Bengal's Royal Stories

Highlights || Kolkata City walk * Story Telling Guide| Mangrove Cruise * Village Walk * Bird watching * Local culture

This 4-night, 5-day tour combines Kolkata with the legendary Sundarbans, creating a culturally immersive leisure experience grounded in history, nature, and storytelling. In Kolkata, travellers gain a deeper understanding of the city’s layered past through narratives of royal heritage, colonial influence, and everyday life that together reflect Bengal’s enduring cultural character. From Kolkata, the journey moves south into the vast delta of the Bay of Bengal, entering the world of Sundarbans wildlife, the largest mangrove ecosystem on Earth and the natural habitat of the Royal Bengal Tiger. Here, exploration unfolds through watchtowers overlooking forested waterways, elevated caged walkways above the mangrove canopy, quiet bird-watching moments, and slow cruises through winding creeks that reveal the fragile balance between land and water. Encounters with fishermen and honey collectors offer insight into lives shaped by tides and forests, while spine-chilling stories of daily survival bring the ecosystem’s human dimension into focus. Participation in local cultural programmes and the tasting of organic regional cuisine and freshly caught fish deepen the connection to place and tradition. Returning to Kolkata, the cultural thread continues as a local storyteller leads walks through the city’s non-touristic lanes, revealing intimate narratives often missed by conventional travel. A shared Bengali meal in a local family home adds a personal dimension to the experience, followed by a sunset river cruise on the Ganges and a temple visit, completing a journey that blends urban heritage with the raw natural drama of Sundarbans wildlife.