Raymatang Village

Raymatang Village is a small forest village located inside the Buxa Tiger Reserve in Kalchini Block of Alipurduar District, West Bengal. Situated on the banks of the Raymatang River and surrounded by dense forest, it is known as an eco-tourism destination. The village offers homestays, a forest watchtower, and access to nature trails, birdwatching and views of the Bhutan hills.

Visitors can expect a quiet forest village setting inside Buxa Tiger Reserve with scattered homestays, the shallow Raymatang River bed, surrounding sal and mixed forests, and a watchtower for viewing wildlife and landscape. The area is accessible via forest roads from Rajabhatkhawa and Jayanti. Visitors can explore nature trails, river banks, and forest viewpoints, observe birds and butterflies, and experience simple village life with basic amenities.

Raymatang is a forest settlement within the Buxa Tiger Reserve, which was declared a tiger reserve in 1983 and forms part of the historic Buxa Duar region that served as a gateway between India and Bhutan. The village developed as a forest village associated with forest management and later eco-tourism initiatives in the Dooars region.

The village reflects the forest-based lifestyle of local communities in the Dooars, including tribal groups, and is promoted as a community-based eco-tourism model. Visitors experience simple rural hospitality, local cuisine and forest-dependent cultural practices within the Buxa landscape.