Our Bangladesh holidays & tours
Bangladesh is blessed with some of the wildest places on Earth, as well as some of the biggest cities. Traditional tribal life thrives too, from the Khasia to the Monipuri. Our Bangladesh holidays show you the many sides of the country, unified by the insight of local guides and informed by community visits, local naturalists, and tribal representatives along the way. You’ll take the train, negotiate adventurous roads, thread through bazaars and tread the streets of Dhaka. Stupendous architectural and spiritual sites abound, from temples in Dhamrai to the Buddhist World Heritage site at Paharpur. And you’ll visit lowland waterways and mangroves where the best way to get around is by boat, except when you tiptoe ashore to track tigers on foot.
Bangladesh tiger safari holiday
Cruise the Sunderbans Mangroves and Track Elusive Tigers
From
£1995
8 days
ex flights
Bangladesh small group tour
Its warm embrace will hold you from the moment you arrive.
From
£3395
15 days
ex flights
Bangladesh tour, waterways, wildlife & hill tribes
Riverside life, hill tribes and wildlife in the Sundarbans
From
£3285 to £3399
17 days
ex flights
Bangladesh small group tour, 15 days
- Adventure, serenity, and stories await in Bangladesh
From
£3265
15 days
ex flights
Bangladesh wildlife holiday
Searchthe Sunderbans and rainforests for Tigers and Gibbons
From
£1999
11 days
ex flights
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Bangladesh map & highlights
Our Bangladesh holidays tend to fall into one of two categories: a three-week loop of the whole country or a ten-day trip focussing on a theme. Wildlife tours, for instance, zoom in on the south: the vast mangroves of the Sundarbans (ancestral land of the Bengal tiger) and the Chittagong Hill Tracts (newly accessible valleys recovering from conflict). Longer tours will head into the north, where the city of Sylhet doubles as a base for sighting the endangered species and tea hills of the Srimangal region. Dhaka is a common starting point for most tours – an all-in start to your holiday to Bangladesh. You could also finish your tour with a border hop into India’s West Bengal for Darjeeling and Kolkata.
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Chittagong Hill Tracts
2. Dhaka
3. Sixty Dome Mosque
4. Somapura Mahavihara
5. Srimangal
6. Sundarbans
2. Dhaka
3. Sixty Dome Mosque
4. Somapura Mahavihara
5. Srimangal
6. Sundarbans
Chittagong Hill Tracts
1. Chittagong Hill Tracts
The jungle-painted hills, ravines, lakes and mountains of the Chittagong Hill Tracts were the scene of a 20-year-long war triggered by Bangladeshi independence. These days, hikers know it as one of the most peaceful parts of Bangladesh and home of 15 ethnic minorities. A local guide can take you to the thatched stilt houses in Ruma Bazar, where you can learn about local customs and the Bawm people’s continual struggle for land rights.
Dhaka
2. Dhaka
There are almost 165 million people in Bangladesh – and it feels like they all live in Dhaka, the high-volume capital city. A quick (there’s no other speed here) rickshaw tour of Old Dhaka will whisk you past the rose-pink Ahsan Manzil palace, ornate Star Mosque and Armenian Church and graveyard, before dropping you off amongst the fruitmongers and flower wreath stalls of Shankhari Bazar.
Sixty Dome Mosque
3. Sixty Dome Mosque
The Sixty Dome mosque lies on the edge of the tigerlands of southwest Bangladesh. The dust-red walls and 70 (not 60) domes of this 15th-century mosque are still going strong after over 600 years, earning it a spot on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Arches and cornices decorate its cavernous insides, while palm gardens neatly frame the outside.
Somapura Mahavihara
4. Somapura Mahavihara
Head to the far north of Bangladesh, and you’ll come across one of the biggest Buddhist monuments in Asia: Somapura Mahavihara. Although built as a Buddhist monastery in the 8th century, Hindus and Jains have also studied here, so you’ll see artwork, sculptures, carved tiles and shrines from all three Dharmic beliefs. The design is unique in this part of the world, inspired by the ancient stupas of Indonesia.
Srimangal
5. Srimangal
Capped langurs, hoolock gibbons, Indian muntjacs, Sunda slow lorises – Srimangal is a haven for hundreds of secretive species (and those who like to glimpse them). Sail the Hail Haor wetlands to watch for waterfowl or hike Satchari National Park to seek endangered Phayre’s leaf monkeys. This region is also Bangladesh’s tea capital, surrounded by striped plantation hills and Manipuri tribal villages.
Sundarbans
6. Sundarbans
The Sundarbans is the biggest mangrove forest in the world – a vast delta of islands, creeks, beaches and savannahs at the meeting point of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Megna rivers. It’s also the hunting ground of the elusive Bengal tiger. Boat is the best approach, taking you on larger rivers and small canals for maximum tiger-spotting chances. Wildlife co-stars include saltwater crocodiles and long-nosed Ganges dolphins.
Our Bangladesh holidays reviews
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David Elsey12 Dec 2022
Curiosity now satisfied. Bangladesh is third world but efforts to upgrade is evident road-wise. Sad that the rich heritage is not considered important. However, the people are just great once you get over the shock of being a rarity and having to suffer innumerable selfies ?!? read more
Laurie Montague10 Feb 2020
Excellent. Bangladesh is a beautiful , diverse country, from chaotic Dhaka to the serenity of the Sunderbans , populated by the most friendly people imaginable , curious but polite on meeting foreign tourists, who, are a rarity on this relatively unexplored country.read more
David Musson15 Dec 2019
The range of experiences was vast and many surprises were added to the itinerary.read more
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