Off Track Tour in Dhaka and Barisal for 2 Days 2 Nights. Different route of the trip plan will be used in this program. Highly experienced tour guide will accompany you to lead the trip.
Highlights in the trip: People, working area, off track path. Time to travel: Round the year. Starting place: Any hotel or airport in Dhaka. Ending place: The same where received.
1st Day: ( Dhaka Visit – Barisal ) Off Track Tour in Dhaka and Barisal for 2 Days 2 Nights – Photography Tour
- Starting – we will start the tour early in the morning. Places to visit and activities are as following.
- Kawaran Bazar – is the biggest fish market and vegetable market. Take photographs of passersby having mehendi, busy working classes people in the market.
- Butchers workshop with meat of cows and goats.
- Colony of rail station where street people live, take photograph and visit.
- Burigonga river side – after breakfast, drive to Lalbagh area of the Buriganga river where all used plastic bags and polythene stored for washing and drying that these were picked up from the ground across the country. (Offensive smelly area). Colorful plastic products are kept in the to dry up.
- Babur Bazar – bridge area to see view of water transport and daily activities of people.
- Coal loading and unloading from the ship by hard working men and women workers. These coals are from Africa, Indonesia, India etc. Drive from Balu ghat, Savar.
- Tannery – Visit tannery to see the activities. After Hamayetpur, Savar visit, move to next place.
- Sadarghat – Move to Sadarghat area to see movement of busy people which is one of the busiest area in Dhaka.
- Night Journey by Launch / Ship to Barisal. Get in the launch / ship at 7 pm or 8 pm. About 8 hours journey. There is single cabin, double cabin and family room. (Bengali food is available).
2nd Day: Barisal Visit Whole Day with Expert Tour Guide
- Starts – Early in the morning, drive to only backwater and floating market of Bangladesh. Places that you can visit.
- Floating market – Drive to only floating market of Bangladesh. Banaripara/ Vimruli/ Swarup Kati. Visit the busiest market on water where buyers and sellers are shopping their daily commodities.
- Food – Lunch at local restaurant with Bangla food.
- Ship repairing center – Ship breaking yard, once upon a time in British period, it was the sea port. The workers are repairing, painting the ship and launch.
- Timber and sawmill – Loading and unloading goods to the ship and trucks.
- Brick factory – Visit brick factory to see labor’s daily work.
- Nomad community – Move to a gypsy colony to know and see their lifestyle.
- Night Journey by Launch / Ship to Dhaka. Get in the launch / ship at 7 pm or 8 pm. About 8 hours journey. There is single cabin, double cabin and family room. (Bengali food is available).
- Trip ends – After reaching at launch station, we will drop you at your hotel/airport/ rail station.
Off Track Tour in Dhaka and Barisal – Tour Price Per Person Base in USD
| Persons | Option- A (Each) | Option-B (Each) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 350 | 280 |
| 2 | 270 | 250 |
| 3 | 240 | 180 |
| Option-A | Option-B |
|---|---|
| Included: √ Reserved AC car in Dhaka and Barisal, √ local transport, √ Launch cabin- AC cabin, √ Entry fee, Parking fee, √ Bottled water, snacks, √ English speaking one tour guide during whole tours. | Included: √ Reserved Air Conditioned car in Dhaka, √ Local transport in Barisal, √ Launch normal non AC cabin, √ Entrance fee and parking fee, √ Bottled water, snacks, √ English speaking one tour guide during whole tours. |
| Excluded: Your personal expense and food. | Excluded: Your personal expense and food. |
Note: To take photograph of people, sometimes it is easy and difficult too. Some places are not easy to access. It depends on situation. Photography with poor people involves tips.
