Expedition

Into Tiger Country

Four days on the water in the core of the reserve, where the forest decides what you see.

Duration

4 Days / 3 Nights

Best season

Nov – Feb

Group size

Max 8

Activity

Easy

From

On request

The boat leaves Gosaba before the tide turns and does not touch a road again for four days. You sleep on the water, wake to the sound of the forest deciding whether to speak, and spend the light hours reading the bank for pugmarks the last tide has not taken.

This is not a safari. Nothing is fenced, baited or guaranteed. What you get instead is the delta on its own terms: creeks narrow enough to touch both banks, a watchtower at Sajnekhali, and a guide who has spent thirty years learning which silences mean something.

The route, day by day

Tides set the timetable. The outline below bends to the water, the weather and the forest.

Tide calendar
  1. Day 01

    Gosaba and the turning tide

    The boat leaves Gosaba before the tide turns. Settle aboard as the settlements thin out and the mangroves close in on both banks.

  2. Day 02

    Sajnekhali and the narrow creeks

    Time at the Sajnekhali watchtower, then slow passages into creeks narrow enough to touch both banks, reading the mud for fresh pugmarks.

  3. Day 03

    Deep in the core

    A full day on the water in the core of the reserve. Long, quiet waits — the forest decides what you see, and when.

  4. Day 04

    Back with the tide

    A final dawn on deck before the boat turns for Gosaba and the first road in four days.

At a glance

Good to know

  • Departs from Gosaba
  • 4 Days / 3 Nights
  • Max 8
  • Best from Nov – Feb
  • Easy pace
  • Sightings are never guaranteed

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