Bengal Safari Park

Bengal Safari Park, officially North Bengal Wild Animals Park, is an open-air wildlife safari park at 5th Mile, Salugara on Sevoke Road near Siliguri, West Bengal. Spread over 297 hectares adjoining Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, it is the first safari park in North Bengal. It offers tiger, herbivore, elephant and leopard safaris, a gharial enclosure, aviary and nature interpretation centre focused on conservation and education.

Visitors can expect a forested safari park with enclosed safari zones accessed by caged vehicles and battery-operated carts. The park has separate herbivore, tiger, leopard and elephant safari tracks, walk-through aviary, gharial and crocodile enclosures, turtle centre, and interpretation centre. Surroundings are dense Sal forest of Mahananda foothills with paved walkways, viewing points, food court and ticket complex. Safaris are guided and time-slotted.

Developed as North Bengal Wild Animals Park by the West Bengal Forest Development Corporation and West Bengal Zoo Authority, the park was inaugurated in January 2016 as the first open-air wildlife safari park in North Bengal. Created on forest land adjoining Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, it was established to promote wildlife conservation, rescue and rehabilitation, education and eco-tourism in the region.