at the north, the Jayanti River at the east and the Checko River at the west.

    Flora and fauna

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    Other than tigers, the wildlife in Buxa Tiger Reserve include leopard (black panther also), elephant, clouded leopard, Himalayan black bear, barking deer, gaur, pangolin, and python. The national park also serves as a migration corridor for elephants between India and Bhutan.

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    Get in

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    Rajabhatkhawa (রাজাভাতখাওয়া Rājābhātkhāoẏā) is the usual starting point for Buxa Tiger Reserve. Rajabhatkhawa is north of Alipurduar and it can be easily reached by train, bus or car.

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    The nearest airports include Cooch Behar (COH IATA) and Rupsi (RUP IATA).

    By train

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    • 1 Rajabhatkhawa railway station. Rajabhatkhawa railway station (Q60212647) on Wikidata Rajabhatkhawa railway station on Wikipedia

    By car

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    From Alipurduar, take SH 16 till Rajabhatkhawa.

    Fees and permits

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    Get around

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    Map
    Map of Buxa Tiger Reserve

    See

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    • 1 Buxa Fort. A fort at an altitude of 867 m (2,844 ft) on the Sinchula Range guarding the most important of the eleven routes into Bhutan. It was previously used as a detention camp used by the British Raj to detain the freedom activists of India. Buxa Fort (Q5003231) on Wikidata Buxa Fort on Wikipedia
    • 2 Jayanti Hill. A beautiful picnic spot at the Jayanti River that provides an excellent view of the hills of Bhutan. Jayanti (Q6167610) on Wikidata Jayanti, Alipurduar on Wikipedia
    • 3 Rajabhatkhawa Nature Interpretation Centre. This is a museum inside Buxa tiger reserve.

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    Lodging

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    • Forest Rest House, +91 3564-256005.
    • Eco Development Guest House, Buxa Duar. It is a 16-bed dormitory, at an altitude of 2600 ft, run by local Eco Development Committee for Buxa Duar.
    • Leo House, Rajabhatkawa, +91 3564-2551. 3 rooms with total six beds
    • Tiger Lodge, Rajabhatkhawa, +91 3564-2551. 2 rooms with total four beds

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    Backcountry

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