DHAKA – KHULNA – COX’S BAZAR

>> ABOUT KHULNA:

Khulna is the third-largest city of Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of Khulna District and Khulna Division. As of the 2011 census, the city has a population of 663,342. The encompassing Khulna metro area had an estimated population of 1.022 million as of 2014

 

DEPARTURE/RETURN LOCATION: DHAKA  – CHITTAGONG – DHAKA

 

DEPARTURE TIME: Please arrive at least 3 hours before the flight.

 

Minimum booking 2 Pax to ensure this tour.*

 

>> Hotel Information: 3 Category

* DHAKA: The Bengle Blueberry/ Bengle Canary ark or Similar.

* BARISAL : Hotel Grand Park

* KUAKATA: Motel Youth Inn or similar.

 

>> TOUR ITINERARY

* DAY 01: DHAKA ARRIVAL

Upon arrival at Dhaka Hazrat Shahjalal International airport meet and greet by our representative and then you will be transferred to your hotel. Then free time for oneself. Overnight stay at hotel.

Meal: Dinner

 

* DAY 02: DHAKA CITY TOUR AND OVERNIGHT JOURNY BY ROCKET CRUISE

Our tour guide and driver with micro van will be pick you up from your hotel and start the tour towards The National Parliament Building – visit Outside of national parliament building, a nice creation famous architect of Yale University Louis Kahn. Then you will be visit Curzan Hall of Dhaka University, Star Mosque, Lalbag Fort, Armenian Church, Dhakeshwari Hindu Temple, Rickshaw Tour in busy Shakhari Street, visit Ahsan Manzil (Pink Palace) and boat trip by reserve rowing boat in busy Buriganga river. Mean time you will be take your lunch in a traditional Bengali restaurant with authentic Bengali dishes. Afternoon at 05.30 to 06.00 pm you will be embark on the paddle ROCKET Boat on your desired First Class Twin Bed Occupancy Sleeping Cabin. Dinner and overnight in ROCKET Boat.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

 

* DAY 03: BAGERHAT VISIT AND THEN BACK TO BARISAL

This day you will be watch the river scenario from the ROCKET by Four to Five hours day time river cruise. After reach Hularhat, you will be proceed to Historical Mosque city – Bagerhat. After reach Bagerhat you will be visit UNESCO World Heritage Sixty Dome Mosque. Then you will be visit other mosques of 15th century like Nine Dome Mosque, Rono Bijoypur Mosque, Singair Mosque etc. Then you will be take your lunch from a highway restaurant by authentic Bengali dishes. After this, start your drive for Barisal by a Three Hours road journey. After reach Barisal, check in to your desired hotel, fresh up, evening free. Dinner and overnight in Barisal city.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

 

* DAY 04: BARISAL BACK WATER TOUR (SOUTH) AND FLOATING MARKET

Start your journey at early morning from your desired hotel of Barisal city by for a one hour road journey to your desired river port where you will start your River and Canal cruise. After reach that desired river port, you will be embark on your waiting country engine boat with driver and boat will be start towards the floating vegetable market. Mean time, parcel breakfast will be serve to you in boat with bottled water and tea. You will be cross the river and if you are lucky you can watch the jump of the river Dolphin. After that, the boat will be enter into canal and from this time the main glimpse of back water tour you will be assume. You boat will be cross many remote villages and you will be watch the rural morning life from your boat. After one to one hour thirty minutes, you will be reach the Floating Vegetable Market Area. In this area, you will be watch many village farmers have come and doing trading to their lots of vegetables in the boat on the water. This is one of the best photogenic place in the context of Bangladesh. Then again you will be start your back water tour on the canal among the remote village and visit Floating Tree Market. In this zone you will be see a lot quantity of different tree are trading on the water. Then you will be take your lunch in traditional Bengali restaurant with fresh nearside river fishes. Then you will be back to your staring place afternoon at 03.00 pm and drive back to Barisal city at 04.00 pm. Proceed to your desired hotel, fresh up and evening free. Dinner and overnight in Barisal city.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

 

* DAY 05: BARISAL BACK WATER TOUR (NORTH) AND FLOATING MARKET

This day early in the morning you will be wake up and then proceed to river port for another zone Back Water trip by traditional country engine boat with driver. Breakfast will be served in the boat with bottle water and tea. This day, you will be cross many remote and urban villages and will be watch another floating vegetable market. You will be watch such early morning men and women are involve with rice processing, farmers are going to their fields with plough and cow, kids are going to their school etc. You will be visit village market and take a tea break with the village people and share about their lifestyle. Then you will be again do the boat trip and reach a place where you will be watch Floating Agricultural Garden which is declared as World Agricultural Heritage by FAO. Then you will be visit Coconut Fiber Pulling Activities where women involve for pulling the coconut fiber by traditional ways and this fiber is use for make floor mat, bed mattress etc. After this, you will be visit ship repairing centre where people involve by a risky and traditional ways. After this, you will be take your lunch in a traditional village restaurant and back to your starting place afternoon at 03.00 pm and drive back to Barisal city. Proceed to your desired hotel, fresh up and evening free. Dinner and overnight in Barishal city.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

 

* DAY 06: LARGE POTTERY VLLAGE AND KUAKATA

This day you will be visit the largest fish market in Barisal. You will be see the row of river going fishing boats are anchoring near the market and lots of fishes are unloading from the boat. Lots of fish beating going on in the market and huge crowed in everywhere. Then you will be start your drive for explore  the single largest pottery village in the southern part of the country. In this remote pottery village you will be watch the full circle of pottery activities like Clay soil are coming from the river bank – House wives and girls are sizing the clay soil – putting the goods in to the yard for the hardness – then again keeping goods in to the soil woven with straw – then loading goods into the cargo boats for supply other part of the country. In here, there are two to three hundred Hindu potters are living from their ancestors period. After this program, you will be drive towards country’s only Natural Sea Beach – Kuakata. The main unique point of this sea beach is it is the only natural sea beach in the country where you can assume Full Sun Rise and Sun Set from the Same Sea Shore.  After reach Kuakata, check in your hotel, fresh up and take your lunch. Afternoon you will be proceed “Lebur Char” by motor bike through sea beach to assume the sunset on the bank of the Bay of Bengal. After that on the way to return you will be take a refreshments with fresh sea food like shrimps – crabs – tuna in the sea side cottage restaurants. Then you will be back to hotel and evening shopping in near side Burmese Handicrafts  Market . Dinner and overnight in state owned tourism motel in Kuakata. (Youth Inn * * ).

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

 

* DAY 07: KUAKATA TOUR AND BARISAL

In the dark morning you will be proceed to “Ganga Motir Char” by private motor bike to assume the Sun Rise on the bank of Bay of Bengal. It would be a glamorous photogenic place for you. After this, you will be again take the bike ride for visit Fishermen Villages, Rakhaine Tribal Villages – The ancestors of these tribe people was live in “Arakan” of present Myanmar,  but at present they live in Kuakata and you will be also watch some activities of this tribe people in Kuakata like Manual Cloth Weaving, cloth designing etc. Then you will be back to your hotel and start your journey for Barisal. En-route, you will be visit the single largest fish market in Kuakata, name – “Alipur” and “Mahipur” fish market. After complete this visit, you will be drive for Barisal. Lunch in Barisal and at late afternoon in Barisal city, you will be visit the “Old Market” – where you will be watch a lots of different business activities within few hundred yards. This afternoon you will be late checkout from your hotel like late afternoon 07.30 pm. Proceed to Barishal Passenger Ferry Harbor, embark on Ferry Boat / Lonch in Twin sharing Air Con sleeping cabin. Dinner and overnight in passenger ferry boat.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

 

* DAY 08: REACH DHAKA AND DROP TO HOTEL.

Reach Dhaka Central River Port (Sadar Ghat) in early morning, our respective tour guide and driver with vehicle will be pick you up from your desired cabin in the morning, you will be seat in on your waiting vehicle and proceed to your convenient place (Hotel / Airport). Tour ends

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

 

>> PACKAGE & PRICING:

* Incase of 2 paxs (3*** Hotel/Services): USD 415

* Incase of 3-4 paxs (3*** Hotel/Services): USD 395

* Incase of 5-6 paxs (3*** Hotel/Services): USD 370

* Incase of 6-8 paxs (3*** Hotel/Services): USD 350

** Single Supplement Additional Cost: USD 150

 

>> PACKAGE PRICE POLICY FOR CHILDREN:

* Under 2 years of age, child will travel free of charge for land package.

* Children under 6 years of age are charged at 50% of a full priced of an adult rate

* Children 7-11 years of age are charged at 75% of a full priced of an adult rate

* Children above 11 years old are full priced on adult fares.

 

>> PACKAGE INCLUSIONS:

* Full time English spoken tour guide during the tour.

* All road vehicles will be reserve air con with driver.

* One 1st class cabin (Twin sharing) in ROCKET Boat from Dhaka to Hularhat.

* Three nights accommodation in Barishal city in Hotel Grand Park (Four Star * * * *).

* One night accommodation in State owned tourism motel in Kuakata in Motel Youth Inn (Two Star * *)

* Six to seven hours reserve boat trip with driver during two day Backwater and Floating Markets tour in Barishal.

* One 1st class cabin (Twin sharing) in passenger ferry / Lonch from Barishal to Dhaka.

* All entry fees and sightseeing.

* Intact bottled mineral water during the tour.

 

>> PACKAGE EXCLUSIONS:

* Visa fee

* Air ticket

* All entrance fee

* Tips for guide

* Any personal expenditure

* Food which is not mentioned

* Anything that not mentioned in inclusion

 

>> CANCELLATION POLICY:

* 0% before 30 days from date of departure

* 25% before 20 days from date of departure

* 50% before 50 days from date of departure

* No refund within 7 days from date of departure

 

>> HOTEL INFORMATION:

* Hotel Name:The Bengle Blueberry/ Bengle Canary ark

- Area/Location: Dhaka

* Hotel Name: Hotel Grand Park

- Area/Location: Barisal

* Hotel Name: Motel Youth Inn

- Area/Location: Kuakata

 

>> Note: International hotel check in time at 14:00; check out time 12:00