This Photo expeditions to have a look the peoples expressions in the daily life and festival mood peoples belief system. experience the daily lives of weavers, rivers of life among farmers, sea fisherman and day laborer’s activities during your visit around Dhaka, Tongi Ijtema, Barisal, Narail, Bagerhat, Chittagong, Bandarban hill tracts and Cox’s Bazar.
Photo Highlights:
- Millions Peoples Festivity mood praying in Tongi Ijtema
- Photo shoots of Overloaded Train and Ship
- Spring Festival colorful peoples Photography
- Backwater trip to the floating markets, Agricultural Heritage system and Bede clans boat life !
- Experience the fishing with trained Otters
- Chittagong Hill-tribes Ethnic cultural diversity & hiking
- Sea fisherman way of life and Different fishing boats and Dry fishing activities
- Rohingya Refugee camp
- Chittagong Shipyards Photography
- Traditional Weaving, Batik, row dyeing and processing etc.
- Brick clans, load / unloads of daily laborers.
Photo Tours during Biswa Ijtema Muslim Pilgrimage congregation
Day-1(30.1): check in hotel around Tongi Ijtema.
You will be greeted by me from Dhaka airport and we will check in hotel white Palace ( 3-star rating ). If time permits ( day lights ), we visit some interesting place or discuss the timing and places of interest.
Day-2(31.1): DHAKA & TONGI IJTEMA
Photo shoots at Biswa Ijtema in the morning after having breakfast drive to amin bazar to have a look at the load/ unload sands / bricks coal etc.of day laborers then continue to garbage of hills at Savar. In the evening, we walked around Ijtema fields wearing modern dress ( ladies used veiling). take dinner and stay overnight in white palace hotel.
Day-3(1-2-25): TONGI & TONGI IJTEMA
In the morning there are more activities in Biswa Ijtema Pilgrimage when they cook and gather people showering after having lunch and explore some factories at Tongi.
Day-4( 2-2-25): MILLION PEOPLES PHOTOGRAPHY
The day is for photo shoots of millions of people gathering when they block the roads, alleys, roofs and every corner. Photo shoots of praying and overloaded train photos. In the evening board into the peoples loaded giant ship for an overnight cruise to Barisal.
Overnight in couple deluxe room of giant ship
Day-5(3-2-25): BARISAL BACKWATER TRIP for Photography
Barisal backwater trip to have a look the Bede communities living in the boat, floating market and agricultural heritage system, continue drive to Khulna for night halt.
overnight in city inn hotel
Day-6(4-2-25): EXPERIENCE THE FISHING WITH TRAINED OTTERS & OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO DHAKA
In the morning car drive to experience the fishing with trained otters, drive back to Barisal for an overnight cruise back to Dhaka.
Day-7(5-2-25): DHAKA – CHITTAGONG BY AIR & SHIP BREAKING YARDS
Morning flight to Chittagong, upon arrival drive to visit shipbreaking yards and night halt in Chittagong hotel Alina.
Day-8(6-2-25): CHITTAGONG FISHARI GHAT & BANDARBAN
After an early breaksfast drive to visit Fishari ghat which is the countries largest sea fish market and anchored sea fishing boats then continue on Drive to Bandarban and visit around afternoon tribal Bazar and walk around the shangu river.
check in Hill view deluxe room.
Day-9(7-2-25): BANDARBAN HILL-TRIBES EXPEDITIONS
Early morning walk around and after having early breakfast drive to explore several tribal villages to know the traditional way of living around different altitudes of hills.Explore some other tribal villages around the series of hills on the way to Nilgiri – the top hills of Bandarban. return Bandarban and stop to visit different tribal villages.
check in Hill view hotel deluxe room.
Day- 10( 8-2-25): BANDARBAN – COX’S BAZAR & MARINE DRIVE
In the morning a car drive to Cox’s Bazar ( 3 hours ) after having lunch, we will marine drive to experience the sunset, Burmese market etc.
overnight in sea view room of hotel suite sadaf
Day-11(9-02-25): COX’S BAZAR – ROHINGYA REFUGEE CAMP – MARINE DRIVE
In the morning a car drive towards Ukhiya Rohingya camp to look out for the precariousness of the living conditions of the Rohingya refugees. Late in the afternoon enjoy the sacred landscape amid the hills and World longest isherman beach to shoots of moon shaped fishing boats, dry fish etc.
Day-12(10-02-25): COX’S BAZAR – SONADIA – MOHESKHALI ISLAND
Explore Sonadia Island for sighting the fishing, dry fish and millions of red crabs, salt processing etc. photoshoots of traditional boat building etc.
overnight stay in sea view room of suite sadaf hotel
Day-13(11-02-25): COX’S BAZAR – DHAKA BY AIR
In the morning, enjoy the wholesale sea fish Bazar and fly to Dhaka before afternoon. our car and 1hour car drive to our weaving village, on the way visit Jamdani sharee weaving ( silk + cotton ) fabrics is famous after Muslin along the Sitalakhya river, in the evening check – in our EXPEDITIONS homestay. We can arrange folk musical programs on demand.
overnight in the air-condition room with basic facilities
Day-14 ( 12-02-25): TRADITIONAL WEAVING, WOMAN LADEN WORKS, BRICK FACTORIES – ROW DEYING
Early morning walk around village on the way to morning village Bazar after having breakfast drive to visit traditional weaving factories works under AARONG, the world extinct weaving by hands can be observe there, visit some brick factories after having lunch explore Batik village to have a look the batik fabrics, print, dyeing, processing and drying. continue on to continue on to Dhaka hotel studio 23.
Day-15: ( 13-02-25): DHAKA PHOTOGRAPHY TRIP OR HISTORICAL MONUMENTS
Early morning walk around traditional Kawran Bazar Vegetables and fish markets afterwards wholesale Flower markets of Shahbagh is more photo enthusiast by the Photographers. After having breakfast, A drive to Amin Bazar to have a look at the load / unload by day labourers from the boat and photo shoots at Garbage of hill in Savar.
Day-16: ( 14-02-25): SPRING FESTIVAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Spring Festival is highly celebrated by the young, potes, singers. Thousands of people gathered in the folk cultural programs. This day is marked with colourful celebration and traditionally, women wear yellow saree with flower ornaments and men wear colourful punjabis to celebrate this day.
I will buy a Punjabi and Sharee for your wife to be Bengali on that day. You look at the Festival moods of people around Dhaka and all over Bangladesh.
Day-17 (15-02-25): Check out the room for ending the tour before your flight.
17 days all inclusive private tour
Price per person: USD. 2000 if run by 2 people
Price per person: USD. 1800 if run by 4 people
More Discount for group 6+
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Price Includes:
* Accommodation in the 3-star ting hotel as per itinerary ( You will stay in Dhaka at hotel studio 23 ( we chose the hotel because the Traditional Vegetables and Fish market is just walking distance, You will stay 2 nights in Dhaka at White Palace hotel nearby Tongi Ijtema.
* All food from good condition restaurant during your stay in Bangladesh
* Accompanied guide ( Me ) for the whole trip.
* Permission and entry fees.
* All sight-seeing by private car
* Dhaka – Barisal – Dhaka ( deluxe room ) when both way cruise.
* Cox’s Bazar to Dhaka and Dhaka to Chittagong flight tickets ( air )
* all inclusive costs as per the itinerary.
