“Dooars” the word is derived from the word ‘duar’ or ‘door’. The name signifies its location as a gateway to the hill stations of North Bengal and Sikkim as well as Bhutan and Assam.

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“Dooars” the word is derived from the word ‘duar’ or ‘door’. The
name signifies its location as a gateway to the hill stations of
North Bengal and Sikkim as well as Bhutan and Assam. The 130 X
40 sq.km stretched Dooars valley, an important travel destination
in Eastern Himalaya, is covered with lush green forests and
teagardens and intersected by the rivers like Tista, Torsa,
Jaldhaka and their innumerable tributaries. It is the home to one
horned rhino, gaur and many other rare species. A tour or a safari
through these forests of Dooars will be a life time experience.

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Dooars plains can be broadly divided into Eastern Dooars, Central
Dooars and Western Dooars.
Central Dooars – Jaldapara Wild Life Sanctuary has been the
prime attraction in this area. Chilapata forests adjacent to
Jaldapara has also become an important tourist destination
since the last few years. The main entry point of Bhutan at
Jaigaon / Phuentsholing is also in this area. The central Dooars
area is dotted with tea gardens and a number of small towns
such as Banarhat, Birpara, Madarihat, Binnaguri.

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Eastern Dooars
Buxa tiger reserve is the
most important tourist
destination and forest in
this area. Alipurduar,
Coochbehar are major
towns. Buxa and its
surrounding area offer a
large number of small but
attractive tourist
destinations such as
Jayanti, Raimatang, Buxa
fort, Lepchakha,
Rajabhatkhawa, Hatipota,
Bhutanghat etc.
Western Dooars –
This is the most popular
tourist area in Dooars.
Gorumara National Park
and Chapramari Wildlife
Sanctuary, two forests on
both sides of Murti river,
are the most popular
tourist area of Dooars.
This area also has the best
tourism infrastructure
with large number of
hotels and resorts around
Gorumara / Chapramari
area.
Western Dooars also offers a number of smaller off beat
tourist destinations in the hills and its foothills such as
Samsing, Bindu, Jhalong, Paren, Jaldhaka, Nagrakata, Murti
and others.

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Winter
The cold season starts by the
first week of November and
continues upto the end of
February. January is the coldest
month with minimum
temperature of 10.7 Celsius and
daily maximum temperature
remains at 23.6 Degree Celsius.
Monsoon
The rainy season in this area
starts in the month of July
with the arrival of south-west
monsoon. The region receives
a record rainfall during July-
August. The average annual
rainfall in this region is 3925
mm.
Summer
Temperature starts rising
by March, which continues
till October end being June
and July the hottest months.
But temperature never rises
to the unbearable limit
because of its locational
advantage.

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Gorumara National Park is the
home of large numbers of Rhino,
Bison, Elephant and other
wildlife. A jeep safari inside the
forest is the best way to pursue
wildlife. The animal population
has grown so much over the past
few years that the government is
considering expanding the park
area. It is one of the most easily
accessible National Parks of the
region.
Jaldapara Wild Life Sanctuary is famous for its one horned rhino and
the elephant safari. The morning elephant safari inside the grassland
is an experience of a lifetime. This is arguably the most popular
Jungle of the region among the visitors.

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Land development works have been started. This cottage is projected
to build beside Jayanti River and opposite to BUXA range which is the
northern part of West Bengal.