Sreemangal: tea gardens, Lawachara and Baikka Beel
Sreemangal, the tea capital: green tea estates, the forest of Lawachara where gibbons call, Madhabpur Lake among the hills and the winter birds of Baikka Beel.
Best season: November – February
- Days: 4
- Distance (km): 500
- Total cost: ৳25,500
- Per person: ৳12,750
Worked out from Dhaka and back, for two people at the middle budget (AC bus, good hotel).
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Day 1
- Dhaka to Moulvibazar (250 km)
Day 2
- Lawachara National Park · Moulvibazar
- Baikka Beel · Moulvibazar
Day 3
- Madhabpur Lake · Moulvibazar
- Sreemangal Tea Gardens · Moulvibazar
Day 4
- Moulvibazar to Dhaka (250 km)
Before you go
- A registered guide at Lawachara makes it far likelier you will see wildlife; keep your voice down.
- Go to Baikka Beel on a winter morning for the migratory birds.
- Tea estates are private land: ask before you photograph the workers.
The distances, times and costs shown are rough figures. Road conditions, the season and prices move them up or down.