Forests and wildlife
The Dooars’ national parks, the Sundarbans mangroves and the forests of the western plateau.
- The Sundarbans: The world's largest mangrove forest, shared with Bangladesh. (about 100 km from Kolkata, nearest station Canning)
- Parmadan Forest: A riverside deer forest named for Bibhutibhushan. (about 100 km from Kolkata, nearest station Bongaon Junction)
- Purbasthali (Chupi Char): An oxbow lake full of winter birds. (about 130 km from Kolkata, nearest station Purbasthali)
- Bethuadahari Forest: A small deer forest beside the highway. (about 135 km from Kolkata, nearest station Bethuadahari)
- Jhargram & Kankrajhore: Sal forests and a royal town in the west. (about 170 km from Kolkata, nearest station Jhargram)
- Gongoni: A red-earth gorge on the Shilabati. (about 170 km from Kolkata, nearest station Garbeta)
- Susunia & Bikna: A forested hill, an ancient inscription and a dokra village. (about 220 km from Kolkata, nearest station Chhatna or Bankura)
- Garh Panchkot & Joychandi: A ruined fort under a hill, and Ray’s rocky skyline. (about 250 km from Kolkata, nearest station Asansol, Adra or Joychandi Pahar)
- Purulia: Chhau dance, red earth and the Ayodhya hills. (about 300 km from Kolkata, nearest station Purulia Junction)
- Kulik Bird Sanctuary: One of Asia’s great stork colonies. (about 400 km from Kolkata, nearest station Raiganj)
- Gorumara National Park: Rhinos, elephants and forest watchtowers near the Murti river. (about 620 km from Kolkata, nearest station New Mal Junction)
- Tinchuley, Takdah & Lamahatta: Homestay villages among tea and pine. (about 640 km from Kolkata, nearest station New Jalpaiguri)
- Samsing & Suntalekhola: Tea gardens climbing into forest. (about 640 km from Kolkata, nearest station New Mal Junction)
- Sandakphu & Singalila: West Bengal's highest point (about 3,600 m). (about 650 km from Kolkata, nearest station New Jalpaiguri)
- Lava, Lolegaon & Rishop: Forest villages with homestays and mountain views. (about 660 km from Kolkata, nearest station New Jalpaiguri or New Mal Junction)
- Jaldapara National Park: Home to the Indian one-horned rhinoceros. (about 680 km from Kolkata, nearest station Hasimara or Madarihat)
- Chilapata Forest: Dense forest with a ruined fort inside it. (about 690 km from Kolkata, nearest station Hasimara)
- Buxa Tiger Reserve & Jayanti: Forest, a hill-top fort and a river on the Bhutan border. (about 700 km from Kolkata, nearest station Alipurduar Junction)
Distances are approximate road figures from central Kolkata.