Though it is mentioned here as a photography trip to Bangladesh with a specialist tour guide, you can visit the places like a regular trip. We made a ready tour program hereafter for your checking. But you can customize any trip according to your requirements. Our professional local tour guide will guide you to very attractive location.
Highlights Activities: Sea Fish Market, Wholesale Vegetable Market, Colony houses at Rail way Station, nomad Community, Tribal communities, Tea Workers colony, Fishermen Activities, Brick making Factories, Rice Mills, Ship Breaking Yard, farming Work, Coal Loading Unloading Work, Plastic Polythene Drying Work, Tannery Work, Hand Made Cigar Factory etc , these are mainly for photography.
Tour Plan – 14 Days 13 Nights – A Photography Trip to Bangladesh
1st Day: From Your Country – Dhaka Airport (Bangladesh Trip)
- Receive, professional tour guide will wait for you at Dhaka airport to receive. After receiving you by reserved transport, we will drive to hotel. The distance can be about 1 hour drive according to location and traffic jam. After checking in hotel, you will refresh then we can visit.
- Sadarghaat ship terminal, the busiest ship terminal of Bangladesh is Sadarghaat. This place will show Bangladesh’s real daily work and lifestyle. Sadarghaat is the most crowdy place. Overnights ships (launch) go to other places. A perfect place for photography, seeing people and boating in the river.
- Babu Bazar and Badam Toli, you can see many paddle wooden boats for crossing the river.
- Ship breaking yard, many years ago this place was used to repair ship and break old ships. Now a days, people repair and reform the old ships (launch).
- Trash materials, at river side plastic materials as trash are collected to re-use and wash them to recycle by machine.
- Overnight at hotel in Dhaka.
2nd Day: Dhaka – Barisal (200 kilometers drive)
- Brass pottery village visit, after having breakfast, we will drive to a village which is famous for brass pottery work. You can see goldsmith making utensils and idols with copper, silver and iron as it is their traditional work occurring from their ancestors.
- Drive, just after this visit, we will drive to Barisal city which can take about 5 hours journey.
- Overnight at hotel in Barisal.
3rd Day: Barisal trip, only floating market in Bangladesh
- Floating market visit, we will start our driving to only floating market in Bangladesh. This is the main attraction in Barisal. If you want to visit this place, you should start early in the morning. In this floating market you can see people selling and buying their necessary commodities staying in the boats.
- Village visit, to see lifestyle in rural locality you can go. Different type of farmers, workers in the field and academic institutes can be visited.
- Sworupkati, a name of a place where you can see huge numbers of timber, wood float on water and kept at riverside in the market. Many saw mills are set at the riverside to cut wood for different purpose of use.
- Overnight stay in Barisal.
4th Day: Barisal – Dhaka, 200 kilometers
- Drive, today we will drive from Barisal to Dhaka. On the way, you can visit fish market, vegetable market, paddy field activities.
- Overnight at hotel in Dhaka.
5th Day: Dhaka – Chittagong, 250 kilometers drive
- Drive, today morning, we will drive from Dhaka to Chittagong, about 5 hours journey for 250 kilometers.
- Visit, during long drive, you can visit Buddhist temple and beach.
- Overnight stay in Chittagong.
6th Day: Chittagong – Rangamati, 75 kilometers
- Drive, after having breakfast we will start journey from Chittagong to Rangamati. It will take about 2 hours 30 minutes drive for 75 kilometers distance.
- Kaptai lake, a wonderful lake for boat riding. You can see splendid landscape and crystal clear water. It is a nice place for relaxing in boating.
- Tribal, a number of tribal community, temple and local tribal market. You can visit tribal landlord house and Buddhist temple as well.
- Other places, there are waterfall, hanging bridge and panoramic view to visit.
- Stay overnight at hotel in Rangamati.
7th Day: Rangamati visit
- Visit, today it is a full day visit. We will go to Bonorupa market. It is a tribal market selling their daily products. After this visit, you can visit Chakma tribal village as well.
- Overnight stay at hotel in Rangamati.
8th Day: Rangamati – Chittagong, 75 kilometers distance
- Visit, we will go to visit a tribal village named Asam Bosti where you can see cloth weaving with wooden hand loom.
- Drive, after lunch we will drive to Chittagong which takes about 2 hours.
- Overnight at hotel in Chittagong.
9th Day: Chittagong – Sreemangal, 300 kilometers
- Fish market, If you like to visit the biggest fish market of Bangladesh, you have to go early in the morning. In this market, sea fish is sale.
- Ship breaking yard, if we get permission, you can visit ship breaking area from the boat. In this place, ships are cut in small parts to resell its materials.
- Salt factory, you can also visit salt factory to see its processing and collection.
- Drive, after this visit we will drive to Srimangal. On the way, you can also visit some places.
- Overnight at hotel in Sreemangal.
10th Day : Sreemangal,tea capital trip in Bangladesh
- Visit, today we will visit several tribal villages as Tripura, Monipuri, Garo and tea worker community.
- Wetland, you will visit wetland to see fishing activities, farmers’ work and boating in rainy season.
- Overnight at hotel in Sreemangal.
11th Day: Sreemangal – Dhaka, 200 kilometers
- Drive, after breakfast we will drive to Dhaka which can take about 5 hours journey for 200 kilometers.
- Visit, on the way you can visit Khasia tribal village, rice field, rice boiler and brick factory.
- Reaching Dhaka, overnight stay at hotel in Dhaka.
12th Day: Dhaka Visit
- Visit, you can visit some historical places and old houses.
- Overnight at hotel in Dhaka.
13th Day: Dhaka Visit
- Kawraan Bazar, if you want to see the biggest vegetable market, you have to go early in the morning.
- Train station, we will go to Tejgaon train station to see colonial poor lifestyle. It is a place for photography.
- Ahsan Manzil, a ping palace was built in Mughal period. Now it is used as museum.
- Laal Baagh fort, an incomplete for was built in Mughal period which carries huge historical information.
- Dhakeshwery temple is an oldest national Hindu temple in Dhaka which carries historical information.
- Star mosque is an Mughal period mosque with star signs on inner and outer wall.
- Overnight stay at a hotel in Dhaka.
14th Day: Dhaka – airport for departure (End of Bangladesh Trip)
- We will drop off you at airport. Trip ends. Thanks for your photography trip in Bangladesh with us.
Per Person Cost in USD
Group Size | Option-A | Option-B |
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1 | 1500 | 2400 |
2 | 1000 | 1900 |
Option-A |
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Included: For long drive Non Ac bus / train, Local reserved transport for tours, English speaking professional tour guide, 2 star category accommodation, Entry fee, Boating cost, Launch cabin, Permission, Pick up and drop off. |
Excluded: Food and personal expense. |
Option-B |
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Included: Reserved AC car during for whole trip, Launch cabin, Boat rent, English speaking tour guide, 3 star category accommodation, Permission, Bengali Food -breakfast, lunch & dinner, Entry fee. Pick up and drop off. |
Excluded: Personal expense. |
Note: Bangladesh photography trip can be customized on your requirement. It is a sample itinerary.