Day 1 — Dhaka City, Buriganga Sunset & Overnight River Journey

We pick you up in the morning and lead a curated sprint through Dhaka’s greatest hits: Louis Kahn’s Parliament (exterior), Dhakeshwari Temple, Lalbagh Fort, Star Mosque, Armenian Church, and the Pink Palace (Ahsan Manzil). In late afternoon, you drop into the theatre of Sadarghat River Port—horns, porters, ferries—and step onto a wooden row-boat for golden-hour reflections on the Buriganga. As dusk deepens, you board the heritage Rocket (when operating) or a comfortable overnight ferry. You dine in the dining room and fall asleep to the hush of river water sliding past your cabin.

Day 2 — UNESCO Bagerhat & Into Barisal

Wake to riverside villages framed by coconut palms. You disembark at Hularhat and continue to the 15th-century Mosque City of Bagerhat: the vast Sixty Dome Mosque, lakeside Khan Jahan Ali’s Shrine, the Nine-Dome Mosque, and atmospheric ruins that whisper of Khalifabad’s glory days. After a local lunch, you drive through lush countryside to Barisal and settle in for a relaxed evening.

Day 3 — Backwaters I: Floating Markets, Canals & Village Encounters

Rise before dawn and head to Swarupkati (Pirojpur). You board your private country boat with a picnic breakfast as mist lifts from the narrow canals. Depending on the day, you glide into a floating market where farmers bargain from boats piled with produce. You step ashore at land bazaars, sip tea with traders, and watch coconut-fibre yards twist rope the old-fashioned way. This day celebrates slow travel at its best—faces, stories, and river light—before you return to Barisal by mid-afternoon.

Day 4 — Backwaters II: Guava Gardens, Timber Yards & Overnight to Dhaka

You launch another early cruise, this time threading backyard canals to guava orchards (at their lushest Jul–Sep). You call in at a school (when open), then continue to the timber market and riverside sawmills, where men stride logs like tightrope walkers and load them with the tide. In the afternoon, you return to Barisal for a quick freshen-up and an early dinner, then board your overnight ferry (or the Rocket, if schedules allow) bound for Dhaka.

Day 5 — Sonargaon, Panam City & Jamdani Weaving

You dock in Dhaka at dawn and drive straight to Sonargaon. Explore the Folk Arts & Crafts Museum inside Sardar Bari Palace, pause at the pre-Mughal Goaldi Mosque (1519), and walk the unforgettable Panam City—a ghostly boulevard of 50 abandoned merchant mansions. You finish in a Jamdani weaving village, where artisans handloom patterns they memorise. Return to Dhaka with a camera and notebook full of stories.