The Mangrove Forest
Sundarbans is a mangrove area in the delta formed by the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers in the Bay of Bengal. Spread across parts of India and Bangladesh, this forest is the largest Mangrove forest in the world.
In the Early morning we shall start our journey from Rupsha Ghat/Jail Khana Ghat at Khulna. After completion of passenger boarding, we shall start cruising to the south. In a couple of hours, we’ll reach Mongla area which is known as the 2nd sea port of Bangladesh. In next few hours we shall arrive at a forest station to complete formalities and to pick up armed forest guards to remain on board. We’ll visit Harbaria forest station. After that the ship will resume her voyage and arrive at kochikhali.
Shortly after sunrise we shall invite you to explore the narrow creeks abroad a wooden rowboat, allowing a close look at the unique mangrove fauna & flora. After the boat trip we’ll go back to ship for breakfast. Our next destination will be Katka Jamtola Sea Beach. We’ll heading towards katka with the morning high tide and explore after finish area and return yo our vessel for launch. After finish launch, we will visit kotka Office to enjoy it’s beauty. We’ll sail out from kotka at evening high tide to have a BBQ part on board. Vessel will drop anchor at Tambulbuniya at around midnight.
At last day morning we’ll go out for silent boat trip in nearby canal at Tambulbuniya. We’ll start our return journey to khulna at high tide after boat trip in Tambulbuniya. On the way to khulna we’ll visit Karamjol forest station and will arrive Khulna at evening if the weather is fine.
Cost Includes
- Cruise inside the forest.
- Accommodation on our cruiser on twin sharing basis.
- All meals from day-1 to day-3 (Afternoon Snacks).
- All activities in the forest as per itinerary.
- Small country boats to make trips inside the small canal/creeks.
- Mineral water for drinking during the trip.
- Forest fees & permission.
- Armed forest guard from the forest department.
- An accompanied guide during the trip.
Cost Excludes
- Drinks both hard & soft.
- Items of personal nature & items not mentioned above.
- Fees for the video & still cameras of the guest.