Alipurduar

Alipurduar is located in the north-east corner of West Bengal, bordering on Bhutan and Assam. It is the headquarters Alipurduar district. The area is in eastern Dooars, Himalayan foothills, with thick forests and a variety of wildlife. The entire region exudes great scenic beauty.

By train

Alipurduar Junction railway station is on the New Jalpaiguri-Alipurduar-Samuktala Road line (originally metre gauge but later converted to broad gauge) and New Alipurduar railway station is on the New Jalpaiguri-Guwahati main line (broad gauge) with a variety of options for trains from all over India.

By road

Alipurduar is on National Highway 31D, with links to NH 31 and NH 31C. This means easy access to the rest of North Bengal and the North-east. Large number of buses ply on these routes.

• Buxa Tiger ReserveBuxa Tiger Reserve is located near Alipurduar in the eastern Dooars. Amongst wildlife in the tiger reserve are tiger, leopard (black panther also), elephant, clouded leopard, Himalayan black bear, barking deer, gaur, pangolin, and python.

• Buxa Fort

  address: Buxaduar, Rajabhatkhawa Gram Panchayet, Kalchini block
  Buxa Fort was conquered after the Dooars Bhutan war in 1865. The fort was primarily used as a military barracks, to protect the Indo-Bhutan border. Later used as detainment camp (1931-1939 & 1942 -1947) for Indian Freedom Fighters. The 2 km 2 fort is the symbol of Indian Freedom Movement.

• RajabhatkhawaIt has a railway station on the New Jalpaiguri-Alipurduar-Samuktala line and is also connected by road. Nature Interpretation Centre and Tiger Rescue Centre are points of interest at Rajabhatkhawa.

  JaintiExotic scenic beauty at the foot of the Bhutan Hills, Rich variety of wild life.

• Rasik BeelRasik Beel is a wet land complex (in Bengali, beel means large water body) and bird sanctuary, with such birds as lesser whistling teal, common teal, cotton teal, dapchick, bronze winged jacana, pheasant-tailed janacana, shoveler, barheaded goose, white-eyed poacherd etc. A 70 feet high watch tower has been constructed by Coochbehar Forest Division. There is a mini zoo at Rasik Beel, with tortoise, gharial, leopard, spotted deer, peafowl and other inmates.

• Restaurant Parivar

  phone: +91 3564 253884
  address: Hotel Sinchula, Puran Bazar

Budget

• Kanchanjangha Tourist Lodge

  address: BG Road

• Hotel Dooars Mountain

  address: Buxa Feeder Road, Shanti Nagar

• Repose Hotel

  address: Station Road

Mid-range

• Hotel Elite

  phone: +91 9733330489
  address: Alipurduar Chowpati

• Hotel Sinchula

  phone: +91 3564 253884, +91 9734903280
  address: Puran Bazar

• Hotel Shivam

  address: Samuktala Road

Accommodation outside of Alipurduar

• Rovers' Inn

  address: Jainti

• Forest Rest House

  phone: +91 3564-256005
  address: Buxa Tiger Reserve

• Eco Development Guest House

  address: Buxa Duar
  It is a 16 beds dormitory, at an altitude of 2600 ft, run by local Eco Development Committee for Buxa Duar.

• Leo House

  phone: +91 3564-2551
  address: Rajabhatkawa
  3 rooms with total six beds

• Tiger Lodge

  phone: +91 3564-2551
  address: Rajabhatkhawa
  2 rooms with total four beds

• PHE Bungalow

  phone: +91 3561-230659
  address: Jainti
  3 double-bedded rooms and dormitory with six beds

• Cooch Behar
• Jalpaiguri
• Hasimara
• Raiganj
• Gorumara National Park