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Buxa Tiger Reserve is situated in Alipurduar Sub-division of Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal. It comprises of the entire erstwhile Buxa Forest Division (702.44 km2), and a part of Cooch- Behar Forest Division (58.43 km2). The Reserve lies between north latitudes 26o30' - 26o55' and east longitudes 89o20' - 89o55'. This is a very short trek in Buxa hills of Sinchula Range (Bhutan Himalaya).

A Home Stay is perfectly titled as Simtopheri, means Heaven's lay. A double Storied Bungalow with a beautiful Veranda on 1st floor facing south to observe 180 degree meadow from east to west, on a table top in Lava Hills of Darjeeling District, West Bengal. Just seat on a couch and enjoy the nature on a lone Hilltop, simply outstanding. The same can be enjoyable from the room too.

Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR) lies in Alipurduar sub-division of Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal. Its northern boundary runs along the international border with Bhutan. The Sinchula hill range lies all along the northern side of BTR and the Eastern boundary touches that of the Assam State. National Highway No.31 C roughly runs along its southern boundary. It is the eastern most extension of extreme bio-diverse North-East India & represents highly endemic Indo-Malayan region. The Phipsu Wildlife Sanctuary of Bhutan is contiguous to North of BTR. Manas National Park lies on east of BTR. BTR, thus, serves as international corridor for elephant migration between India and Bhutan. To the south-west, the Chilapata Forests form an elephant corridor to the Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary. The reserve encompasses as many as eight forest types.

The Dooars or Duars (Bengali: ডুয়ার্স) are the alluvial floodplains in northeastern India that lie south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas and north of the Brahmaputra River basin. This region is about 30 km (19 mi) wide and stretches over about 350 km (220 mi) from the Teesta River in West Bengal to the Dhanshiri River in Assam. The region forms the gateway to Bhutan. It is part of the Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands ecoregion.