Ratargul Swamp Forest is a freshwater swamp forest located in Gowainghat, Sylhet, Bangladesh. It is the only swamp forest located in Bangladesh and one of the few freshwater swamp forest in the world. The forest is naturally conserved under the Department of Forestry, Govt. of Bangladesh.
You can hire a local micro bus from sylhet city, they will take to ratargul.Takes about 60-70 minutes.cost u about 2500-3000 TK.
Ratargul is about 26 kilometres from Sylhet. There is a 30,325 acres wetland in Sylhet range-2 under the forest department and in that wetland Ratargul swamp forest is about 504 acres.[5] It is located in Gowainghat. After reaching Gowainghat, tourists reserve local engine boat namely "traller" to reach forest.[6] There are two haors namely shimul bil haor and neoa bil haor in the south part of the forest.
The evergreen forest[1] is situated by the river Goin and linked with the channel Chengir Khal. Most of the trees growing here are the Millettia pinnata. The forest is submerged under 20–30 feet water in the rainy season. For the rest of the year, the water level is about 10 feet deep.
Hire a small boat and enjoy a little sundarban inside sylhet. The boat trip ensures amazing views inside the forest and takes you to a tower from where u can have a birds eye view of the whole place... can assure the view is amazing
