The interesting Ethnological Museum has displays on Bangladesh’s tribal people. Unfortunately, it isn’t always open when it should be. Some of the exhibits are looking a bit tattered, but it covers all the major tribal groups of the nearby Chittagong Hill Tracts.
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Small local Buddist temple. The hill opposite the temple has a small stupa on top.
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Accessible from Tiger Pass Rd, this park gives good views over Chittagong.
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