ADVENTURE TOURISM IN JALPAIGURI DISTRICT

ADVENTURE TOURISM IN JALPAIGURI DISTRICT


The lifestyle of majority of the population today has become stressful and competitive. People are always eager to test their capability and increase their endurance capacity. Adventure sports provides thrill and increases confidence level simultaneously therefore is has become a mantra for individuals seeking to put themselves to the extreme test of self analysis.

Adventure tourism has become a popular mode for recreation for a large number of people in recent times. People prefer to opt for it during their tours to spend their leisure period and the number is increasing constantly. Thus adventure tourism is gaining popularity day by day.

Jalpaiguri as a district has multiple options to offer to the visitors in adventure tourism sector due to its geographic landscape comprising of Himalayan foothills, sub-tropical forest and perennial rivers. The district of Jalpaiguri is blessed with treasure-trove of national parks, tea gardens and alluring natural beauty.

One can experience the land based activities like; trekking, camping, rock climbing, rappelling, mountain biking, cycling and water based activities like; fishing, rafting, kayaking and river crossing activities.

HERE ARE SOME SUGGESTED ADVENTURE TOURISM ACTIVITIES AND AREAS IN JALPAIGURI DISTRICT FOR THE ENTHUSIATS: 

TREKKING ROUTES: 

1.      Matiali  – Samsing (through beautiful tea garden) 
2.      Chilouni (Near Matiali) – Samsing ( through tea garden & foot hills of the Himalayas) 
3.      Chamurchi – Mahakal Cave & back (through Diana river in Bhutan border) 
4.      Chamurchi – Samtse & back (bhutan border town) 
5.      Bagrakote – Mahakal (Temple) & back 
6.      Changmari  – Ugentse (Bhutan) & back (through tea garden and Himalayan foothills) 
7.      Dharanipur TE – Upper Changmari (Bhutan border) & back (up down 12 km through tea garden and Himalayan foothills) 
8.      Champaguri TE – Giti Valley & back (through tea garden & mountain valley) 
9.      Samsing – Kumani – Shibshu (through mountains and jungles) 
10. Manabari – Pathorjhora (through laity river & Himalayan foothills) 
11. Bagrakote – Chuikhim (Darjeeling District) & back 
12. Rangdhamali - Gajoldoba – Kathambari (river bank trek)
13. Matiali – Chilouni – Samsing (through tea garden & Himalayan foothills)
14. Murti – Chapramari – Shibshu ( through river bank & forest) 
15. Giti Valley Trek (there are 2/3 routes through tea garden & Himalayan foothills)



CAMPING POINTS:
CHAMURCHI, GITI TG, KERON, KUMANI, SHIBSHU, SAMSING, CHILOUNI, MURTI, BAGRAKOTE, LEESH, GHEESH, GAJOLDOBA, DAINA, ENGO



MOUNTAIN BIKING (GEAR CYCLING) AND MOTOR CYCLING ROUTES:
1. WASHA BARI – BAGRAKOTE – OODLABARI – KATHAMBARI – GAJOLDOBA – BODAGANJ – JALPAIGURI
2. JALPAIGURI – BODAGANJ – KATHAMBARI – KRINTI – LATAGURI – MURTI – KHUNIA – SIPCHU – KUMANI
3. CHALSA – MATIALI – SAMSING – KUMANI – SIPCHU – KHUNIA – CHALSA
4. GAIRKATA – KHUTTIMARI - BANARHAT – CHAMURCHI – SAMTSE (BHUTAN)
5. JALPAIGURI – JALPESH (TEMPLE) – JATILESHWAR (TEMPLE) – DHUPGURI
6. CHALSA – MATIALI – CHILOUNI – SAMSING - CHALSA
7. JALPAIGURI – DOMOHANI – SINGIMARI – PANBARI – RAMSAI – LATAGURI – CHALSA
8. OODLABARI – TORIBARI – MANABARI – PATHORJHORI - OODLABARI
9. DAMDIM – MINGLAS TE – GURJONGJHORA TE – MALBAZAR
10. NAGRAKATA - KERON – UGENTSE (BHUTAN)

ROCK CLIMBING, RIVER CROSSING AND OTHER ROPE AND WATER ADVENTURE POINTS: 

CHAMURCHI, LEESH, GHEESH, SAMSING, BAGRAKOTE, MURTI, PATHORJHORA, SHIRUBARI, JHAMELABASTI, MANABARI

FOR ABOVE MENTIONED ADVENTURE YOU MAY PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH OUR ADVENTURE TOURISM CONSULTANT AT THESE NUMBERS: 8900074710 / 9832369217

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