Monday, August 4, 2014

Cox's bazar Tour



Cox's Bazar:


Cox's Bazar is the prime beach & tourist town of the beautiful country 'Bangladesh, situated alongside the Sea beach of Blue Sea known as Bay-of-Bengal, beside Indian ocean, having un-broken 120 Kilometer golden sand Sea Beach, reachable through motor transport alongside the wavy water . This town is situated in the Chittagong Division in south-eastern Bangladesh, beside 'Myanmar (Burma)'.


Understand:Cox's Bazar sea beach is the longest sea beach in the world, 120 km long, having no 2nd instance. The wavy water of Bay-of-Bengal touches the beach throughout this 120 km.


How to get in there:Daily non-stop flights are available from Chittagong and Dhaka on United Airways or Regent. The journey by plane takes 60 minutes and the fare is BD taka.6000.00 and 3500.00 one way from Dhaka & Chittagong respectively.


By bus it will take about 10-12 hours from Dhaka and 4-5 hours from Chittagong. The private AC Bus line named 'Greenline', 'Soudia', 'Hanif','TR Travels' 'Shamoli' and 'Amader Baghdad' are available from Dhaka and Chittagong.


Attractions:


Attractions for visitors are conch shell market, tribal handicraft, and salt and prawn cultivation.


    Himchari: It is about 32 km south of Cox's Bazar along the beach, a nice place for a picnic and photo-shooting


    Inani Beach: It is about 32 km south of Cox's Bazar and just on the beach, with the sea to the west and a background of steep hills to the east.


    Maheskhali: An island off the coast of Cox's Bazar. It has an area of 268 square kilometers.


    Ramu: This is a typical Buddhist village, about 16 km from Cox's Bazar, on the main road to Chittagong.


    Sonadia Island: It is about seven kilometers from Cox's Bazar and about nine square kilometer in area.


    Teknaf: Southernmost tip of Bangladesh, Teknaf situated on the Naaf River and just at the end of the hilly regions of the district



Buy & Shop:There are lots of shops in the Hotel Motel Zone catering to Bangladeshi & foreign tourists. Things made of sea shells are very popular and also sold by vendors beside the beach, but one may think twice about encouraging the earnings of local poor as against such a non-eco friendly practice.

No comments:

Post a Comment