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Adventure Tourism
Run by the ambitious Mr Rashed Husan. Adventure Tourism organises day tours (Tk 800 per person) taking in a tea estate, the Lowacherra National Park, some tribal villages and various other sights of interest in the region. It’s an effective way to tick off all the sights quickly and painlessly, but his guides aren’t very knowledgeable. If he doesn’t find you, you can find him through the Hotel Tea Town. He also rents out bikes (Tk 150 to Tk 200 per day).
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Jahangir Enterprises
Good boat tour operators in Mongla include, Jahangir Enterprises. In recent years, the forestry department has banned any independent boats from Mongla (and other towns) from taking tourists on overnight trips into the Sundarbans. This rule was brought in after a couple of nasty incidents involving lost boats.
Nowadays, no matter what boatmen in Mongla may tell you, the only way to travel independently into the Sundarbans from Mongla is on a day trip to the Karamjal Forest Station. With raised walkways, viewing platforms and a small 'zoo' it's hardly the back of beyond, but surprisingly in recent years it's been one of the best places to see a tiger thanks to a lone cat…
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Mr Emdad
Good boat tour operators in Mongla include, Mr Emdad. In recent years, the forestry department has banned any independent boats from Mongla (and other towns) from taking tourists on overnight trips into the Sundarbans. This rule was brought in after a couple of nasty incidents involving lost boats.
Nowadays, no matter what boatmen in Mongla may tell you, the only way to travel independently into the Sundarbans from Mongla is on a day trip to the Karamjal Forest Station. With raised walkways, viewing platforms and a small 'zoo' it's hardly the back of beyond, but surprisingly in recent years it's been one of the best places to see a tiger thanks to a lone cat that has…
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Sadarghat Boat Terminal
Among all the large ships are the tiny wooden ones that you can hire. These are available almost everywhere along the waterfront, though most people hire them from around Sadarghat boat terminal. An increasing number of foreigners in Dhaka are starting to hire boats out, so things are becoming more organised and most boatmen will know what you want to do (a lack of a common language isn’t much of a hindrance). It does however mean that prices are starting to rise and touts are beginning to come to life. The standard rate is Tk 100 per hour but many boatmen will push for a higher price.
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Oceanic
Locals assert that St Martin’s is a better place to dive and snorkel than Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. While this might be about as true as Cox’s Bazar being one of the wonders of the world, it is certainly possible to ogle the world beneath the waves here between November and March. Oceanic charge experienced divers Tk 3000 per session with a guide and all equipment. To find it, take a left at the small road at the end of the restaurant strip on the beach; it’s a couple of hundred metres along on the right.
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Guide Tours
The Swatch of No Ground, a deep-water canyon a short way offshore of the Sundarbans, acts as something of a magnet to Brydes whales and bottlenosed dolphins. Between December and February, Guide Tours organises boat trips out to this canyon where schools of up to 750 dolphins have been seen, and whale sightings are virtually guaranteed. It’s a one-day excursion that is added onto the Sundarbans tour at a cost of US$50. You will travel on a scientific boat and in addition to watching whales, you get to watch the scientists at work.
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Guide Tours
Guide Tours, the company with the best reputation, offers half- and full-day tours in and around Dhaka. Half-day tours cover Sadarghat, Lalbagh Fort, the Liberation War Museum and other sights, and cost Tk 1500 per person. Full-day tours include Savar or Sonargaon and cost Tk 2300 per person (minimum four people). Guide Tours also runs day trips to a pottery village near Savar and overnight stays in a village.
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Guide Tours River Cruise
Guide Tours offers a 4½ hour cruise along the Sitalakhya River on its yacht, the SB Ruposhi, departing from Demra (a river town about 15km east of Dhaka). You'll get to stop at a village of jamdani (muslin-cloth) weavers en route.
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Bengal Tours
Bengal Tours offers half- and full-day city tours. The half-day tours focus on Old Dhaka while the full-day tour spins you around both the commercial city and Old Dhaka. Prices are virtually identical to those of Guide Tours.
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Contic
Contic, a river-cruise specialist with an elegant boat, the Fleche D’Or, cruises along the Turag River (west of the city) down to the Buriganga River. Contic cruises get excellent reviews.
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Guide Tours
Guide Tours organises occasional tours to follow the maualis and hunt honey with them. It would be hard to think of a more fascinating, and gruelling, way of seeing the Sundarbans.
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Effective Bangla Learning Centre
A good place for learning Bengali is the Effective Bangla Learning Centre.
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Swimming
Non-guests can use the pool at the Sheraton Hotel for Tk 1200 per day.
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Heed
Heed offers courses in Bengali language..
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Dynasty IT Cyber Café
Dynasty IT Cyber Café
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Vantage Tours & Travel
Travel agency.
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Unique Tours & Travel
Travel agency.
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Bengal Tours
Bengal Tours
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