A quick escape to Bangladesh's tea capital: rolling tea gardens, Lawachara forest gibbons, a Manipuri village and seven-layer tea.
Early morning pickup at 6:00 am, then drive (or take the morning train, subject to availability) roughly 190 km / 5 hours to Sreemangal. After checking into the hotel and resting, explore the lush green tea gardens and walk through a tea workers' village to see the traditional way of living. In the afternoon visit Baikka Beel bird sanctuary for local birds and sunset, then stop at a local stall to taste the famous seven-layer tea.
Start early before breakfast with an hour-long walk inside Lawachara National Park, a tropical semi-evergreen forest and your best chance of spotting the endangered hoolock gibbons in the wild, before returning to the hotel for breakfast. Then visit a Manipuri tribal village known for handloom handicrafts and traditional culture. Enjoy lunch in a tribal home before driving back to Dhaka, where the tour ends.
Mahadi at Bangladesh Eco Adventure and team really made the trip a dream come true — they handled all logistics, were on time, excellent communicators, well priced and had immense local knowledge. We went to the Sundarbans for a few days, as well as day tours in Sonargaon and Dhaka. Sundarbans in particular is a must see. Myself and my friends had a wonderful time and would not hesitate to recommend them as the people to trust with all your travel and tourism in Bangladesh.
