bandarban is in chittagong division and located in southeastern bangladesh. it is one the most attractive travel destination in bangladesh for its adventurous characteristics and heavenly scenic beauty. this eventually gets really hard to leave if anyone visits bandarban. the scenic beauty will undoubtedly captivate your soul. bandarban includes the three highest peak of Bangladesh — tahjindong (or Bijoy), mowdok mual (or Saka Haphong) and keokradong. anyone can easily hike through the jungle and hilly rivers to win any of these three god’s creations. there are so many waterfalls hidden through the hills of bandarban would appear in your hiking. the exotic offerings such as foods, tribal handicrafts etc from the tribal people will delight your heart. meanwhile you can easily experience the tribal culture very closely.
shoilo propat waterfalls....
shoilo propat or shoylo propat is at milanchari and 4km from the town on the road to thanchi. this waterfall is a tourist site maintained by bangladesh parjatan corporation. during the rainy season, the water flow becomes really furious. while visiting this water you may want to roam around the small market near this waterfall for handicrafts, handloom products and exotic foods sold by the tribal people.
budha dhatu jadi.......
the buddha dhatu jadi is a theravada buddhist temple also known as the bandarban golden temple. the buddha dhatu jadi is iocated at pulpara 4 kilometer from balaghata town and 10 kilometer from in the remote bandarban hill district, in bangladesh. the bandarban golden temple is the largest theravada buddhist temple with the second largest buddha statue in bangladesh.the buddhist temple is known in local language as kyang. the buddha Dhatu Jadi is regarded as one of the holy site for theravada buddhism followers and buddhist pilgrims. this religion is practiced by the marma or mogh tribal group of the chittagong Hill Tracts, a dominant ethnic group in bandarban. They are of arakan descent and Buddhists by religion.The temple is situated in the hill town of bandarban, which has two of the highest peaks hills, the tajingdong (4,000 feet or 1,200 meters) and the keokaradong (4,632 feet or 1,412 meters) covered with dense forests. sangu river flows through the town. There is a waterfall nearby. The temple is built on top of a (200 feet or 60 meters) high hill. Construction of the temple started in 1995 and was complete in 2000.The Buddha dhatu jadi temple attracts pilgrims and visitors in all over the world. The Buddha dhatu Jadi is a part of the Buddhist circuit Tour promoted by the South Asia Sub regional Economic Cooperation tourism development Project.
there is small pond in the temple named “the Pond of angels” on the top of a hill. traveler or tourist can see a total glance of balaghata and its surrounding natural beauties from here. many festivals are arranged here in every year.
visitors can hire a rickshaw or auto rickshaw from andarban city. It is open from 5 PM to 7PM for the visitors and each visitor is charge 10 taka for entrance. a strict dress code of ‘no shorts and no shoes’ in temple precincts is followed here.
nafakhum...........
nafakhum is one of the most beautiful waterfalls in bangladesh. nafakhum is situated on the wild hilly Sangu river at a remote area called remakri of thanchi upazilla under bandarban hill district in bangladesh. nafakhum is also known as remakri waterfall.
every traveler should have a tour plan to visit this beautiful tourism spot of bandarban at least once and then they will feel to visit that travel spot again and again.