Bandarban
Forest trails, hill villages and the highest ridges in Bangladesh.
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Destinations
Places worth the journey.
Every destination here has a season that suits it and one that does not. We say which is which, then build the trip around the right months.
Inside Bangladesh
Cox's Bazar
The world's longest natural sea beach — 120 unbroken kilometres of sand, and a coastline that still belongs to the fishermen who work it.
Rangamati
Kaptai Lake, forested islands and the quiet waterways of the hill tracts.
Saint Martin's Island
Clear water, coral shores and Bangladesh's only coral island.
Sajek Valley
Cloud mornings, bamboo cottages and the green ridges of the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Sylhet
Tea gardens, wetlands and the stone rivers of northeast Bangladesh.
The Sundarbans
The largest mangrove forest on earth, and the only one with tigers in it. Reached by boat, seen from the water.
Further afield
Bangkok & the Gulf
The most-flown route out of Dhaka, and still the easiest first passport stamp — visa on arrival, four hours in the air.
Delhi & Agra
History, food and the Mughal cities reached in a short flight from Dhaka.
Dubai & the Emirates
The family trip that works in every season, and the easiest long-haul-feeling holiday five hours from Dhaka.
Istanbul
Two continents, old neighbourhoods and a table that never seems to empty.
Kathmandu & Pokhara
Ninety minutes from Dhaka, visa free on arrival, and the Annapurnas visible from a lakeside cafe.
Kuala Lumpur
Street food, rainforest and a modern city framed by the Petronas towers.
Makkah & Madinah
The two holy cities, reached from Dhaka by direct flight to Jeddah or Madinah and travelled between on the Haramain high-speed line.
Maldives
Turquoise water, reef islands and the shortest route from Bangladesh to a true tropical reset.
Mashhad & Qom
The Iranian pilgrimage cities — the shrine of Imam Reza at Mashhad and the seminary city of Qom — flown via Tehran or Mashhad.
Najaf & Karbala
The Iraqi shrine cities, flown into Najaf and travelled by road between the shrines of Imam Ali and Imam Husayn.
Singapore
A compact, clean city of hawker stalls, gardens and architecture.