National Park the Sundarbans, located in North Bengal on the border with the people's Republic of Bangladesh, is a biosphere reserve and, above all, famous for its program of tiger conservation. It is a system of 54 small Islands covered with mangrove forests, separated by seven major rivers and their tributaries.

Park the Sundarbans was in 1973 as a protected area for Bengal tigers, for whom this area is a natural habitat. Further, in 1977, the Sundarbans has been upgraded to a nature reserve, in 1984 he became a national Park. And after 5 years, in 1989, after making it to the list of UNESCO world heritage, it received the status of biosphere reserve.

On the territory of the National reserve is currently home to about 400 species of Royal Bengal tigers that have two features: they are quite aggressive and have a tendency to attack man, as well as they adapted to life in water bodies with salt water.

Besides Bengal tiger, for which it was originally created reserve in the Sundarbans inhabited by speckled and Bengal cats, jungle cats, foxes, flying foxes, pangolins, mongoose ordinary, axisy.

The Sundarbans is the place where due to the large amount of water is home to many aquatic animals, reptiles, reptiles and waterfowl. So in the Park are quite common saltwater crocodiles, several species of turtles (green and olive Ridley turtles, hawksbill turtle), tobaccogrowing, water-angler. In rivers rich in fish.