6 NIGHTS / 7 DAYS BANGLADESHHERITAGE TOUR :
DAY- 1:
BY22/23:00 HOURS ARRIVAL DHAKA.BY MALAYESIAN AIRLINES / SINGAPOREAIRLINES / DRAGON AIR. MEET & WELCOME GUESTS AT ZIA INT'L AIRPORTAND TRANSFER TO HOTEL. OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL.
(Foundedin 1608 as the seat of the imperial Mughal viceroys of Bengal.Known to the world for centuries for its fine silk and Muslin. As the capitalof Bangladeshit has grown into a busy city of trades, business, cultural and sportactivities. Having a happy blending of the old and new architectural trends,Dhaka has been developing fast as a modern city since the independence of Bangladeshin 1971).
DAY- 2 :
MORNING LEAVE DHAKAFOR BOGRA BY ROAD (4 HOURS DRIVE). UPONARRIVAL AT BOGRA TRANSFER TO HOTEL. LUNCH AT HOTEL. AFTER LUNCH VISIT SUMPURAVIHARA AT PAHARPUR ( WORLD HERITAGE SITE ). LATE AFTERNOON BACK BOGRA. DINNER AND O/N AT HOTEL.
BOGRA:
(227 KM from Dhaka by road is Bogra, the nervecentre of northern Bangladesh.Mahasthan Garh the earliest days of documented urban Bangla ( 3 century BC issituated 13 km North of Bogra town. It has been identified with ancient city ofPundranagar,familliar in Maurya, Gupta, Pala and Sena literary and other epigraphicrecords, Buddhist relic-the Vasu-Vihara mound, only 6 km west of Mahastan Garh) .
PAHARPURlies at Rajshahi district, the relies of glorious past of Bengalunder the pala dynasty during the 8th century ad. Excavations at this historicsite exposed to the view the single largest buddhist monastery in the worldhaving a gigantic pyramidal temple with 177 monastic cells and
numerousmotive stupas. The 63 stone images and about 3,000 beautiful terra-cottaplaques depict many buddhist religious and other stories.
DAY- 3 :
FULLDAY EXCURSION TO DINARJPUR.VISIT KANTAJI'S TEMPLE ( OLD TERACOTA
HINDUTEMPLE ).LUNCHAT BPC MOTEL IN DINAJPUR/RANGPUR.ON WAY BACK TO BOGRA VISIT VASU VIHARA ANDMAHASTANGARH.LATE AFTERNOON BACK BOGRA. DINNER AND O/N AT HOTEL.
KANTAJI'STEMPLE is an 18th century brick temple situated about 18 km north ofDinajpur town.Maharaja Prannath began its construction from 1772 AD and wascompleted by his adopted son Maharaja Ramnath in 1752 AD with exquisite mythologicalterra-cotta decoration on its walls.
DAY- 4 :
MORNINGLEAVE BOGRA FOR KHULNA.ENROUTE VISIT OLD HIDU TEMPLES (
GOVINDA TEMPLE, GOPAL TEMPLE, SHIVA TEMPLEETC)& PALACE AT PUTIA AND TOMB OFLALON SHAH AT KUSHTIA ( THE SPIRITUAL MENDICANT AND THE FAMOUS MYSTIC POET OF THE BENGALI LITERATURE ). ENJOYFAMOUS MYSTIC "BOUL" SONGS. LATEAFTERNOON ARRIVAL KHULNAAND TRANSFER TO HOTEL . DINNER & O/N AT HOTEL.
DAY- 5 :
EARLYMORNING LEAVE KHULNA FOR MONGLA ENROUTE VISIT SHAT GOMBUJ(60 DOME) MOSQUE IN BAGERHAT. BY NOON ARRIVAL AT MONGLA AND ON EARLY LUNCH AT BPC MOTEL. ONBOARD MOTOR BOAT FOR DAY EXCURSIONS TO SUNDARBANS(NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE SITE).VISIT KARAMJAL FOREST..ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF THE MANGROVE FOREST OF SUNDARBANS.AFTER SUNSET BACK MONGLA AND PROCEED TO KHULNA(ONE HOUR DRIVE). DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL.
BAGERHAT:
ShatGambuj Mosque ( World Heritage ), Bagerhat : About 30 km away from Khulna Cityis the place Bagerhat. The place was inside the inhospitable Mangrove forest ofthe Sundarbans near the coast of Bay of Bengal.A General, later known to be a saint named Khan Jahan Ali came here from Delhi. He was the earliesttorch-bearer of Islam in the south of Indian Subcontinent. He laid the nucleusof an affluent city at Bagerhat in the mid-fifteenth century, during the reignof Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah (1442-1459).He adorned his city with numerous mosques, tanks, roads and other publicbuildings, the spectacular ruins of which are focused around the most imposingand largest multi-domed mosque in Bangladesh, known as theShat-Gambuj Masjid.
SUNDARBANS:
(Spreadover an area of about 6000 sq km of deltaic swamps along the coastal belt of Khulna district, theSundarbans is the home of Royal Bengal Tigers. The dense, evergreen forests ofthe Sundarbans are criss-crossed by a network of rivers and creeks. Oftenswimming tigers in
riversand basking crocodiles in the sun on riverside can be seen . The Sundarbans isalso the natural habitat of spotted deer, jungle fowls, wild boars, lizards,rhesus monkeys and innumerable varieties of beautiful birds. The Sundarbans isthe largest Mangrove forest in theworld.).
DAY- 6 :
MORNINGLEAVE KHULNA FOR DHAKACROSSING FERY ON THE MIGHTY RIVER PADMA.. LUNCH AT BPC MOTEL AT SAVAR. VISIT MARTYRSMONUMENT AT SAVAR AND DHAMRAI VILLAGE. RICKSAW RIDE IN THE VILLAGE.LATE AFTERNOON ARRIVAL DHAKAAND TRANSFER TO HOTEL. DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL.
DAY– 7 :
MORNINGVISIT SADARGHAT RIVER FRONT, AHSAN MANJIL ( PINK PALACE/CLOSED ON THURSDAY),STAR MOSQUE, LORD CARZON HALL AREA, CENTRAL SHAHID MINAR, NATIONAL MUSEUM(CLOSED ON THURSDAY).LUNCH AT LOCAL RESTAURANT. PM VISIT LALBAG FORT ( CLOSED ON SUNDAY). DHAKESWARI TEMPLE, NATIONAL PARLAMENT HOUSE AREAAND SUVENIR SHOPS. DINNER AT LOCAL RESTAURANT. BY 23:00 HOURS TRANSFER TOAIRPORT FOR FINAL DEPARTURE.