Godkhali or Canning — where do you board the boat?

Most packages drive to Godkhali jetty after Canning by train or car. Canning is the rail stop and transit town; Godkhali is where road ends and safari boats board.

Godkhali & Canning | Sundarbans Global Wiki

Zone gateway · Coordinates 22.3, 88.65

Railhead and jetty where Kolkata trips meet the water.

Canning is the railway face of the Sundarbans for Kolkata travellers. Local trains drop you into a humid station where taxis and shared vehicles wait for Godkhali. The road thread is familiar to every operator selling “pickup from Kolkata.”

Godkhali is tyres stopping, luggage shifting, life jackets appearing. Permit conversations often start here or continue after a short ferry hop toward island lodges. Weekend traffic can eat hours. Operators pad schedules for a reason.

Keep government ID dry and accessible. Forest paperwork begins in earnest soon after you leave the car. How to reach covers train times and jetty alternatives.

Some guests overnight near Canning when trains run late. That is logistics, not sightseeing — but it beats missing a dawn boat because you chased a last-mile taxi in the dark.

Also see Dayapur · Gosaba & Hamilton Bungalow. Read tour guidelines and best time to visit before you travel.

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