Day 1 — Overnight Train to the South

Your guide meets you at Dhaka’s lively station — steam rises from tea stalls, vendors weave past with snacks. You step into your AC sleeper, the lights dim, the rails hum; the neon fades to the countryside. You rock south toward Bangladesh’s frontier while the country sleeps.

Day 2 — Chittagong City & the River of Trade

Arrive at dawn, have breakfast, then embrace contrasts: the hush of the Commonwealth War Cemetery, the human tapestry inside the Ethnological Museum, the grit of port roads. Late afternoon, a shampan glides on the Karnaphuli; nets glitter in orange light as the sun sinks into the Bay.

Day 3 — Giants of Steel & Sacred Heights

Travel north to Kumira and board a licensed boat to frame the world’s largest ship-breaking coast — rusting hulls, flying sparks, men dwarfed by steel. Later, you climb Sitakunda’s Chandranath Temple; bells ring, incense curls, and the Bay shimmers below.

Day 4 — Across the Hills to Kaptai Lake

Drive through bamboo groves to Rangamati, gateway to the CHT. On Kaptai Lake, water mirrors hills as you pause at island pagodas and women-run Chakma craft shops. Evening turns the lake purple, and peace comes easily here.

Day 5 — Into Bandarban’s Golden Hills

Visit the Tribal Cultural Centre to sketch the CHT’s rich mosaic, then continue to Bandarban. The hill-top Golden Temple gleams as monks chant; at Nilachol, sunset pours molten gold across layered ridgelines.

Day 6 — Boga Lake & Keokradong Adventure (Optional Summit)

Clear permits early at Ruma Bazar, then follow trails through Marma and Khumi hamlets to sapphire-blue Boga Lake. Rest and share tea with locals—or continue to Keokradong (permit/weather-dependent). Prayer flags flutter and mist-draped hills roll to Myanmar. Choose the summit or savour village life lakeside.

Day 7 — Looms & the Rocky Sangu

Visit the Marma and Mro villages, where women weave on backstrap looms, and elders offer betel nut. In the afternoon, board a country boat on the rocky Sangu River — boulders crest the flow, kingfishers flash, and riverside tribal life unfolds in slow motion.

Day 8 — Markets to the Sea

Start the morning in a bustling tribal market, then follow the road as it unwinds to Cox’s Bazar. By afternoon, you stroll the world’s most extended beach — endless horizon, warm surf, silhouettes at sunset.

Day 9 — Sea Fish Landing & Rohingya Reality (Permit-Dependent)

Before dawn, the Sea Fish Landing Port explodes into action: trawlers unload silver catches, auctions thunder, gulls circle. If day-of permits come through, you visit the Rohingya camps for a sober, respectful encounter with resilience. At sunset, watch Daria Nagar light up with moon-shaped boats glowing against twilight.

Day 10 — Moheshkhali Island & Dry Fish Villages

A private speedboat skips to Moheshkhali, where salt pans stretch, fishermen mend nets and the hilltop Adinath Temple watches over betel gardens. Back on the mainland, walk through a Dry Fish Village, rows of fish curing in the sun — pungent, photogenic, and vital to the coast’s economy.

Day 11 — Farewell to the Southeast

Take one last barefoot walk. After breakfast, transfer to Cox’s Bazar Airport for the short flight to Dhaka. Hills, rivers, and coast stay with you long after your wheels touch down.