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Bangladesh Khulna

Sundarban: A Mangrove Forest 5 Days 4 Nights

$250 PER PERSON

  • All transfer as per itinerary
  • 1round trip Bus/Train ticket
  • All site entrance tickets
  • All meals as per itinerary
  • Daily 1 liter of drinking water per person
  • Travel Kit
  • 1 SIM card with data & talk time
  • English-speaking guide
  • 5,500 BDT per person forest permission
  • In divisional cities we will use AC transportation and in country side we will use 3WD/ 4WD vehicle, Minivan or Bus. If required, we may use rickshaw/ auto/ boat.
  • In the countryside all accommodation will be on standard double/ twin share basis. At the same time, food will be provided from the best available restaurant nearby.

PACKAGE PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE:
Hotel extras ( such as telephone calls, bar bills, laundry services), travel insurance, medical insurance, visa application fees, alcoholic beverages, personal expenses such as items of personal nature, gratuity to guides and drivers, international airfare/ bus tickets, airport / border cost, excess baggage charges, changes of arrival, departure flights, additional services, any charges of force majeure beyond our control, any excursions/ food / drinks other than mentioned above , extra surcharge for video camera in Sundarban.

SPECIAL NOTES:

  • For any kind of unavoidable circumstances like transportation schedule change , natural calamity etc. , you may have to skip some activity to keep the day wise itinerary as per schedule.
  • Early booking and off-peak season discounts are available.
DAY 01: Dhaka Arrival

Our guide will meet you inside the airport after immigration and will take you to your hotel and will pick you in the evening for your Bus/Train journey for Khulna. Overnight journey at bus/train.

DAY 02: Sundarban Mangrove Forest, Rupsha Jetty to Kotka (115Km)

You will be picked from the hotel 08:00 by our guide and your journey to Sundarban by ship from Rupsha jetty will start. The ship will take you to most south east boarder of sundarban at the mouth of Bay of Bengal known as Kotka- Kochikhali wild life sanctuary area. On your way you will first stop at the forest office to get the permission latter. Forest Guards will accompany you for throughout the trip. After the arrangement, you will enter the forest. You will arrive Kotka wildlife sanctuary in afternoon. In Kotka forest area, there is a popular canal for bird watching called Pokkhir Khal. You will have to board another small boat to enter the remote part of the canals. Boatman will row deeper into the canal to get closer to the animals, if time permits, you will climb up to the watch tower and can see the wondrous movements of the wildlife even tigers, if you are lucky! The ship will be anchored near the forest office and overnight stay at Kotka. (B/L/D)

DAY 03: Explore the Kotka – Kochikhali wild life sanctuary (10Km)

Kotka- Kochikhali area is the richest wild life sanctuary of Sundarban. Especially for Geological reason, there is more wildlife recorded than any other part of the Entire Sundarban. Grown up near the sea side, the canal’s landscape is exprectionsal, forest is less thick and more food for all animals and the destiny of tigers are the most here. In the early morning before Breakfast, you will be taken in a country boat tour inside the small canals of Sundarban. Early mornings are the best time for boating and gives the best opportunity to come across exquisite birds such as Kingfisher, Lasser Adjutant, Mangrove Wisher, Purple Sunbird, Sand piper and much more. Animals such as deer, boars, monkeys, lizard, snakes etc come near the canals to drinking the water. After breakfast, get ready to trek in Kotka forest with the permission of the forest office. The forest of Kotka is very interesting. In the ancient times it was used as a salt factory for Portuguese pirates and now the high mound is the shelter for wildlife during floods or heavy rain. This place is called Tiger Den. In the afternoon, you will start cruising towards Tambulbunia Forest Office. BBQ dinner and overnight stay over there. (B/L/D).

DAY 04: Khulna to Dhaka by train (259Km)

Your day starts early with another thrilling boat trip to the canals and towards Daingmari forest area to see the dolphins. It is a common place for the Agnatic dolphins. Then you will visit some fisherman’s villagers, visit the interesting temple of Sundarban. After an early dinner disembark from the boat and start driving towards train/bus terminal. Overnight journey by bus/train.

DAY 05: Arrived at Dhaka & Departure

Our guide will meet you inside the airport after immigration and will take you to your hotel and will pick you in the evening for your Bus/Train journey for Khulna. Overnight journey at bus/train.

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