Netrokona, Mymensingh
Low white hills of china clay near the border, where old clay pits have filled with strikingly blue-green water.
Across the Someshwari from Durgapur, the land rises into low hills of white and pale-coloured clay. This is china clay, or kaolin, used for ceramics, and it has been dug here for decades.
Where the clay has been taken out, the pits have filled with rain and groundwater that takes on vivid blue and green colours against the white slopes. The contrast has made Bijoypur one of the most photographed places in the region.
The hills sit close to the border with Meghalaya, with BGB posts nearby, and from the higher ground you can see the Garo Hills rising beyond.
Leave Birishiri early and cross the river.
Take an auto-rickshaw or motorbike through the villages to Bijoypur.
Walk the safe paths around the white slopes and blue-green lakes.
Return across the river for lunch at Durgapur bazar.
November to March, in the morning, when the water colours are clearest and the slopes are dry
Go first to Birishiri and Durgapur (1.5–2 hours from Netrokona town), cross the Someshwari, then take an auto-rickshaw or motorbike to Bijoypur. Ask locally about the crossing in use.
