A Sundarban boat safari is not just a quiet journey on the waterways and mangrove swamps. If you are visiting the forest for the first time, it can seem like a sparse and secretive place. But an expert safari guide will be able to see so many things that will tell you what's going on around you. The guides develop their knowledge of the forest from the subtlest of animal movements to changes in the water, which are not always immediately noticed by the tourist.

Your Sundarban boat safari guide is likely to notice the following seven things on a boat safari in the Sundarbans.