Garpanchkot

Garpachkot is newly discovered weekend destination. Situated at the foothill of Panchakot (panchet hill),in the north east corner of the Purulia District, close to the boundary with district Burdwan and Jharkhand.
WBFDC has built a beautifully maintained nature resort , excellent for relaxing your mind for few days. This is place with ideal mix of Nature , Hills , Forest and backed with rich history.

How to reach :

A Journey of 25 km by road from Adra and 15 km from Barakar via Chirkunda and 34 km. from Asansol via Deshergarh and 65 km from Purulia. 1 Km. from Puapurmore Nearest Railway station - Barakar (E Rly.) Adra (SE Rly.) You can take Black Diamond from Howrah at early morning and reach Barakar within 4 hour 15 mins. Then arrange one auto or car from the station to the resort. Autos would cost you around Rs 125 to Rs 150. In your way you will get to see the panchet dam. It’s a 3 KM drive from the resort.

What to do :

After reaching you have to plan out the day depending upon your number of days. If you love adventure, you can have a trek to the top of the hill through the jungle. The view from the hill top is beautiful. Next day you can hire a car for a tour around. This includes the fort built by Panchakot dynasty around 500 years ago. Surrounded by hills , you will definitely love this place. Next a you can go the Shiva temple and back to the resort. You can plan a trip to joy chandi hills also in the next day or take trip to panchet dam.

The Resort :

This is a nature resort by WBFDC. Resort is beautifully situated on the foothills of panchet. The food is good and the dining hall is lovely. You can book the resort from the WBFDC office near Wellington square.

For more info you can visit the official website of WBFDC.

Panchalingeswar & Chandipur

If you really want to enjoy a two or three day vacation , you can try Panchalingeswar and Chandipur. Panchalingeswar is situated just 35 Kms and Chandipur again would be around 17 Km from Balasore. Chandipur is a beach resort and panchalingeswar is situated on the base of the Nilgiri hills.

What to do:

You can plan 2 days in Panchalingeswar and 1 day in Chandipur. This is a choice you have to make depending upon your choice that you love the Sea or Hills.

Panchalingeswar could be a very adventurous place. You can trek on the top of the mountains to see the forest and the whole Nilgiri hill range. If you are lucky enough you may see a pack of elephants passing by your path. Take a local boy as your guide who can show you the ways.

Next day ask your guide to come early to your guest house to take you to the Watch Tower. This is a ruin which is partly immersed inside the lake. This tower was used by the kings for hunting elephants some 300 years back.

Next day morning you take a car and reach Chandipur. Chandipur sea is not a normal beach. The sea retreats 5 km from the actual beach and you have to walk a lot to the sea. In the evening the water comes right at the doorstep of your guestroom.

This wouls be 4 km trek from the guest house. This place is beautiful. You just sit and chill and see the .

How to reach :

Dhawli from howrah could be the ideal train for Balasore. it takes around 3 and half hours to reach Balasore. After reaching Balasore , after having a heavy break fast , arrange a car or an Auto for Panchalingeswar. You can also break journey to nilgiri and from Nilgiri again a trekker to Panchalingeswar crossing. Rest around 1.5 Km you have to walk. If you are lucky then you can get a trekker or a rickshaw to te Guest House.

You can either arrange a car for Chandipur from Panchalingeswar or you have to return back to Balasore from there you can arrange for a Auto for Chandipur.

Where to stay :

Both Panchalingeswar and Chandipur having OTDC guest houses. You can book the rooms from the OTDC office on Lenin sarani, near Santosh Mitra square.

There are many local hotels in Chandipur and around 2 more hotels in Panchalingeswar

Murguma - Purulia

Murguma a beautiful place in purulia. Its a huge waterbody surrounded by hills. This water body is nothing but a man made dam. This is a very newly developed place.
How To Reach :
You can reach Murguma ( Muruguma ) from Purulia station. You can choose different trains from howrah. But the best option could be a Friday night train so that you reach Purulia in the Saturday morning.
Its around 47 KM from the station to the resort.So you have to book a car for reaching your resort.
The Resort :
This is eco tourism resort situated just beside the lake. Beautifully maintained lawn just slides down to the water at one side and other sides are surrounded by tents. Tents are big with 2 rooms with 2 beds each, a living area and a attached toilet.
The package contains staying and food which starts from bed tea , breakfast, lunch , snacks and dinner. The food is really good here.

What to do :
Just do nothing but sit and relax. You can have a bath in the lake but please make sure you know how to swim because this is really a deep one. I would really suggest a full moon night. Just sit and see a big moon coming out in the evening. I can bet you cant forget this experience in your life.Next day you can go for a trek through jungle to a Santhal village. May be going for walk to a hill top. Sit and see the hills surrounded greens.

The return :
You again have to book a car for return. There are very old temple structure at Deulghata around 20 km from Murguma. You can touchbase and then return to Purulia station.