Day-by-day plans, routes and cost estimates for the best-loved trips. Open any of them in the planner and make it your own.
Cox's Bazar · November – March
The country's best-loved seaside trip: sunset on the main beach at Cox's Bazar, the Marine Drive to the hills of Himchari and the rocky shore of Inani, and the old Buddhist monasteries of Ramu.
Sylhet · July – October
Sylhet in the rains: the shrine of Shah Jalal, the swamp forest of Ratargul by boat, the hill river at Jaflong and the stones and clear water of Bichanakandi. These places are at their best when the water is high.
Moulvibazar · November – February
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.
Sylhet · Moulvibazar · July – October
Sylhet's rivers and swamp forest and Sreemangal's tea gardens and forest in one trip. Sylhet to Sreemangal is a few hours by train or bus.
Bandarban · October – February
Nilgiri above the clouds, the hilltop Buddha Dhatu Jadi (the Golden Temple) and a raft through the narrow gorge of Debotakhum: a first trip to the district of the highest hills.
Khagrachhari · Rangamati · October – February
Alutila Cave and Richhang Waterfall in Khagrachhari, then a jeep up to Sajek Valley, where the clouds lie below the hills at dawn. A night at Sajek gives you the sunrise.
Bagerhat · Khulna · November – February
Two World Heritage Sites in one trip: the Sixty Dome Mosque and Khan Jahan Ali's tomb at Bagerhat, and the mangrove forest of the Sundarbans at Karamjal, with its deer and crocodile breeding centre.
Patuakhali · November – March
At Kuakata, the "daughter of the sea", the sun rises and sets over the same beach. Gangamati Char at dawn, then the Buddhist temple and the Rakhine village at Misripara.
Bogura · Dinajpur · Rajshahi · November – February
From Mahasthangarh, the ancient city of Pundranagar, to the terracotta of Kantajew Temple, the great tank of Ramsagar, the temples of Puthia and the Padma riverside at Rajshahi.
Sunamganj · July – October
A night on a houseboat on Tanguar Haor, wide as a sea in the rains, with the watchtower, the blue water of Niladri Lake and the Jadukata river below Barek Tila.