Gaibandha, Rangpur
A Brahmaputra ghat east of Gaibandha town, with wide river views, boats to the chars and across to Bahadurabad, and a lively riverside at sunset.
Balasi is one of the ghats where Gaibandha meets the Brahmaputra. For a long time the crossing between the Fulchhari–Balasi side and Bahadurabad in Jamalpur was part of the main route between the north and Dhaka, with trains meeting ferries on either bank. After the Jamuna bridge opened in 1998, most through traffic moved there.
The ghat remains a working river port for boats to the chars and across the Brahmaputra, and it has become a favourite riverside outing for people from Gaibandha town, especially on holiday afternoons.
From the bank you see the Brahmaputra stretching to the horizon, dotted with sandbanks and char villages — a view that explains why the river shapes almost everything in this district.
Hire a CNG or battery auto-rickshaw in Gaibandha town after lunch.
Walk the riverbank and watch the boats come and go from the chars.
If the river is calm, hire a boat with a local boatman for a ride towards the nearest char.
Watch the sun set over the Brahmaputra, then return to town and buy rosmonjuri.
October to March, in the late afternoon; avoid the monsoon floods
A short ride east of Gaibandha town by CNG or battery auto-rickshaw, usually well under an hour; drivers know the ghat.
From the ghat, engine boats carry passengers to the chars and across the river, and small boats can be hired for a short ride. Agree on the route and the return before you set off.
