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Life in Chittagong Hill Tracts

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from/per person $ 790
  • Bangladesh Packages
  • Breakfast Only
  • Groups allowed
  • Local Boat Ride
  • Tour guides

Description

Bandarban, Rangamati & Chittagong Hill Tracts

[You could customize the itinerary making it shorter or longer]

Chittagong’s hill tract is a region of natural beauty and the home of many different ethnic minority groups. Chittagong is covered with numerous natural hill, beautiful landscape, natural lakes and river that are waiting to delight your eyes. Chittagong’s most visited places are in Rangamati, Bandarban and Khagrachari with natural cave and ever ending lush green forests.

Rangamati is a popular holiday destination for its green landscape, scenic beauty, indigenous museum and hanging bridge. Bandarban is also a popular tourist attraction with its eye-catching Buddhist temple, natural resort in Nilachol and waterfalls. Here in Chittagong you will also get to experience the culture of many different ethnic groups. Among them are Chakma, Marma, Trippera, Mru, Tankchangya, Chaks, Kumis, Kumi/Lushai, Khyang, Pankho, Bangoji, and Mrung. They have rich culture and customs with colorful festival and traditions filled with dancing and music. With its ethnic groups and hill tracts, Chittagong is bound to give a taste of a different Bangladesh unlike the other parts of the country.

Highlights

  • Explore the most popular attractions of Chittagong hill tracts.
  • Visit WW2 Cemetery, Sea port, Sea fish market & Ship breaking yard
  • Explore local market, golden temple and taste the ethnic food
  • Discover the beauty of a waterfall, hill top and greenery
  • A short boat trip on the Sangu River & Kaptai Lake
  • Meet and interact with locals while trekking up/down a small hill

Visit Plan

Day 01: You will be picked up from your hotel in Dhaka and transferred to Train station to catch your morning  train at 7:45am to Chittagong and you will reach around 2:00pm. Transferred to Hotel for check in and freshen up. In the afternoon you shall visit 2nd World war cemetery and spend your evening at potenga sea port. Overnight at hotel.

Day 02: Early in the morning after your breakfast, drive to visit the local fish market, where tons of sea fish are unloaded from the fishing trawlers for wholesale. After spending an hour, continue drive to Chittagong Ship breaking yard to experience this controversial industry from outside by a local engine boat. Later, we shall take you to the market where you could buy some precious souvenir coming from those broken ships. You shall have lunch at a convenient place and continue drive to Rangamati hill town. On the way, you might visit a tribal market. In the afternoon, you will have chance to walk around the old bazaar and a cultural museum. Overnight at hotel.

Day 03: You shall have a local boat trip on Kaptai Lake and visit some island villages to know more about the culture and lifestyle of the people. Overnight at hotel.

Day 04: After breakfast, start driving towards Bandarban (Approximately 03.5 hours) and reach the hill town and visit Golden temple. Later check in to hillside resort. In the afternoon, trek down to scenic river Sangu and take a local boat to Bandarban. Overnight at resort.

Day 05: Enjoy your breakfast sitting on the restaurant while the sun is rising over the hills. After that, drive to the highest peak of Bandarban named Chimbuk to see the view later drive to Shailapropat waterfall (usually in the winter it is almost dry) and visit a Mro tribal market and their villages to see the lifestyle. Take a late lunch and drive back to Chittagong to catch your overnight train at 23:00 and reach Dhaka in the next early morning. Pick and drop to your hotel/staying place. Dhaka and it is predicted that we will get back with your unique experience.

Inclusions

  • Accommodation in 03 star category hotel in Chittagong
  • Accommodation in Rangamati Parjatan Motel and Bandarban Hillside resort.
  • English speaking local guide
  • Return first class chair train tickets
  • Reserved air-conditioned vehicle during sightseeing
  • Pick up and drop off from hotel- train stations-hotel private basis.
  • Engine boat ride hiring price in Ship yard, Kaptai lake and Sangu river.
  • Breakfast complementary with accommodation and bottle water
  • All tolls, parking, fuel & driver allowance
  • Required permission for foreign nationals visiting hill tracts area

Not Included

  • Museums /Monuments, Entrance fees
  • Personal Expenses, drinks, beverage and tipping.

Price Per Person

01 Pax 02 Pax 03 Pax 04 Pax 05 Pax
$1990 $1115 $940 $860 $790


Terms: If you wish to travel by Air, 70-90 USD to be added with the above price per person.

Tips & Request:

  • It would be appreciated if you kindly wear head scarf while visiting any Mosques.  Visiting any temple in hill tracts area you are requested to wear trousers/long pants.
  • It usually takes 07 working days to get the hill tracts permission.
  • Tribal people are reluctant to be in the photographed, so we request you to take permission before.
  • It is very usual that the train gets delayed, so we request you to have that mindset.
  • We request you to let us know your priority so we can customize the plan.