Here are the top 3 tourist attractions to see in Sundarbans:
1. Marichjhanpi
117 km
from city center
1 out of 3
places to visit in Sundarbans
Marichjhanpi is one of the islands within India’s most famous mangroves - the Sundarbans. Being the location for Amitav Ghosh’s novel The Hungry Tide and a Bengali movie that is due to be released in 2020, Marichjhanpi is known as an island of atrocities.
2. Ghoramara Island
88 km
from city center
2 out of 3
places to visit in Sundarbans
Ghoramara Island is one of the tiny islands of the Sundarban delta, 92km south of Kolkata. The island is a victim of global warming, soil erosion and the ever-rising water-levels of the Bay of Bengal - and is shrinking at exorbitant rates.
3. New Moore Island
27 km
from city center
3 out of 3
places to visit in Sundarbans
New Moore or India’s Purbasha or Bangladesh’s South Talapatti is an offshore sandbar island off the coast of the Sundarbans. Two kilometres away from the mouth of the Haribhanga River, the 25,000sq.m. island was completely submerged under the Bay of Bengal waters for years.