Bangladesh Travel Guide Book: lonely planet, Petit Fute and bradt

For visiting, you may need Bangladesh travel guide book which is helpful to know about the country. Here I will recommend some travel guide books for Bangladesh visit. Well, you may that Bangladesh is a land of rivers, green natural view, hills, longest sea beach in the world, historical sites and largest mangrove forest in the world. To travel to Bangladesh, you need a travel guide book for all information. There are travel guide books for Bangladesh visit such as Lonely Planet, Bradt and Petit Fute. Besides, you can contact tour operator for tours that you will be hassle free to travel in Bangladesh in relaxation. You can find tour information below like Bangladesh Travel Guide Book.

I recommend you Petit Fute and Bradt travel guide book are the best to visit Bangladesh. Petit Fute is the best from France. Bradt has updated information from ground level.

Read about Country, Population, Culture, Religion and People

Country: Government of the people’s republic of Bangladesh. Bangladesh means the country of Bangla (Bangali). Total area is 1,47,570 square kilometers. East, west and north surrounded by India. The bay of Bengal is to the South. It is a small country. Yet it is not known well to the most international tourists.
Population and People: About 180 million people live in Bangladesh. 90% Muslim, 9% Hindus, Buddhist 0.6%, Christian 0.3% and Animists 0.1%. People are very friendly comparatively with others countries. They greet warmly. You must be amazed seeing their hospitality.
Language: Bangla as official language which is commonly used everywhere. It is used everywhere. But every tribe has own language to communicate. There are regional dialects that are different with one another. Educated persons can speak in English.

Culture: Most people follow religious custom and traditional life culture. Some modern people do not follow the religious customs. But this is an Islamic country.

Religion: Islam 90%. There are Hindus 9%, rest 1% in Christians and Buddhists.

How to Enter to Visit Bangladesh, Get a Visa

Visa: To visit Bangladesh, you must need visa. In order to get visa, you should apply to the Bangladesh consulate in your country. Several ways of visas are to visit Bangladesh. The first way is visa on arrival which is easy to get. Many countries are listed under the consulate to give arrival visas. You can know from them. A few countries’ people need to apply beforehand. Sometimes you will get visa depending on their opinion. Also you can have a visa through invitation letter.

8 Divisions to Visit and Highlighted Places

Dhaka Division- the capital city and the busiest city of Bangladesh is Dhaka. This is the centered city from where you can go to every corner by air, train, water transport and road. ( read what places you can visit in Dhaka).
Chittagong Division- is a port city and the highest hilly area in Bangladesh. There are communication of air, train and roads. (read places to visit in Chittagong hill tracts and longest beach).
Barisal- Division this city is with mostly river bodies connected as network. Besides there are connection of airport and road. (read places to visit in Barisal).
Sylhet Division- it is the second hilly area of Bangladesh. There are airport, bus and train connection. (Places to visit in Sylhet).
Khulna Division- mostly connected by road and train for movement. (largest mangrove forest in the world- make Sundarban tour plan).
Rajshahi Division- If you want to visit archaeological sites this is the best location.
Mymensingh- Division- Here you can visit a tribal community and a blue water river and ceramic hill near (ethnic group).
Rangpur Division- After all it is also a place to see the historical place (Historical sites).

Some Advice for You before Traveling

Food and water: People are called- Bangali with fish and rice. It means that people eat rice and as their traditional food. Their staple food is rice. The main dish is rice, fish, vegetable, daal (lentil) and meat. In restaurant, they cook Chinese food, Thai food, India food, English cuisine and Bangla food as well. Food is hygienic if you take in good restaurant. Do not take from open sale. Bottled water is safer for foreigners. Water from tube well and supply is OK for Bangladeshi.

Accommodation: There are numbers of 5 star hotel, 4 star hotel, Eco resort, Eco cottage and budget hotel in Bangladesh.

Security: 100 % secured in Bangladesh during your tour. Because people are friendly and welcome foreigners. Some advice not to go to remote area lonely.

Money: Main currency is BDT that means Bangladeshi Taka. ATM: There are some ATM booths to withdraw money using CARDS.
Roads and transport: Roads are paved but broken and holes in some places. These will be constructed. Traffic jam is a major problem in big cities, mostly in Dhaka. There are many kinds of transport as train, ship, launch, engine boat, speed boat, bus, car, jeep, motor bike, cycle, auto rickshaw and horse cart.

How to go to tourist spot from Dhaka?

How to visit Dhaka city?
If travelers want to visit by themselves, it may be uneasy to find tourist spot, timing to open the park or place, information about the place. Anyway, you can hire local transport auto rickshaw, car or local bus to go to tourist place. It is better that you should contact with tour operator for package tour in Bangladesh.
How to go to Srimangal?
There are direct bus, train and car rental to go to Sreemangal. It is a kind of harassment to persons who are not accustomed in this manner. Bus or train take about 4/5 hours to reach in Srimangal.
Bus stations are at Saydabad, Fokirapul, Gabtoli, Uttora etc. Train stations are Komlapur the biggest one and Uttara rail station. 5 star hotel can arranges flight by helicopter as they have heli-pad. Besides, tourists can land in Sylhet airport and move to Srimangal by bus or train.

Must Visit Places

How to go to Sundarban?
There are train, bus, launch and air to go to Khulna. In Dhaka bus stand or train station, tourists can buy ticket to Khulna. It may take about 10 hours journey. By launch or paddle steamer known as rocket steamer, tourists have to go to Hularhat or Murelgonj then take bus to Khulna. You have to book a tour earlier to join in the schedule. Otherwise, it may not be possible to go to Sundarbans.
How to go to Chittagong or hill tracts?
There are bus and train to Chittagong and Bandarban. It takes about 8 hours to reach. But in hill tracts, tourists can not go in without pre-permission. Better to ask a tour operator for permission.
Which guide book is for foreign tourists?
Lonely Planet, Bradt and Petit Fute for Bangladesh Travel Guide Book.
Leading tour service provider in Bangladesh?
Orient Tourism Channel is as tour operator in Bangladesh and tour company in Bangladesh.

Written by Razbe for for Orient Tourism Channel

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Catch Our Travel Bug

06:58 28 Mar 23

We are typically independent, budget travelers. The problem is, there are no up-to-date guidebooks for Bangladesh at the moment. There are very few blogs, and many of the reviews and travel tales we came across detailed quite a few travel mishaps, many of them a bit scary. It was obvious places would be quite challenging to get to and we'd be limited to the main 'tourist hubs.'
There also seemed to be a limited choice of accommodation on booking apps compared to the amount you can see on Google Maps, and I couldn't find an app in English for transport booking.
I did a lot of research and eventually, I contacted Razbe from Orient Eco-Tourism. I explained we wanted a local experience and asked for suggestions as to whether everything on our wishlist was doable.
We went back and forth a few times, tossing out places that required hard-to-get and expensive permits, and a couple of other places that would have escalated costs, and came up with a 22-day tour titled 'Travel like a Local' for a very reasonable price.

It was so fabulous. We saw and experienced sooooo much more of Bangladesh and its people than if it had been just us traveling independently.

Eusuf was with us for the first 18 days and Razbe himself joined us for the last 4. They are both extremely knowledgeable and skilled guides who are passionate about their country but realistic about its shortcomings. Razbe is a quiet soul, and Eusuf has a belly laugh that comes from his toes. He kindly invited us to his home to meet his wife and young son and is generous to a fault. The people in the minority villages all know and respect him which in turn added to our experience.
Having a guide/translator made us accessible to the locals and them to us. Meeting the people was definitely one of the highlights.

Our experience with Razbe and Eusuf has provided us with a lot more understanding of this part of the world, and honestly, the Bangladeshi people are gorgeous. It's been one of our favorite adventures so far (in 15-plus years of constant travel and 136 countries.) But you will probably need help to access both the country and its people. We happily recommend Orient Eco-Tourism as a company you can trust to organize your visit.

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Mathilde Foyer

17:09 02 Mar 23

We came to Sreemangal for few days and Razbe was our guide in Lachawara National Park. He is a professional guide and knows a lot about the eco system in the park. His English is perfect and that helped us a lot to communicate and learn a lot about the culture and life in Bangladesh. We highly recommend him if you come to Sreemangal.

John Spender

03:34 29 Oct 19

I had a great experience with Razby!
He is very knowledgable guide and knows the forests and tea plantations of Sreemangal like the back of his hand.
I highly recommend hiring Razby!
A five star experience *****

Clare Hollowell

11:51 15 Mar 19

I had a great tour with Razbe, walking through Lawachara forest. He was very knowledgeable, and friendly. I enjoyed my tour very much.

Pavel Turkevich

05:22 23 Sep 18

I recommend this tourist company and his owner, Mr. Razbe. Razbe helped me in Bangladesh very much, when I had a tourist travel. I didn't have any problems with communication, because Razbe could speak English very well.. Razbe is a person, whom you can trust to 100%. And he can provide you any tourist servises which you wish.