Sunamgonj Tour

Sunamgonj district is situated in sylhet Division, Bangladesh. It is close to our neighbour country India. Sunamgonj is very good tourist spot in Bangladesh. You can Travel there at very marginal budget and you can earn lot of happiness from the nature. I visited lot of district in Bangladesh by my motor bike but Sunamgonj was the most scenic place I have ever seen. What beauty of nature there was, if you do not go there, you could never make sense.

We have a motor biking group. Three members among our group decided to go to Sunamgonj. According to our decision we started our journey within a very short time. The year was 2017. We were three members and three bikes. Approximate 7:00 am we started our bike engine. Before starting our journey I had full my bike oil tank (1200 BDT).We have taken a breakfast break at Ujan Vaty Restaurant in Ashuganj. We ordered chicken kichuri, Chicken curry, Soft drink, sweet, and pudding. Then we started our journey again. We took bypass road because highway road was not good. We reached Sunamgonj at 12:30 pm. We first searched for the hotel fast and we got the hotel early. We payed 600 BDT for one night (3 persons). We just put our bags in the hotel then went out for our lunch. At lunch we ate fish, chicken, beef, goat, vegetable and spinach in the restaurant named Rose garden. Sunamgonj is very famous for fish. Because it’s a haor area. After lunch we started our journey toward Niladri Lake or Shahid Siraj Lake.

Jadukata River

In this road we could see Jadukata River, Barek Tila, Shimul Bagan, and Taker Ghat Lime stone field. This is one of the beautiful road of Bangladesh I have ever seen. What I would tell about Jadukata Riveris that whoever sees it will be amazed. We crossed the river by boat. After crossing the river you can see the Barek Tila.

River Crossing

We ride for about 1 and a half hour before we reached the Niladri Lake or Shahid Siraj Lake. Then we go forward to Lakma Chora. It was an amazing experience exploring the scenic Sunamgonj. It was almost evening when we came back.

Niladri Lake or Shahid Siraj Lake

Lakma Chora

We ate some light food like puri, singara tea, and local sweet yogurt from a nearby market. Then we started our journey toward Sunamjonj. On the way back we took a break for tea when the time was almost 8:30 pm. We drank tea and gossiped with the local people. WE were enjoying their conversation to others. And we took our diner in the same hotel. 

Tahirpur

Next we went to Tahirpur to see Tanguar Haor. We rented a boat for seeing Tanguar Haor, Watch tower and Jolar bon. Boat size was medium size and rent was 800 BDT. Easily 6-8 persons can travel by that boat. Before we started our boat journey we bought some snackes. After reaching the watch tower we did some adventurous things like jumping from the top of watch tower and swimming in the cool blue water of the haor. 

Jolar Bon

Watch Tower

We did lot of fun there. We parked our bike inside the police station before going but when we came back after visit, we saw my helmet was missing. Without helmet I came back to Sunamgonj and I had to buy another helmet. Finally we started our journey toward Dhaka.

You Can Explore Two Way Sunamgonj

1) Sunamgonj 4Tahirpur4Tanguar Haor 4Watch tower4Jolar Bon4Niladri Lake4 Taker Ghat Lime Stone4 Field Shimul bagan4Jadukata River and Barek Tila4Snamgong
2)  Sunamgonj4Tahirpur4Tanguar Haor4Watch tower4Jolar Bon

Sunamgonj4Jadukata River and Barel Tila4Field Shimul bagan4Taker Ghat Lime Stone 4 Niladri Lake

Tourist spot in Sunamgonj 

Tanguar Haor

Watch tower

Jolar bon

Niladri Lake or Shahid Siraj Lake

Shimul Bagan

Lakma Chora

Jadukata River and Barek Tila

Taker Ghat Lime stone field

Hason Raja Museum

Bus Ticket: Dhaka to Sunamgonj- 570 BDT, Shyamoly Paribahan, Hanif, Ena

Boat : 6500 BDT (With cook) Approximate

You can rent Bike Or CNG from Surma Bridge

Motor bike : Surma bridge to Jadukata River 250-300 BDT;

After crossing the river to shimul bagan- motor bike fare 100 BDT 2 person

Shimul bagan to lake motor bike: 150-200 BDT

CNG :Surma bridge to  Jadukata River 1200-1500BDT( Day long) 5 persons

Sunamgonj to tahirpur 100 BDT Reserved 500 BDT ; Time 1 hr 20 min

Crossing Jadukata River per person 20 BDT.

Shimul Bagan Entry fee 20 BDT. Perfect time for visiting Shimul Bagan: End of February-March (Bangla Falgun month) 
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqr3bmNwHbI&t=78s

Sajek Valley

Sajek Valley

Sajek Valley Is a known place to every Bangladeshi traveler. At first I am giving the geographical information.Sajek is situated in the Baghaichhari Upazila in Rangamati District of Bangladesh. Sajek Vally is 1800 ft above the sea level as well as it is known as the queen of hill and roof of Rangamati.

Now a day’s Sajek is very popular tourist spot. I went there in 2017. A few years ago it was so difficult to reach this place because of the transportation service. But nowadays anyone can go to this place directly by reserving jeep, CNG or Bike.  If anyone likes hill, nature, cloud and sky they should go there. You will be happy by seeing its natural beauty, when you will see that the cloud touch your body then you will feel like you are living in the haven of the Earth.

Me and my friend traveled there in 2017 by motor bike. We started our travel at 5:45 am from Uttara, Dhaka Bangladesh. Before starting my journey I filled up my motor bike fuel tank. I took 14 liter fuel. We took the Dhaka Chittagong highway. We have taken our first break at Comilla cantonment. There was a restaurant named Kakoli where took our break. We completed our breakfast over there. We took chicken khichuri (Bangla spicy rice Food), Spicy Egg omlette, paratha, mixed vegetable, soft drink, and tea. Then we started our journey again.

Kakoli Restauran

Our next stop was little bit ahead of Baraiyarhat. We drank some tea and puri (lentil snacks) but when the local people heard that we came from Dhaka by bike, they did not take any money from us. They have given us lot of respect. The road between Baraiyarhat to Khagrachhari is very scenic and dangerous. In between the road we stopped our bike due to photography.

When we reached Khagrachhari the time was 2:30 pm. important thing is that you have to go Sajek Valley under the army squad. Everyday Army squad leaves at 11:00 am and 3 or 3:30 pm from Dighinala. That is why we could not get time for lunch. Dighinala to Sajek Valley road is very beautiful. A word of caution for this road is that it is very narrow and the local jeep drivers are very reckless. Who will go to Sajek by his own car or bike, they should remain in their own lane at the road. Otherwise anything can happen. We reached Sajek Valley at 4:50 pm but we were very hungry. One thing I want to say, we did not book any hotel for stay at over night. We eat food first. Our items were rice, chicken, mixed vegetable, lintel and soft drink. Then we went out to find a hotel.  We managed a hotel only at 250 BDT (it’s not Regular price ) per person. The hotel name was Himaloy and we parked our bike in front of the hotel. After getting the hotel we went out for diner to order. If the food is not ordered beforehand, then you might not get any food later. For the night we ordered bamboo chicken, rice, vegetable, mashed potato, etc. After dinner we took coffee.

Me and my friend gossiped on the helipad. This moment is worth remembering for me. In the morning when I woke up, I opened the window and the cloud entered my room. After freshen up we first went to Kanglak para. The hills are beautiful are beautiful there. I got local bananas and Pomelo over there as well as they were selling tea and coffee. We spent couple of time over there then we went Ruilui Para. We caught the morning squad for coming back. It was almost 2:00 PM when we reached Khagrachari. We took our lunch with red spinach, fish, lintel, some vegetable mash, chicken                   
rice and sweet yogurt. Then we visited hanging bridge and Alutila Cave. We enjoyed a lot at the Alutila cave. You have to buy ticket for Alutila Cave. Also you need a torch of light. You could buy it over there. We have taken 2 guides for this trekking. After finishing the trekking we drank young coconut juice. Couple of minute we stayed there and took some photos. Around 5:00 pm we started our journey back toward Dhaka

  

Hanging Bridge

 

Alutila Cave

Tourist Places in Sajek Valley & Khagrachari , Bangladesh

1.Dighinala Touduchari Waterfalls – Khagrachari

2.Buddhist Temple - Khagrachari

3.Horticulture Hanging Bridge - Khagrachari

4.Risang Waterfalls - Khagrachari

5.Alutila Cave - Khagrachari

6.Sajek Valley Resort

7.Kanlak Para- Sajek Valley

8.Ruilui Para- Sajek Valley

Transport

Dhaka to Khagrachari Bus Service-  S Alam, Saudia, Hanif, Econo, Shanti, Shyamoli etc (Ticket Price-520)

You can also buy the ticket through online services like BD Tickets, Shohoz.com etc. Sometimes bkash gives some offer with them. Check these out:

1) https://bdtickets.com/

      2) https://www.shohoz.com/bus-tickets

Khagrachari to Sajek – You can take CNG, Jeep (Chandear gari) as well as Motor bike

Jeep (Chandear gari) – 1 Night- 9500-10000BDT (10-12 persons), 2 Night- 12500 BDT (10-12 persons),

CNG- 1 Night- 4500 Approximate  BDT (4-5 persons), 2 Night- 5500 Approximate BDT (4-5 persons),

Currently there are many resorts, you can book according to your need.