Anushka Garden and Resort
Where: Goswami Malipara, near Senet More, Hooghly. It is 20km before Chinsurah along Delhi Road and 11km from Dhaniakhali halt station
Opened in: 2021
Distance from Salt Lake: 70km, 1 hour 50 minutes
Accommodation: 10 rooms (seven cottages, two duplex rooms and a villa). Pets are allowed
For day trip (except Saturday): Outdoor space with lunch and afternoon snacks. Rs 800 (vegetarian), Rs 1050 (non-vegetarian). If a cottage is taken, the charge is Rs 3700. There is no bar and drinking liquor is not allowed in public spaces.
Attractions: The resort is at the entry to the village which has a history linked to Sri Chaitanya and has a Radhagobindo temple. The village also has one of the schools set up by Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar for the spread of women’s education in mid-19th century. There is also a Shiva temple inside the resort where arati is held in course of daily worship. Contact: 9831111537
Jungle Tent
Where: Samukpota, South 24- Parganas
Distance from Salt Lake stadium: 29 km. One hour drive via Basanti Highway along Tardah-Kheyadah Road.
Opened in: 2014
Property spread over: 12.5 bighas
Accommodation: Thirteen tents. Tariff Rs 3000 for unlimited people
Facilities: Boating in four-seater paddle boat at Rs 200 for 30 minutes. Other activities are free of cost - commando net climbing, tug of wire, dangling rope bridge, jungle Jim, hammock, circular swing, merry go round, slide. There is also a badminton court. A speciality of the resort is the variety of trees, from the African Baobab and Monodora orchid to Mexican Saving brush tree and Indonesian Avocado and Rambutan which have been planted and nurtured over the years by the Mondal couple, Nilanjana and Tanmoy
For day trip: Buffet package at Rs 1450 per head, including breakfast, lunch and snacks in the weekends. On weekdays, a set meal is served at the table at Rs 1050 per head. Check-in at 9am, check-out at 5pm. Contact: 9830065296
Banabithi Resort
Where: Baker More, Jagulgachhi, Ghatakpukur, South 24-Parganas Opened in: 2020 Distance from Salt Lake stadium: 30km. One-hour drive via Basanti highway, opposite Science City
Property spread over: 12 bighas
Accommodation: 34 rooms (standard, premium, deluxe and super deluxe). Also mudhouse (concrete structures with mud hut type finish) and two air-conditioned tents
For day trip: Upto 10 guests allowed per room. Rates range from Rs 2464 to 6160. Check-in at 11.30am, check-out at 6.30pm. Weekend buffet lunch: Rs 1,103 per head. On weekdays, one has to order a la carte from the multi-cuisine menu
Facilities: Boating (Rs 60 for 30 minutes), fishing (catch and release) at Rs 200 for two hours, swimming at Rs 150 per head (complimentary for two swimmers if room is rented). There are a garden and children’s park with swings etc. Contact: 9907329221
Banabithi Resort
Sourced by The TelegraphPalm Village Resort
Where: Bhasha, Diamond Harbour Road, near Swaminarayan temple, South 24-Parganas Distance from Salt Lake stadium: 28km. Two-and-half hour drive
Property spread over: Five bighas Accommodation: 42 rooms in two three-storeyed buildings. No elevator. Tarff ranges from Rs 1800 to Rs 3000. Drinking alcohol not permitted in public
Palm Village Resort
Sourced by The TelegraphFacilities: Swimming pool (Rs 50 per hour), cycling (Rs 100 rental for haf hour), garden, lawns, indoor games like table tennis and carrom. Music system, lawns and open-air huts in garden can be booked.
For day trip: Entry fee Rs 75.Buffet and a la carte menu options available at the restaurant serving Chinese and Bengali cuisines. For groups above 25, buffet lunch and breakfast/ evening snacks are offered at Rs 750/800 for vegetarians and Rs 785/ 850 depending on choice.
Contact: 8100665656
Vedam Eco Tourist Village & Spa
Purushottambati, Sugandha, Hooghly. 5km from Chinsurah station Distance from Salt Lake stadium: 59 km. Two-and-half hour drive. Opened in: 2016
Property spread over: 7 acres
Accommodation: 38 rooms in various categories (Rs 3360-11800). For day-trip groups wanting a room, one of three suites, with a king-size bed and a sofa-cum-bed in an adjoining room, is suggested. It is near the garden where picnic spots are offered. Facilities: Swimming pool, skywalk, basketball, lawn tennis and badminton. There is a bar and a spa (massages from Rs 500 upwards) too.
For day-trip: Three meal packages are offered with breakfast, lunch and snacks – Rs 1800 for vegetarian, Rs 1900 for chicken and Rs 2100 for mutton. Check-in at 9.30am, check-out by 7pm. Contact: 8336853555
Eco Creek Club
Pailan, Joka, South 24-Parganas
Opened in: 2018
Distance from Salt Lake stadium: 25km. Two-hour drive. The club shares a boundary wall with IIM, Calcutta.
Property spread over: 35 acres
Accommodation: Twenty lake-view deluxe rooms on the first floor with balcony (Rs 3360), seven pet-friendly pinewood fishing cottages (Rs 4480).
Facilities: Boating (paddle boat Rs 200 for four passengers), speed boat Rs 100 per head, jumbo launch boat Rs 100 per head for a minimum of a group of 10).
Fishing (catch and release: Rs 1000 for whole day, catch and carry up to 15kg: Rs 3000 for whole day). There are cricket and football grounds while a tennis court is scheduled open in February. The nine-acre lake has a variety of fish including bekti, mrigel and rupchand, which are served to guests as well. A bird zone has some caged birds. One can take pictures in an aircraft selfie zone where an old aircraft is parked. One can take a walk in the organic vegetable garden also where cauliflower, beans, gourd, tomato etc are being grown. Guests can buy the produce to carry home. They can also ask for their meal to be cooked in wood-fired oven.
For day trip: Rs 500 entry fee per head (for those not renting a room), which can be redeemed against food or facilities
Contact: 9051097755
Eco Creek Club
Sourced by The TelegraphGang-Dua Eco Tourism and Resorts
Burul, Hooghly (across the river from Uluberia, 40 minutes from Budge Budge station) Distance from Salt Lake stadium: 46km. Two and half-hour drive via Thakurpukur, Bibirhat, Raipur Road.
Opened in: 2011
Accommodation: A five-storeyed building with front-view and side-view rooms (Rs 2500-3000) and two river-view four-bedded rooms (Rs 6000), a villa with two private lawns for about 120 people (complimentary with lunch package), three cottages with suites (Rs 3000-5000 each based on category, complimentary for groups of 20) and. For groups over six people, a room is provided free for the day.
Gang-Dua
Sourced by The TelegraphFacilities: The property is on the Hooghly and has its own ghat. There is just a public road running between the resort and the river. There is an indoor waterbody where a paddle boat can be rented at Rs 50 per hour. For big groups of 20 or more, it is complimentary.
For day trip: One has to opt for a chicken meal package at Rs 1000 per head or a mutton meal package at Rs 1200 (breakfast, lunch and evening snacks). Check-in around 11am and check-out at 6pm.
Contact: 6289560338
Breathing Earth
Where: Beledanga, Usthi Road, South 24-Parganas
Opened in: 2015 Distance from Salt Lake: 45km; driving time: 1.5 hours
Accommodation: 22 rooms (12 mudhouse cottages, eight rooms in a single building, two lake view rooms).
Facilities: Swimming pool, lawn, garden, banquet hall, conference room, activity zone. The activity zone comprises zipline, kayaking, boating in paddle boat, shooting balloons (10 pellets), archery (five arrows), rope course, and cycling. Each activity, operating from 9am to 6pm, is chargeable and is priced Rs 50 to Rs 250
For day trip: Two picnic spots, one for a minimum 20 people and another for a minimum 50 people. The charge is Rs 1470 per head. Smaller parties can book a room for Rs 4480.
Contact: 9831297755
