Old Dhaka Tour: Full Day Dhaka City Tour in New and Old Dhaka

Explore life and sights of chaotic Old Dhaka. Visit the key attractions of Dhaka city, e.g. Lalbagh Fort, Ahsan Manzil, Star Mosque, and Armenian Church. Ride a row boat on river Buriganga and experience the busy activities on both side of the river. Enjoy rickshaw ride in the busy and narrow streets of Old Dhaka for a new experience. Know the people and history of the city in this Old Dhaka tour.

In this Dhaka Tour, we show you most of the popular tourist attractions in New and Old Dhaka, as suggested in Bradt and LonelyPlanet travel guide. If you are visiting Bangladesh for the first time, Old Dhaka Tour is the must tour to take for knowing the heritage, culture, and life of Dhaka city. This is our most popular day tour covering large number of sites and activities, to provide you an authentic experience and taste of Dhaka city, specially Old Dhaka.

Sadarghat River Station

Lalbagh Fort

Tara Masjid (Star Mosque)

Tara Masjid (Star Mosque)

National Assembly Building

Shakhari Bazar (Hindu Street)

Ahsan Manzil (Pink Palace)

Mosque inside Lalbagh Fort

Khan Mohammad Mridha Mosque

Dhakeshwari Temple

Armenian Church

• Visit the key tourist attractions of New and Old Dhaka.
• Explore backstreets of Old Dhaka for an authentic experience.
• Rickshaw ride on the narrow streets of old Dhaka.
• Boat ride on Dhaka’s live and vibrant Buriganga river.
• Taste authentic local food on a local restaurant.

• 08.00 – 08.00 AM: A guide and driver of us will meet you at your hotel/residence to pick you up, and start driving for Old Dhaka immediately.
• 08.30 – 08.45 AM: Visit outside of National Assembly Building (Parliament Building) on the way, which is one of the largest legislative buildings in the world, designed by world famous US architect Louis Kahn.
• 09.10 – 09.30 AM: Visit Dhakeswari Temple – a state owned Hindu temple which is the religious center of the Hindu community in Dhaka. This is also the national Hindu temple in Bangladesh.
• 09.40 – 09.55 AM: Continue driving and visit Khan Mohammed Mridha Mosque – a beautiful mosque from the Mughal period built on a raised platform.
• 10.00 – 10.45 AM: Walk for 05 minutes and visit Lalbagh Fort – a beautiful fort from the Mughal period, a key tourist attraction in Dhaka city.
• 10.45 – 12.15 PM: Take a rickshaw and visit Star Mosque – a beautiful mosque fully decorated with star motifs, and Armenian Church – an orthodox church built by Armenians in Dhaka. Drop at Hindu Street (Shakhari Bazar).
• 12.15 – 12.30 PM: Walk on the Hindu Street (Shankharia Bazar). This is a unique street – the center of Hindu culture and community in Old Dhaka. Old buildings raised in both side of the street, which is full of jewellery shops, local musical instrument shops, Hindu bridal shops, kite shops, cookery shops, temples, rickshaws, and people.
• 12.35 – 01.15 PM: Lunch on a local restaurant with authentic local food.

Excited at Lalbagh Fort

With local kids at Khan Mohammad Mridha Mosque

• 01.15 – 01.45 PM: Take a short rickshaw ride and visit Sadarghat River Station. This is the main river port in Dhaka and one of the largest river stations in South Asia. Passenger ferries leave for southern part of Bangladesh from here to all over the Barisal region.
• 02.00 – 03.00 PM: Enjoy a boat ride on a row boat at Dhaka’s busy Buriganga river. This river is a live and vibrant place full of activities. You’ll see hundreds of row boats crossing people in two sides of the river, small vendors selling goods on their boats, passenger and cargo ferries passing by.
• 03.15 – 04.00 PM: Visit Ahsan Manzil (Pink Palace) – a beautiful and well-maintained palace from the colonial period which was home of the most influential family in Dhaka. This is another most popular tourist place in Dhaka city.
• 04.00 – 04.00 PM: Get into our waiting car and start driving toward your hotel/residence.
• 05.30 – 06.00 PM: Drop at the hotel/residence, say good bye. End of the Old Dhaka Tour.

• 1 Pax Tour: 8,000 BDT / $104 USD
• 2 Pax Group: 5,000 BDT / $65 USD Per Person
• 3 Pax Group: 4,500 BDT / $58 USD Per Person
• 4 Pax Group: 4,000 BDT / $52 USD Per Person

Having tea on a local tea stall

On Khan Mohammad Mridha Mosque

On Lalbagh Fort

Boat ride on Buriganga

Boat ride on Buriganga

• Air-conditioned car and driver.
• English speaking guide.
• All site entrance tickets.
• Lunch on a local restaurant with authentic local food.
• One bottle of drinking water.
• All rickshaw and boat rides.
• All tips except our guide and driver.

• Any food or drinks other than mentioned above.
• Any personal item.

Watch video of the Sadarghat waterfront which you’ll visit on this tour

• You need to wear modest cloths to enter the mosques included on the tour. It is not possible to visit the mosques wearing shorts. Women need to cover hair and arms. Also need to leave your shoes outside while visiting a mosque or a temple.
• Rickshaw ride will not be possible for a group of 05 people or more. We’ll take visiting the sites by car in case of a group of 05 people or more.
• Specialty of Bengali food is they are spicy, which is the main difference with Indian food. Khichuri (made of rice, lentil, and meat) and Biriani (rice and meat cooked specially with added spice) are two of the most famous foods of Old Dhaka – specially Biriani.
• Only on Saturdays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays all of the sites will be open. Ahsan Manzil will be closed on Thursdays and opens after 03.00 pm on Fridays. Lalbagh Fort will be closed on Sundays, and opens after 02.00 pm on Mondays. Rest of the sites are open seven days a week.
• Ahsan Manzil and Lalbagh Fort will be closed on any government holidays. You can visit them from outside though during these days.
• There could be incredible traffic in Dhaka some time when everything stops in every intersection. You could be stopped on the same place for a long time without even moving. Be prepared to walk a lot, and wear shoes accordingly. Traffic is little bit lighter on Fridays and Saturdays mornings, being week-ends (which is also changing in recent years).
• Pick-up time will be 8.30 am during Fridays, Saturdays, and other govt. holidays, as there would be less traffic on the streets during these days, for this Dhaka Tour.
• We’ll require the full payment in advance by credit card to book this tour. Details of our online payment system could be found here: Online payment FAQs.

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