Welcome to Bandarban for two days tour in the Chittagong hill tracts. Bandarban is the best place to visit hills, mountains and tribal people. For the best experience, we can make the tour for you in the hill tracts. Our professional local tour guide or tour operator will handle your service.
Highlights in the Tour: Bandarban two days tour includes hiking, visiting tribal villages, Hindu temple, Buddhist temple, natural landscape visit from the top of the hills, tribal market and boating in the river depending on permission. Government regularly allows Nilgiri, Nolachol, Meghla & Golden Temple for foreigners.
Itinerary of Bandarban Hill Tracts Tour for 2 Days 1 Night
- Destination: Chittagong – Bandarban – Chittagong.
- Start: From Chittagong, at 7 am (Customize-able).
- Finish: In Chittagong, at 5 pm (Customize-able)
- Flexible: Visit and timing,
- Transportation: Check the options below.
- Guideline & advice: Please read below.
1st Day: Chittagong to Bandarban (Visit around Bandarban)
- Starts: In the morning, our tour guide will meet you at your hotel in Chittagong town to start the trip. The distance from Chittagong to Bandarban hill tracts is about 80 kilometers which takes about 2.30 hours journey depending on the traffic jam.
- Driving toward Bandarban hill tracts for amazing landscape tour. On the way, you can see natural view, paddy field and country side.
- Entrance, as per rules of government authority, we will complete entrance registry at Raisa check post to enter into the Bandarban hill tracts.
- Reaching in the town, you will check in your hotel / resort. You can take rest for a while if you want. OR, we will continue our journey.
- Bawm Tribal Village, Stop at Bawm tribal village to see their colorful lifestyle. This tour will amaze you seeing their lifestyle. Many of them can not speak in Bangla and English language too. You can visit tribal village.
- Tribal children school, you can visit primary school where tribal children study. Visiting this school, it seems that it is a part of Myanmar or Bhutan.
- Bawm tribal village, we will stop at Y-road to walk throughout the Faruk para village for about 1 hour to see people, houses, culture and exit at Swoilo Profat water fall.
- Shoilo Propat, this is a waterfall. There is much water in rainy season. In dry season, you can not see water in the waterfall. There are local tribal shops run by tribal women. You can visit it and do some shopping. In the tribal market, there are handicrafts, fruits and snacks.
Enjoy authentic two days tour in Bandarban Hill Tracts
- Murong tribal village, near a banyan tree at the right side of the road, a road goes down to the community that we have to hike for about 1 hour to reach the families. There are about 150 people living at the down hill which is about 500 meters. These people are like wild which means they eat everything they get including, snakes, dogs, monkeys etc. We can see them in Noa Para / Mrulong Para / Basonti Para.
- Murong tribal community, this community is very downhill which is about 500 meters from the peak. You have to walk down to see their lifestyle and houses. They are very wild.
- Titanic view point, it is standing place made as titanic shape. Here you cal see the other parts of the hills. Local tribal people have shops here too.
- Murong Tribal Village, we can trek down Zaminee Para to see tribal community. This tribal people make their living scattered ways. Houses are made on the bamboo stage. About 1000 feet up and down to trek in the village path. They can not understand Bangla or English language to communicate with you.
- Nil Giri, is the highest peak from where you can see the landscape. We will drive to Nilgiri which is one the most scenic tourist spots in Bandarban. People visit this place for only distant view observation. You can walk here to see the view and relax. Its highest elevation is about 1000 meters from the sea level. It is situated in Thanchi Thana and approximately 47 kilometers south of Bandarban on Thanchi road. It takes about 1.30 hours journey.
- Drive back to hotel /resort for overnight stay.
2nd Day: Hill Tracts Tour – Drive from Bandarban to Chittagong
- Tribal market, in the early morning, you can visit around the tribal market to see tribal people selling their vegetables and other necessary things. Most of the shop keepers and customers are tribal women. The Marma Bazar named is after Marma tribal community in (Modho Para). Sunday & Wednesday. If there is no busy tribal market day in the morning, you will visit regular tribal market in the late afternoon which is less crowd. But you can understand a bit of how they do their markets.
- Sangu river, you can take a boat journey from Kachig ghata in Sangu river which is originated in the hills. It is about 270 kilometers long among the hills in Bandarban hill tracts. This journey by boat at Sangu river which has high hills in both sides will amaze you. This Sangu river enters into Bandarban district from the eastern side and flows to the west. It is flowing from the hills’ waterfalls to the bay of Bengal which is being through the hills for thousands of years.
The best Place to see the natural hills and forest
- Marma village, you will visit Marma village at Boroi toli to see their lifestyle. They are like aboriginal people and somewhat advanced in some area. They get the touch of local visitors for which they are a bit updated.
- Tripura tribal village, another ethnic community at Hati Vanga which lives in the down of the hill that surrounded by high hills. Their women have traditional necklace and ornaments. You can see their lifestyle.
- Nila Chol, We will visit Nilachol too to see the hilly green view from the top of the hill. It is mainly for landscape. You can walk to relax in the natural view.
- Chakma Tribal Village, they are different tribal community in tiger para. You can see their lifestyle too visiting their villages.
- Golden temple, you will visit Buddha Dhatu Jadi Theravada temple known as the Golden temple. This is the most known temple in Bandarban. Buddhist people visit to pray it.
- Journey back, In the late afternoon, we will drive back to Chittagong town. Trip Ends.
Per Person Tour Price for 2 Days 1 Night in USD $
| Persons if | Option-A | Option-B |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 400 | 600 |
| 2 | 250 | 450 |
| 3 | 270 | 350 |
| 4 | 200 | 300 |
| 5 | 180 | 290 |
| 6 | 170 | 280 |
| 7 | 160 | 270 |
| Option-A |
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| Included: ✔. Transfer by local Non AC bus for long drive between Chittagong and Bandarban. ✔. Local transport for visiting tourist spots (CNG – three wheeler for 1 – 2 persons), (Non AC Jeep for 3 – 8 persons in each jeep). ✔. Wooden boat rent for boating. ✔. Government permission. ✔. All entry fees during the visit. ✔. AC accommodation in 2 star category hotel. ✔. Complimentary breakfast, bottled water. ✔. English speaking professional local tour guide. |
| Excluded: Lunch, dinner & personal expense. |
| Note: This option is difficulties in movement with local people, small seater bus, bus delays at every stop, unable to carry big bags. |
| Option-B |
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| Included: ✔. Reserved AC car for transfer between Chittagong and Bandarban. ✔. Jeep – Non AC local transport for visiting tourist spots because of hilly area. ✔. Wooden boat rent for boating. ✔. Government permission to enter the hill tracts. ✔. All entry fees during the visit. ✔. Parking fees. ✔. Standard AC accommodation in 3/4 star category hotel/resort depending on availability. ✔. Food (Bengali)- Breakfast, lunch, dinner, bottled water and snacks. ✔. English speaking professional local tour guide. |
| Excluded: Your personal expense. |
Guideline & Advice:
- This 2 days 1 night Bandarban hill tracts tour starting from Chittagong arranged by Orient Tourism Channel, a local tour operator in Bangladesh.
- Local tour guide will handle ground level service.
- You can customize this tour on your choice which you want to visit or not.
- Though we mentioned many tour places in the itinerary, we will visit the permitted places.
- Buddhists are allowed to visit anytime inside the Golden temple. If others are not allowed, you can see its top view from far.
- Local government authority will tell the place name to visit while giving permission.
- You can not go far way without mentioned places.
- Adventure trekking is not allowed in the hilly areas.
- You can not spend time or any movement at night outside the accommodation and restaurant places.
- The two days tour in Bandarban hill tracts can not be extended during the tour because of the permission.
- The tour covers all places visit if you follow the time.
