Activities in Dhaka
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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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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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Swimming
Non-guests can use the pool at the Sheraton Hotel for Tk 1200 per day.
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