Monsoon (June-August) is a challenging time to visit Bangladesh when some lower parts of the country regularly go underwater and sometimes get isolated from the rest of the country. Listed on this page are the tours possible to do safely during monsoon with proper preparation, e.g., having an umbrella, rain-coat, water-proof shoes, quick-dry clothes, zip lock bags, etc., to be protected from the occasional rain, which usually comes for a few hours and goes away.
Dhaka City Tour
Day tour to experience the attractions and activities of the live and vibrant Dhaka City, the capital city of Bangladesh. Visit the key attractions of both the New and Old Dhaka, including the National Assembly Building from the outside, Lalbagh Fort, Ahsan Manzil (Pink Palace), Star Mosque, Armenian Church, and Khan Mohammad Mridha Mosque. Experience the hustle and bustle of Old Dhaka by walking and riding a rickshaw on its narrow backstreets. Enjoy the busy activities of the Sadarghat waterfront on a rowing boat. Have an ultimate experience of the best of what Dhaka City has to offer. The first Dhaka City tour to book for any traveler.
✪ Location: New DhakaOld Dhaka
Sonargaon & Panam City Tour
Day tour from Dhaka to Sonargaon, the old capital of Bengal, during the medieval period, to see its highlights. Visit Panam Nagar, an entirely abandoned city of Hindu cotton merchants from the early 19th century, the main attraction of Sonargaon. Also, visit Sonargaon Folk Arts and Crafts Museum, the newly renovated Boro Sardar Bari – a colonial period mansion, and a school for the children of a lower caste Hindu community. See pre-Mughal architecture Goaldi Mosque and the tomb of a Sultan whose capital was Sonargaon. Have a pleasant boat ride on the mighty river Meghna and experience village life on a sandbank island. A must-doing tour if you are visiting Bangladesh.
✪ Location: Sonargaon
Dhaka Photography Tour
Day tour to some of the best places for photography in Dhaka City. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, with a population of 22 million residents, you’ll find interesting subjects to shoot every moment here. It is one of the best places on earth for street photography. People here willingly pose for photos and don’t ask for money, unlike in other places. In this tour, we’ll take you to some of the most interesting backstreets, bazaars, a train station, river ports, and shipyards in New and Old Dhaka, which are full of activities, and look for the perfect subjects to photograph for a whole day. If you are keen on taking street and portrait photos, this tour is for you.
✪ Location: New DhakaOld Dhaka
Dhaka Architecture Tour
Day tour to visit inside and outside of some of the best architectural buildings in Dhaka City. In this tour, you’ll see two Aga Khan Award for Architecture winning buildings in Bangladesh, the National Assembly Building by the world-famous US architect Louis Kahn and the Bait Ur Rouf Mosque by one of the best modern-day architects in Bangladesh, Marina Tabassum. Also, visit a few other contemporary architectural buildings in Dhaka, designed by some of the best architects in Bangladesh. If you are interested in architecture and want to see some of the best architectural buildings in Bangladesh, this is the tour you should book.
✪ Location: Dhaka
Brass & Pottery Tour
Day trip to Dhamrai in a metal craft workshop where they make amazing statues and cookeries in ancient lost-wax technique, and a Hindu village where they make pottery in the traditional way from many of their generations. Also, visit the National Memorial in Savar on the way back to Dhaka.
✪ Location: Dhamrai
Dhaka (East) Photography Tour
If you love street photography and have two days in hand, this is the first tour you should book. We will take you to the eastern part of new and old Dhaka, and show its numerous back-streets and bazaars in search of some perfect subjects to shoot. You’ll be surprised to see how willingly people pose for you and never ask for money.
✪ Location: New DhakaOld Dhaka
Dhaka (West) Photography Tour
If you love street photography and have two days in hand, this is the second tour you should book. We will take you to the western part of old Dhaka, and show its numerous back-streets, bazaars, and other interesting places for a whole day in search of some perfect subjects to shoot.
✪ Location: Old Dhaka
Srimangal Day Tour
Spend a day visiting Lawachhara National Park, tribal villages, pineapple gardens, and lemon orchards, walking inside the trails through tea plantations, tasting the famous 7 layer tea, and many more. Best tour to experience Srimangal on a single day from Dhaka.
✪ Location: Srimangal
Kantaji Temple Day Tour
Day tour to visit Kantaji Temple, Nayabad Mosque, an award-winning school, and a Santal tribal village located at Dinajpur, starting and ending at Dhaka. Perfect for people who have very limited time and want to experience some amazing sights and attractions of Bangladesh located in the remotest corner of the country on a single day.
✪ Location: Dinajpur
Srimangal Overnight Tour
Srimangal is the epicenter of tea-growing culture and should be included in every traveler’s itinerary during a visit to Bangladesh. With its picturesque scenery and dominant tea culture, it really is one of Bangladesh’s stand-alone destinations. In Srimangal Overnight Tour, we’ll take you to visit the numerous tea plantations, a tribal village, and a tribal handicraft market. You’ll trek through Lawachara National Park in search of the endangered Hollock Gibbons for which it is famous, taste 7 Layers Tea, and much more. Perfect tour to spend a weekend if you are living in Bangladesh!
✪ Location: Srimangal
Srimangal Leisure Tour
Srimangal is the tea capital of Bangladesh. This hilly area, with endless tea plantations and magnificent forests, is one of the country’s most picturesque and enjoyable parts. In the Srimangal Leisure Tour, you’ll walk through the trails in some beautiful tea estates, trek inside Lawachhara National Park in search of endangered hoolock gibbons, visit remote villages of different tribes outside the tourist trails and experience their lifestyles. Also, visit a handicraft market of the Manipuri tribe, and taste the famous 7 Layers Tea of Srimangal. A quick tour to see some highlights of Bangladesh.
✪ Location: Srimangal
Dhaka & Bagerhat Tour
An overnight journey from Dhaka to Barisal/Hularhat on a passenger ferry, including full-day sightseeing at New & Old Dhaka, and visiting 60 Dome Mosque and Kodla Moth at Bagerhat. Greatest opportunity to discover the riverine beauty of Bangladesh in this Dhaka & Bagerhat Tour, recommended by popular travel guides including Bradt and LonelyPlanet.
✪ Location: DhakaBagerhatKhulna
Best of Rajshahi
Visit the top archaeological sites of Bangladesh. Start by visiting the temple village Puthia, continue to the medieval period Kusumba Mosque, 8th-century Somapuri Mahabhihara at Paharpur, a Santhal tribal village, the largest bazaar on north-western Bangladesh, and finish with visiting chars of river Jamuna in Sariakandi. Best tour to experience the life and sights of north-western Bangladesh in the shortest possible time.
✪ Location: PuthiaKusumbaPaharpurSariakandi
Barisal Backwater Tour
Visit Dhaka and Rupganj. Experience life on Ganges Delta in Barisal by exploring its rivers and canals on a country boat and visiting its numerous floating markets, endless guava gardens, timber market, sawmills, brick factories, schools, and villages. Go overland and meet people. It will be a unique and highly photogenic experience full of activities.
✪ Location: Barisal
Backwater & Bagerhat Tour
Experience life and culture on the backwaters of Barisal, the southern division of Bangladesh which is awash with rivers and canals and is the heart of the Ganges Delta, where traveling by boat is the way of life. Visit the UNESCO World Heritage City in Bagerhat, and spend a day exploring the life and sights on megacity Dhaka, one of the most densely populated cities in the world.
✪ Location: BarisalBagerhat
Exploring Rajshahi
Explore the best archaeological sites of Bangladesh. Start by visiting temple village Puthia, continue to the ancient Bengal capital Gaur, medieval period Kusumba Mosque, 8th-century Somapuri Mahabhihara at Paharpur, a Santhal tribal village, the largest bazaar on north-western Bangladesh, and finish with visiting chars of river Jamuna in Sariakandi. Best tour to experience the life and sights of north-western Bangladesh.
✪ Location: RajshahiPuthiaGaudaKusumbaPaharpurSariakandi
Discover Rajshahi
Explore the most impressive archaeological sites of the whole northwest region. You’ll visit an 8th-century Buddhist monastery and a UNESCO world heritage site, gorgeous mosques from the medieval period, it’s finest temples and palaces, and experience lifestyle on a Santhal tribal village and on the river islands on Jamuna. Best tour to explore the north-western region.
✪ Location: RajshahiPuthiaBaghaNatoreGaudaKusumbaPaharpurSariakandiRangpurDinajpur
