The Jayanti Riverbed

This is the showstopper. Jayanti, the “Queen of Dooars,” is a village dwarfed by the sheer scale of its river. For most of the year, the Jayanti is a vast, 100-metre-wide expanse of white pebbles, boulders, and sand, with only a small, crystal-clear stream trickling through. At dawn and dusk, wild elephants often emerge from the forest to cross it. Just sitting on the bank and watching the light change on the Bhutan hills is an experience.