Lake & River
Beaches, hills, tea gardens and centuries of history. Find your next trip, then book the bus to get there.
- Lake & RiverLakshmipur, ChattogramMajuchowdhury HatLakshmipur’s river port on the Meghna, where ferries leave for Bhola, fishing boats land hilsa, and the wide river turns gold at sunset.
Lake & RiverMunshiganj, DhakaMawaThe Padma riverside at the northern end of the Padma Bridge, famous for its fried-hilsa restaurants and wide views of the great river.
Lake & RiverChattogramMohamaya LakeA lake between forested hills, popular for kayaking.- Lake & RiverFeni, ChattogramMuhuri ProjectA large irrigation dam and sluice gate near the mouth of the Feni river, with a wide reservoir, fishing and, in winter, flocks of migratory birds.
Lake & RiverKishoreganj, DhakaNikli HaorA vast haor that becomes an inland sea in the monsoon, with a long embankment road, village islands and boat rides to the horizon.
Lake & RiverSunamganj, SylhetNiladri LakeA blue-green lake in an old limestone quarry, with the border hills just behind.- Lake & RiverNilphamari, RangpurNilsagarA large, centuries-old dighi near Nilphamari town, wrapped in legend, with tree-lined banks and migratory birds in winter.
- Lake & RiverMymensinghOld Brahmaputra RiversideThe broad, slow river that frames Mymensingh town, with a long riverside park, boats to the sandbanks and the green campus of the Agricultural University downstream.
- Lake & RiverShariatpur, DhakaPadma Bridge, Jajira EndThe southern end of the Padma Bridge, the country’s longest, where the riverbank at Jajira gives wide views of the bridge stretching across the Padma.
Lake & RiverRajshahiPadma riverbankEvening walks along the Padma at T-Badh and Padma Garden, with sunsets over the river.- Lake & RiverDinajpur, RangpurRamsagarA huge eighteenth-century tank dug by Raja Ramnath, now the heart of a shady national park just south of Dinajpur town.
- Lake & RiverKhulnaRupsha RiversideKhulna’s working river: ferry boats, cargo vessels and the long span of the Rupsha Bridge, best at sunset.
Lake & RiverDhakaSadarghatOne of the world's busiest river ports, where launches leave for the south.
Lake & RiverSunamganj, SylhetTanguar HaorA vast protected wetland: stay on a houseboat in the monsoon, watch birds in winter.- Lake & RiverNilphamari, RangpurTeesta BarrageThe great barrage of the Teesta irrigation project, spanning the river between Dalia in Nilphamari and Doani in Lalmonirhat — a wide sweep of river, sandbanks and sky.
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