Thursday, May 15, 2008

Visit Rangamati





Rangamati is the another wonderful tourist place in Bangladesh. Rangamati has plenty of resource for tourists who are interested to spend their free times. Rangamati is located in the Chittagong Division. The total area of the district is 6116.13 sq km. It is bounded by the Tripura state of India on the north, Bandarban District on the south, Mizoram State of India and Chin State of Myanmar on the east, and Khagrachari and Chittagong Districts on the west.
Rangamati is a favorite holiday choice because of its beautiful landscape, scenic beauty, lake, tribal museum, hanging bridge, homespun textile products, ivory jewellery etc. For tourists the attractions of Rangamati are numerous, tribal life, fishing, speed boat cruising, water skiing, hiking, bathing or merely enjoying nature as it is.

The only Tribal Cultural Museum in the Hill Tracts region was established at Rangamati town in 1978 and run by the Tribal Cultural Institute. It preserves valuable objects and articles of different tribes depicting their socio-economic, cultural and historical tradition. These include typical tribal dresses, ornaments, arms and ammunitions, coins, statues made of wood, bronze and other metals, musical instruments, ivory products, handicrafts, paintings on tribal life etc. Open: Saturday- Thursday, 10.00 a.m.- 4.00 p.m. Closed: Friday & Public Holidays. Entry is free.
The Kaptai Lake is a wonderful spot for boating and cruising. Parjatan and private operators offer a number of cruises by mechanical boats. One can go to various scenic spots in Shuvalong, Barkal, Longadu, Mainimukh and other areas by boat from Rangamati.The communication is very good and lots of facilities for tourists are established there.
So, don't miss the opportunity to go there to enjoy the original natural beauties.

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