Climate Change Adaptation Tour

Description

Experience Climate Change Impact & Adaptation in Practice

This trip is specially designed to show the interested tourists, researchers, professionals how Global Warming is impacting Bangladesh. According to National Geographic report (2010), Bangladesh, the largest deltas on earth is the most vulnerable countries on this planet in terms of Climate Change Vulnerability Index. Due to the geographical location, Bangladesh is top most on the list of ‘extreme risk’ countries. Therefore, the country is already facing the adverse impacts of climate change and global warming. Notable impacts which are being observed are: Heavy Rainfalls, Extreme Temperature & Drought, Salinity Intrusion, Coastal & River Bank Erosion & Sea Level Rise. All these effects are aggravating on the overall Economic Growth scenario of Bangladesh. Among the mentioned impacts, many people are losing their livelihoods and agricultural lands, especially for coastal & river bank erosion. Consequently, two visible changes are significantly noticed; a) in country migration is happening as well as, b) adaptation-innovation is being practiced to mitigate this inevitable reality!

Highlights

• Explore the climate change impacted coastal belt of Bangladesh
• Know the life of in-country climate change migrant communities
• Meet and interact with effected locals to get witnessed view of climate change
• See the changes caused by Coastal & River bank erosion
• Experience the salinity impacts & fresh water collection model
• Learn how climate change adaptation-innovation is developing and practicing

Visit Plan

Day 01:  You will be picked up from your hotel/staying place around 9:30 in the morning and visit two places in south western part of Dhaka where the migrant people are living and you shall see their life style and know their livelihoods. Listen to their stories and how climate change has been the reason of their migration in Dhaka.  Later, you shall have local lunch and take a short walking tour in old Dhaka. In the evening we shall catch the overnight launch towards the southeast island district to Bangladesh. Dinner and overnight on launch.

Day 02: This day we will be busy with full of activities – early morning as as soon as the launch arraives, disembark from the launch and take local breakfast and we will take a local transport and visit the southern part of the area facing Bay of Bengal. Then we shall take a wooden trawler/ speed boat to visit the different sides of the area/island and see how erosion has changed the shape of the area, effecting on villages,  disappearing trees and agricultural lands to the sea and river. After lunch we shall have some meetings with elderly people and some local landscape/ agricultural adaptation heroes. In the evening, we shall catch the return overnight launch to Dhaka and we will arrive in the next early morning and transferred to hotel.

Inclusions

• Two nights AC cabin accommodation single/twin/double sharing basis on launch
• English speaking local guide
• All meals starting from 1^st day lunch to 2^nd day dinner.
• Snacks, tea, coffee & mineral water
• All activates as per itinerary
• Local transport hire charge
• Meeting cost with the climate change adaptation local heroes
• Local wooden trawler/speedboat hire cost
• All tolls, parking, fuel & driver allowance

Exclusions

• Climate change experts of Bangladesh (if you wish him/her to join you for better explanations)
• Any additions activities
• Any other spot visiting/ entrance fees
• Personal Expenses, drinks, beverage and tipping.

Price Per Person

Terms & Notes:

• We request you to confirm this trip at least 03 weeks in advance.
• Nov-Feb is the best time to travel in the coastal belt.
• If you wish to have an expert we need to adjust the schedule with that professional.

Tips & Request:

• Do not forget to rap your bags without mosquito repellent, sunglasses, caps, long sleeves, suntan lotion, binoculars, nature camouflage cloths, wind stoppers, flip-flops and sneakers.
• Minimum luggage is recommended
• Wearing decent clothes is recommended while visiting countryside.
• We request you to let us know your priority so we can customize the plan.

[This trip could be extended with 01 night overnight homestay in the coastal area]

Watch Video: Coastal Belt Fish Fruit & Forest Model

Schedule