Baghrol Basa- A Fishing Cat Heritage Homestay

Tourism

Tourism

Wildlife, Heritage, Village, Culture

Baghrol Basa is a sustainable tourism model dedicated for the Fishing Cat & its habitat conservation. Baghrol Basa is a high impact sustainable tourism model where we have 5 staff per room and all of them are local & underprivileged. More than 200 people who get livelihood or are positively impacted. Just by staying at Baghrol Basa you are not only experiencing elusive wildlife in their natural habitat, you are also taking part in conservation. We offer the following 4 plans to explore different aspects of this exclusive landscape.

Fishing Cat Expedition- 3 Nights & 4 Days

Fishing Cat

We recommend 3 to 5 nights stay for a complete experience of this unique landscape along with confirmed chances of witnessing & documenting Fishing Cats, Jungle Cats & Black Jackals.

 

Fishing Cat & Mangrove Tiger Expedition- 8 Nights & 9 Days

Fishing Cat Mangrove Tiger

This is a 8 nights stay for a complete experience of Baghrol Basa & Sundarban Mangrove. Tiger sighting chances are very high along with Fishing Cats, Jungle Cats & Black Jackals.

 

Kolkata-Howrah Birding Expedition- 3 Nights & 4 Days

Kolkata-Howrah Birding Expeditions

We recommend 3 to 5 nights stay for a complete Birding experience of this unique flood plains landscape. Around Kolkata & Howrah we have many birding hotspots and in this recommended 4 days birding tour we will be covering 60% of the most important ones. Star Bird Species of our Landscape are – Chestnut-capped Babbler, King Quail, Slaty-legged Crake, Slaty-breasted Rail, Lesser Coucal, Black-breasted Weaver, Streaked Weaver, Pheasant-tailed Jacana, Emerald Dove, Indian Pitta, Orange-headed Ground-thrush, Scaly Thrush, Asian Paradise Flycatcher,Black-napped Monarch, Taiga Flycatcher, Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher, Blue-tailed Beeater, Puff-throated Babbler, Striated Babbler, Fire Throat, Siberian Ruby-throat, Bluethroat, Pied Thrush, Cinnamon Bittern, Black Bittern, Intermediate Egret, Blue-throated Barbet, Coppersmith Barbet, Red Avadavat, Purple-rumped Sunbird, Little Spiderhunter, Pied Avocet, Spotted Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Finns Weaver, Large-tailed Nightjar, Cotton Pygmy Goose, Baikal Teal, Spotted Crake, Rufous Woodpecker, Scaly-breasted Woodpecker, Fulvous Woodpecker, Barn Owl, Brown Fish Owl, Indian Scops Owl, Spotted Owlet, Brown Hawk Owl, Oriental Scops Owl, Shikra, Kestrel, Crested Serpent Eagle, Crested Hawk Eagle, Oriental Honey Buzzard, Amur Falcon, Eastern Marsh Harrier, White-backed Vulture (CR) and many more..

 

Kolkata-Howrah Heritage & Culture Expedition- 3 Nights & 4 Days

Kolkata-Howrah Heritage Culture

We recommend 3 to 5 nights stay for a complete Heritage & Culture experience of this unique flood plains landscape. Around Kolkata & Howrah we have many Historical & Cultural hotspots and in this recommended 4 days Heritage & Culture tour we will be covering 60% of the most important ones. In this tour our best 26 will be- Victoria Memorial, St Pauls Cathedral, Fort William, Indian Museum, Maidan, Esplanade, Newmarket, Sahid Minar, Kolkata Tram Services, Eden Gardens, Writers Building, Subhabazar Razbari, Kumartuli Idol park, Howrah Railway Station Building,Coffee House, College Street Book Market, Howrah Bridge, Hooghly Bridge, Dakshineswar Temple, Belur Math Mission, Damodar Temple, Marble House & Jorasanko Thakurbari.

To book an Experience, please email us at info@forestdwellers.org