Cox's Bazar Sea Beach Travel Guide

In our previous posts we briefly discussed about the Adventure tour category. In that category, we discussed about the hill tracking district Bandarban, Rangamati, Khagrachari, Chittagong, Most attractive places of Sylhet, Sreemangal, the wonders of Sundarbans, and natural beauties of Panchagarh, Sunamganj and also Khulna. Khulna is not only a beautiful city but also a wonderful tourist spot in Bangladesh. It has become very important traveling place to the tourists. It is the 3rd largest city in Bangladesh. There are lots of beautiful and traveling places in Khulna division. Those places are Sundarbans, Shat Gombuj Mosque, Nine Dome Mosque, Khan Jahan Ali’s Tomb, Khodla Math Temple etc. Shat Gombuj Mosque is the archeological tourism place of Khulna division.

Sundarbans is the most beautiful and attractive forest in the Bangladesh. It is also the world largest mangrove forest and it has announced the “World Heritage Site” by the UNESCO. You can travel this place with your family, which might be a memorable day or tour in your life.In that post we also described about the accommodation of those places. If you want to know details about the Adventure tour category you have to move Tour category List, Please click here.

Cox’s Bazar Sea Beach

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Today we discuss about the Cox’s Bazar, which is the most wonderful and attractive tourist spots in Bangladesh. It is the longest Sea beach not only for Bangladesh but also all over the World. Cox’s Bazar's Coordinates is 21°35'N 92°01'E, Division: Chittagong Division, District: Cox's Bazar District, Upazila: Cox's Bazar Sadar. It is one of the most-visited tourist spot in the Bangladesh. Cox’s Bazar has a sandy beach with a gentle slope. This beach is the world’s longest uninterrupted natural, beautiful and most attractive sandy sea beach. Cox’s Bazar tour is one of the memorable tour in your life if you travel this beautiful sandy beach.

Cox’s Bazar is known for its wide and long clean sandy beach. It is also considered as the world’s longest natural sandy Sea beach. This attractive and sandy beach located on the southern part of Bangladesh. It is about 125 Km long. This beach is located 150 Km south of Chittagong. Cox’s Bazar the longest Sea beach is known by the name of “Panowa”. “Panowa” means “yellow flower”. It has another old name which was “Palongkee”. In 1799 “Hiram Cox” the British captain defeated the Burmese king in a battle and set up a Bazar (market) here which was named “Cox’s Bazar”.

The beach is the main attraction of Cox's Bazar. Every year a lot of tourists come to visit this beach because this beach is shark free and good for bathing, swimming and sunbathing. Your visiting Sea beach will not complete if you leave without riding speed boat, riding horses, playing football and taking photos of natural beauty. You can also collect snail, peace of small stone from the seashore. You can also enjoy the Sea beach traditions. There are so many attractive religious and historical events which make the city so colorful, gorgeous and joyous for tourists. Those are:

Aggmeda Khyang: 

Aggmeda Khyang is a large Buddhist Temple located near the entrance to the Cox’s Bazar town. This temple is worshipped by thousands of Buddhists from the nearby areas. Inside the temple has a prayer chamber, assembly hall, small bronze Buddha images and a number of old manuscripts. The main prayer chamber is supported by columns that made from timber. The bronze Buddha images are collected and imported from Burma, Myanmar.

Himchari National Park: 

Himchari National Park is a popular tourist places of Cox’s Bazar, which is located about 18 Km south of main Sea beaches. This National Park was established in 1980 by the Bangladesh government and the park is covered an area about 1,729 Hecters of land. This park is perfect for bird watchers because here have 286 species of Birds. There has habitat, flora and fauna about 55 species of mammals, birds 286 species, 13 species of amphibian, 56 species of reptiles, plants 117 species. The most attractive of Himchari is there has a beautiful waterfall which is a perfect for sunbathing.

Inani Beach: 

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Which is located about 32 Km at Ukhia Upazila of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh and this beach is about 18 Km long. Here you can see hill on one side and sea in other side. Inani Beach is well known for its unusually shaped rock and coral stones scattered plentifully across the beach and into the sea. The blue water of the sea and lines of stones makes the site attractive to the tourists. You can bath on the beach during high tidal sea because the beach is very wide, clam and surrounded by coral boulders. If you stand on the coral stones during bathing it’s looking as you are now standing on the midst sea and this scene is very interesting to the tourists. You will get a complete guideline and details in our Inani Beach post.

Ramu: 

Ramu is an Upazila of Cox's Bazar district. This upazila is especially famous for some beautiful Buddhist Temples. The Buddhist temples are Ranked Bonasram Buddha, Bihar, Saada Ching, Khying temple, Laal Ching etc. In this temple has many statues of Gautama Buddha made of gold, bronze and valuable stones. In Ramu has the South Asia’s largest coconut garden, a rubber garden, pagoda, etc. There also have some Hindu temples too. In Ramu the internal relationship between Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and Rakhain is very good.

St. Martin’s Island: 

St. Martin’s Island is one of the most tourist places in Bangladesh. This place is most attractive and interesting place for the tourists. St. Martin’s Island 9 Km south from Cox’s Bazar. St. Martin’s Island is covered about 8 square kilometers and it is the only coral island in Bangladesh. This park is also known as “Narikel Zinzira”. You can enjoy the natural beauty of the Bay of Bengal from here. Day by day St. Martin's visitor population has increased. You will get a complete guideline and details in our St. Martin's Island post.

Dulahazra Safari Park: 

Dulahazra Safari Park is situated at Chakaria Upazila in Cox's Bazar District. The Park is the first safari park in Bangladesh which covered an area about 2,224 acres of land. The Dulahazara Safari Park is home to at least 4,000 animals of 165 species. When you enter the park you will find an orchid collection and a museum. Here you will find some domestic elephant which is available for riding and this is very attractive to the tourists. This park has many animals like Lions, Royal Bengal Tigers, Crocodiles, Bears, Chitals and lots of different types of birds and monkeys. During winter season more than 6000 tourists and during other seasons about 2000 tourists visit the Dulahazra Safari Park.

Maheshkhali: 

Maheshkhali is an upazila under Cox’s Bazar district. The main attraction of Moheshkhali is Maheshkhali Island is located in the Bay of Bengal. Most of the tourists who come to visit Cox's Bazar sea beach also visit Maheshkhali Island. People reach there by engine boat or speed boat from Cox’s Bazar jetty and during this journey you can enjoy the beauty of the Bay of Bengal. The west and north are low lying areas randomly surrounded by mangrove forests. The scene is very attractive and it will be a good solution guide for your recreation. Except Maheshkhali Island you can visit Maheshkhali Adinath’s Shrine, Maheshkhali Buddhist Pagoda and some salt fields where salt farmers produce salt from sea water which is very interesting for the tourists.

Teknaf: 

Teknaf is an Upazila under Cox’s Bazar district, which is about 84 Km away from Cox’s Bazar. Teknaf is situated at the bank of Naf River and the name ‘Teknaf’ comes from Naf River. This place is also an attractive tourist spot for its natural beauty. Tourist can enjoy a river journey by boat in Naf River and there they can enjoy the beauty of hills and green forests with wild animals which is very attractive to the tourists. In Teknaf tourists can enjoy the local market and it's known as Burmese market. There tourists will find all the Burmese and tribal hands made materials.

Sonadia Island: 

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Sonadia Island is located about 7 Km away from Cox’s Bazar and the Island covered about 9 Km2 areas. The western side of the island is sandy and various kinds of shells are available on the beach. Here tourist can find about 52 bird species, including native and non-native which attract the tourists very much. Since this island is famous for industry of dry fish many fisherman's camp here during winter season. You can enjoy the live fishing and fisherman's lifestyle here. A nature lover who wants to pass his/her handy leisure time with a longest sea beach of the world, please don’t miss to visit Cox's Bazar. This visit you will not ever forget from your mind.

How to go (Easy way to reach Cox’s Bazar):

You can go to Cox’s Bazar very easily by Airlines, Bus or Train. We will try to give you some information about transport. Airlines are Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd. Balaka Bhaban, Kurmitola, Dhaka, Tel: 8914771, 8917400-19 (H.O) 9560151, 9559610, Fax: 8913005, Mail: passengersales@bdbiman.com. Qatar Airways, Taj Marriot (5th Floor), 25 Gulshan AvenueGulshan-1, Dhaka, Tel: 9890024-25, 8858470, 8919508, E-Mail: qrsales@dhaka.com. Kingfisher Airlines, Taj Cassilina (5th Floor), 25, Gulshan Avenue, Dhaka-1212, Tel: 8829722, 8829928-9, Fax: 8821627. Singapore Airlines, Gulshan Tower (7th Floor), 31, North Gulshan, Dhaka, Tel: 8811504-7, 9883259 Fax: 8811503, E-mail: SAIDAC-sales@singaporeair.com.sg.

Bus services are:

Green Line: 9/2, Outer Circular Road, Momen Bagh, Rajarbagh, Dhaka, Tel: 8331302-4, 8353004-5. Shyamoli Paribahan: Kamlapur, Dhaka, Tel: 8802-8360241. Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC): Kamlapur, Dhaka, Tel: 8802-8357757. Hanif Enterprise: 22/3, Block-B, College Gate, Dhaka, Tel: +8802 9008480.

By Train:

There is no Rail connection up to Cox's Bazar but you can go up to Chittagong. Then by Bus or car you can go to Cox’s Bazar. There are many train services are available from the Kamalapur Railway Station, Dhaka to Chittagong, they are InterCity (Fast quality train), Turna (Quality night coach, train), Express, Mail, Mohanagar Provati, Mohanagar Godhuli, Paharica Express, etc. and the rent fee per seat of AC (Barth) = 1093 Taka/, AC (Seat) = 731 Taka/, Snigdha = 610 Taka/, 1st Class (Barth)= 635 Taka/, 1st Class (Seat) = 425 Taka/, Shuvon (Chair) = 320 Taka per person. Airlines and trains are the perfect solution guide for your comfortable journey.

Available Hotels and Resorts:

There has many hotels and resort for your accomodation and they are, Sea Crown (Superior non AC: BDT 12,300/-, Super Deluxe BDT 2,300/-, Sea Front Deluxe: BDT 3,000/- , Sea Front Supreme: BDT 3,800/-, Presidential Suite: BDT 20,000/-), Prassad Paradise, (Beach Road, Kolatoli, Cox’s Bazar, Deluxe BDT 2700-3200, Super Deluxe 3300/-, Royal Deluxe Taka 6000/-, Full Cottage BDT 10000/-). Hotel Saibal, (sable point, Cox’s Bazar, AC Couple/Twin Bed Tk. 1,700/-, Non AC Couple/Twin Bed: Tk. 1,200/-,) Hotel Seagull, (Beach Road, Hotel Motel Zone, Cox's Bazar, Regular BDT 2,700-BDT 2,900/-, Deluxe BDT 3,300-3,500/-). Hotel Sea Palace, (Kalatoli Road, Cox’s Bazar, Regular Room BDT 2,500/-, Super Deluxe Room BDT 4,000/-, Honeymoon Suit BDT 15,000/-), Uni Resort, (Kalatali, Cox’s Bazar. Deluxe BDT 2000/-, Suite BDT 4000-4500/-). Pebble Stone Sea Resort, (Inani Beach, Cox’s Bazar, Room: BDT 3000/-). These hotels and Resorts are the perfect solution for your comfortable stay.

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Today we described about Cox’s Bazar, which is the longest sea beach in the world. By this post you will get a complete solution guideline about your trip. Hope that it will be a memorable tour in your life. In our next post we will describe about Kuakata, which is another attractive Sea beach in Bangladesh. To know briefly about the “Daughter of Sea” Kuakata, please click here. Bangladesh is a small country which is full of beauty and endless repository. Bangladesh has a lot of tourist places. For easy traveling solution guideline 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.