Chittagong tourism guide

In our previous posts we already discussed about Bandarban, Khagrachari, Rangamati the most beautiful places of Bangladesh. In Sylhet there are lots of beautiful place and Bandarban and Khagrachari are two hill cities. Today we will talk about Chittagong. This is another hill tracking zone of Bangladesh.

Chittagong

Photo Credit life-solution.org

Chittagong is one of the most beautiful cities of Bangladesh. It is another hill tracking travel zone. It is also known as Porto Grand de Bengala and in the age of Mughal the name of the city was Islamabad. After Dhaka city the Chittagong is the 2nd most populous city in Bangladesh. Chittagong port is the main sea port of Bangladesh. This city located on the bank of the River named Karnaphuli. The population of Chittagong metropolitan city is near about 6,500,000. The total area of the city is 168.07 km2 (64.89 sq. mi). The Coordinates of the Chittagong is 22°22′0″N 91°48′0″E, and the Country is Bangladesh, and the District is Chittagong district, and the Division Chittagong is also Chittagong division. Now a day Chittagong has become very attractive traveling zone to the tourist. Lots of people come to visit this city every day. Some of them come from abroad. So the city plays a vital role in commercial, financial and industrial hub. There are many beautiful places in Chittagong to travel. Here we will give a short list of the traveling zone of Chittagong. 

Banskhali Echo Park: 

This echo park situated in Banskhali at Chittagong. Firstly you have to reach Chittagong from Dhaka. Then go to Banskhali from Chittagong. There are many bus services to go Chittagong and rent is 480 to 1200 taka. You can also travel Chittagong by train and rent is 320 taka to 610 taka only. It takes 7 hours to reach Chittagong. You can go the Eco Park by CNG or Auto Rickshaw. The entry fee of this park is 10 taka only. There are two long bridge in this park by which you can see around of this park. There are two towers in this park which is best for sight-seeing and also a mini zoo for the tourists or visitors. You have to leave his park before evening because there is no guest house or motel in this park for the tourist or visitors. In this park you will find light food like as biscuits, chanacur, cheeps etc. but you cannot complete your lunch because there is no hotel in this park. You can also travel there with your family because it is a safe place for the tourists. You have to neat and clean this park which is ordered by the Park organization. There is a beach near to the park. You can also travel this beach. It is a very beautiful sea beach and important tourism spot in Chittagong.

Mirsharai range:

Chittagong is a hill city. It is the perfect place for hill tracking or outdoor spots and also travel. Mirsharai is a well-known upazila in Bangladesh under the Chittagong district.It is a beautiful tourism spot. Its total area is 482.88 square km. this upazila is surrounded by Tripura State of India. The hills range on the northern and eastern side of this sub district which is the perfect place for hill tracking and traveling. Total populations are about 325712. The main river of this upazila is Feni. You can spend a memorable day in your life in this Mirsharai range.

Sitakunda Eco Park Bangladesh:

Sitakunda Candranath hill is the perfect place for hill tracking in Chittagong. It is about 35 km away from the main town. It is very near to the Sitakunda main Bazar. This hill is our favorite small tracking destination. It takes about 2 hours to climb this hill. At the time of climbing you can see many temples, waterfall, hills trail and so onat this tourism spot. This hill is situated beside on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway. To travel this tourism spot firstly you have to reach Sitakunda and then you can go there by walking. You can also travel a beautiful Eco park which is very close to Chandranath hill. Local name of this Eco Park is Shitakunda Eco Park. It is about 33 km from Chittagong main town. This park is full of natural beauty and endless repository. There are lots of trees and wild life in this park. You can also visit 4 waterfall in this park.

Shupto dhara waterfall: 

You can find this fall in the Sitakunda Eco Park. You will sea the signboard of Shupto dhara waterfall in the way of Eco park road. If you walk through the upstream of water you will find the beautiful Shuptp dhara waterfall. You can get help from the local people to reach this waterfall. It is really so beautiful tourism place for travel. It can be a best memorable visit or travel experience in your life. You should travel this beautiful place at rainy season. If you want to enjoy the pure and natural beauty of the Shupto dhara waterfall.

Sohosro dhara waterfall: 

Shopto dhara waterfall is very close to Sohosro dhara waterfall. This is another beautiful tourism spot of Bangladesh. They are on the same way. You can go there by walking from Shopto dhara waterfall. It is also one of the most beautiful and attractive tourist spot in the Bangladesh. Every a lot of tourists come to visit those waterfall.

Photo Credit life-solution.org

Khoiyachora waterfall: 

It is the biggest waterfall in the Sitakunda-Mirsharai range. This waterfall is one of the most beautiful tourism places of Chittagong. It is so much difficult to travel there. There are so many waterfall in the same trail. To travel there you have to start walking in the Boro Takiya Bazar. Boro Takiya is a small Bazar beside the Dhaka-Chittagong highway. The rent is about 50 taka only Chittagong to Boro Takiya Bazar. It takes 1.5 hours to reach Khoiya Chora waterfall from Boro Takiya Bazar. Another most beautiful waterfall is Boro Darugha Hat waterfall. It is the most attractive tourist spot in Chittagong District.

Foy’s Lake: 

Foy's Lake is the most important tourism place of Chittagong. Foy’s Lake is in the khulshi at Chittagong town. It is about 8 km away from the main town. Foy’s lake is the most beautiful and attractive lake in Bangladesh. It is an artificial lake. In 1924 it was dug under the Assam Bengal Railway Authority and it was known as Pahartali Lake. It is renamed by the British railway engineerFoy. Now the present ownership of this lake is Bangladesh Railway. The biggest hill in the Chittagong is Batali hill which is situated beside the Foy’s Lake. This artificial lake is one of the attractive and most beautiful tourist spot in Bangladesh. Country’s largest construction company Concord has set up an entertainment park in this lake, where visitors can tour the lake, boats, restaurants, tracking and concerts are also held.A beautiful small zoo is in here for the tourist. You can also travel this mini zoo. There are many cottages in this lake. You can also stay there. Every year lots of tourist come to travel this beautiful lake to enjoy the natural beauty. To travel this beautiful place firstly you have to reach Chittagong then straight lake.

Chittagong Zoo and Court Building:

It is another beautiful tourism spot. You can travel this zoo for your mind refreshment. Cause it is a very beautiful place in the Chittagong town. This beautiful and attractive zoo was built in 1989 beside the Foy’s Lake. Total area of this park is 6 acres. In 2000 the total animal of this park is 280. This zoo is an artificial zoo which provides you mind refreshment and remove boringness in your life. Now we will talk about Court Building of Chittagong. This court building situated in the traditional hill Porir Pahar. By climbing this hill you will find this old building. Now this building is used for DC office. If you want you can travel this place. Really it is a very beautiful place in the Chittagong town. You will not forget this attraction in your life. You will never forget this tourism place in your life.

War Cemetery Chittagong Bangladesh: 

There is a war cemetery in the Chittagong which is known as Chittagong war cemetery. It is about 22 km north form the Shah Amanat International Airport and 8 km from Chittagong Port. After the 2nd world war British Army built this war cemetery. There are 400 graves in this cemetery. You can go there by bus or Auto Rickshaw from the Chittagong main town. It is an attractive place to travel. Every year a lot of tourists come to visit this war cemetery. By traveling there you have an extra experience in your life. 

Lal Dighi: 

Lal Dighi is one of the most attractive and beautiful traveling places in Bangladesh. It is situated end of the jail road in the Chittagong main town. There are two red building besides the pond and that’s why it is known Lal Dighi. There is also a temple in the northern side of the pond. Raja Ray Bahadur was a king of Chittagong. He was the owner of this Lal Dighi. Chittagong City Corporation is the new owner of this Dighi. You can travel there by bus or Auto Rickshaw. It is really a beautiful place to travel. 

Ethnological Museum of Chittagong: 

It is situated at the Agrabad in the Chittagong main city. This beautiful museum was built in 1965. There is no entry charge to enter the museum. It is always opened for the visitors or tourist. This museum is also used as a laboratory. You can travel this place to collect an extra experience in your life. 

Photo Credit life-solution.org

Halda River & Patenga Sea beach:

This River is in south-eastern part of Chittagong. The total length of this river is 81 km. This river mixed with Karnaphuli River in the kalurgath. Halda River is named by the saldha hilly village. This River is started from the Batnatoli hill. It is a very beautiful river in the Bangladesh. You can enjoy the natural beauty to travel this river. Patenga Sea beach is one of the most attractive and beautiful picnic spots in Bangladesh. Patenga beach is the closest see beach in the Chittagong town.

Those are the main attractions of Chittagong. There is also Bangladesh Naval Academy, Butterfly garden, Baizid Bostami mazar (Shrine of Bayazid Bostami), Batali hill, Vatiary Lake Chittagong, Medhshomoni ashram Shankha River and Vatiary Lake in Chittagong. We will discuss about those places in next briefly. We believe it will be so much helpful to you to make your tour better. Bangladesh life solution will help you by giving you the information about the traveling places of Chittagong and we believe it will be a great guide line solution to you.

How to go:

The main problem is how we can reach this place easily. You can go Chittagong from Dhaka by bus or train. If you want to go Chittagong by bus there are so many bus counters to go to Chittagong. Green Line counter is in Momen Bagh, Rajarbagh, Dhaka. The another bus services are Shohagh Paribahan (Pvt.) Limited, Shymoli Paribahan, Hanif Enterprise, BRTC and so on. If you want to go to Chittagong by train there are lots of train services from Dhaka to Chittagong. The rent of AC (Barth) is 1093 Taka/, AC (Seat) = 731 Taka/, 1st Class (Barth)= 635 Taka/, 1st Class (Seat) = 425 Taka/, Snigdha = 610 Taka/ and Shuvon (Chair) = 320 Taka/-

Where to stay:

Now the important fact is where you will stay. There are lots of hotels in Chittagong. The hotels are, The Peninsula Chittagong, Avenue Hotel & Suites, Hotel Lord’s Inn (Pvt.) Ltd, Royal Park Residential Hotel, Meridian Hotel and Restaurant, Naba Inn, Hotel Abakash, The Peninsula Chittagong etc. All this hotels are in Chittagong city. We have tried to give you all kind of information about Chittagong in here.

Today we try to give you accurate information and proper guideline about Chittagong district. This is really a beautiful place for traveling. Now a day it comes as an important and most attractive travel zone for the tourist. We believe our information, that we have described in details (as possible as we can do) will helpful to you to make a good trip in there. In future we will be described about some new places of Chittagong like as Mirsarai range, Sitakunda echo park, Shupto dhara waterfall, Sohosro dhara waterfall, Khoiyachora waterfall, Foy’s Lake etc. and we also believe that you will continue with us to know more about one of the most beautiful traveling zone Chittagong and obviously about the beauty of Bangladesh. To move our next post Sylhet, please click here.

Google Map (Live):

Chittagong is a small country which is full of beauty and endless repository. Bangladesh has a lot of tourist place. For easy traveling solution and better knowing about those places, we divided those places into different categories. If you want to see our category list, you have to move our category post. To move, please
click here.