DURGA PUJA TIME PHOTO TOUR ITINERARY
Day-1: welcoming in Dhaka hotel & street photography.
Day-2: Pilgrim festival photography
the day around Temples and Mandaps for Puja ceremony photo-shoot on Austomi / Kumari puja. In the morning a festival of clearing the arrival of Durga Godess to home, a lot of house wife gather to celebrate this festival.
After having lunch, visit around shakhari Bazar & Ahshan Monzil palace.
Day-3: Pilgrim festival photography
Navami: Photography of morning vegetables market in Kawran Bazar and rest of this day specially from afternoon all the people came to visist different festival grounds, there are customary programs will be held from afternoon to till late evening with lots of colors and festivities.
Day-4 on Doshomi : Pilgrim festival photography
* This day in the morning at the national temple the entire married woman put Vermillion each other forehead like Indian holy festival. .
* In the afternoon thousands of devotes bring the goddess to the river to shank in the water.
* enjoy the old Dhaka chaos in Sadarghat and cross the river to experience the boat building and repairing in shipyards.
* In the evening board into the giant ship for an overnight cruise towards Barisal.
Overnight stay in Riverview or A/C room (basic)
Overnight stay in Mini suites (Standard)
Overnight stay in VIP room with gorgeous lounge (Luxury)
Day-5: BARISAL BACKWATER CRUISE AROUND FLOATING MARKET
Upon arrival Barisal just drive (2hours) to Banaripara from where you will start a backwater cruise. The day amazed you in the rural landscape with laid-back life of farmers. Although all the places can’t be cover but we try as much as possible.
* You will cruise to have a look the peasants laden grains and vegetables by canoe boats in the floating vegetable markets.
* You can explore village education system and woman making crafts.
* You will cruise towards Swarupkathi to see the practice of hard-works in the floating timber market.
* You can explore Manta communities living in the boat isolated from mainland ( Gipsy boat life)
* You can experience floating agricultural Heritage system or Pottery village
* Visit Bagerhat city of Mosque was declared UNESCO status cultural Heritage. We will visit Sixty domes Mosque and Mausoleum of Khan Jahan who was the holy saint and Minister ( Sultans of southern Bengal )
Overnight stay in Grand placid hotel (3-star)
Overnight stay in City inn hotel ( 3-star++ )
Day-6: OTTER FISHING VILLAGE EXPEDITIONS
You will experience generation owned practice of fishing by trained otters and in the afternoon drive back to Dhaka.
* In the morning you can visit Garbage of hill where poor people’s and wildlife both are searching resources and selling to survive their life.
* Microbus drive to Narail for experiencing the fishing with trained otters. We return to Khulna by 14:00 hours for having lunch and continue on a scenic drive towards Dhaka (4hours), In the evening check in hotel.
Overnight stay in hotel studio 23 (3-star hotel)
Overnight stay in Fars hotel & resort (4-star hotel)
Overnight stay in Holiday Inn or Pan Pacific Sonargaon ( 5-star hotel
Day-7 DHAKA PHOTOGRAPHY TOUR
* Kawran Bazar: Dhaka holds largest wholesale vegetables, commodities, chicken and fish market. Visitors can observe the central price outcome and Bazar balance management.
* Amin Bazar: Day labors hard-working practice of load / unload sands / coal from
* visit Chawk Bazar – the largest wholesale market in the city where you found everything you want. The most crowded market place even covered a part of the road by wholesale shop. Here you find all types of Spices.
* Photography of old Dhaka alleys and walk through narrow Street of Shakhari Bazar where Hindu communities all necessaries items are sold out in the shops.
* Dhaka hosts several large slums where sub-standard over populated lifestyle can be visit .
* Dhaka River front at Sadarghat terminal where found several hundred canoe boat laden passengers crossing the rivers plying around gigantic ship.
* Experience the boat building and repairing activities and some ship parts making factories over there southern side of the Buriganga river.
Overnight stay in hotel studio 23 (3-star hotel)
Overnight stay in Fars hotel & resort (4-star hotel)
Overnight stay in Holiday Inn or Pan Pacific Sonargaon ( 5-star hotel)
Day-8 DHAKA – CHITTAGONG DIRECT flight (air) & breaking yard, fish Bazar & factories
* Early in the morning leave the hotel to catch morning flight to Chittagong, Upon arrival photo expeditions in the largest port city of Bangladesh.
* Our guide will soon take you to the country’s largest wholesale sea fish market and photo shoot of fish verities and peoples unique practice of selling
*Experience the health risk workers activities in the Producion of cookware from scrap aluminum in Chittagong raises important health concerns due to exposure some harmful substances like cadmium, lead and arsenic those causes kidney diseases.
* after having lunch drive to sitakunda machinery shops, fisherman village & photography of ship breaking yards with tele-lens for having the better shots while cruising near site of the yards.
Overnight stay in hotel Alina ( 3-star )
Overnight stay in hotel Agrabad ( 4-star)
Overnight stay in hotel Chittagong Peninsula ( 5-star )
Day-9: Bandarban hill-tribes photography expeditions
* After having breakfast, start your drive toward Bandarban. Capture the beautiful hilly terrain of Bandarban hill tracts on the way. Stop the car at any tribal Bazar or village for the photography.
* Check into the resort and stroll around the hill-tribes town and short boat trip on Sangu River to have a look the emerging culture of different ethnic living along the Shangu River. .
* In the evening walk around Bandarban town Bazar.
Overnight stay in Bandarban hillview hotel ( 3-star)
Overnight stay in Bandarban venus resort ( 4-star facilities)
Overnight stay in Bandarban Shairo wilderness resort ( 5-star )
Day-10: Bandarban: Nilachal, Tripura, Bawm & Mru Villages’ expeditions
* After an early breakfast, hike down to the Tripra tribal village to have a look the traditional way of living and photography of their beaded necklace making (countries earliest crafts for trading)
* 1-2 hours’ drive over the hilly road for photography of several ethnic village to have a look the traditional way of different lives! On our way get into the Bawm Village in Faruk Para and souvenir shops at Shailapropat cascading point.
* After having lunch drive back to leave Bandarban for Rangamati hill tribes lake town, we use Kaptai link road for photo shoot of different tribal points along the Kaptai lake.
Overnight in parjatan motel or hotel Taj
Day-11: RANGAMATI – CHITTAGONG – DHAKA by Air
You will visit the lands of Chakma tribes who re predominantly Buddhist are living around isolated islands of the lake. Their traditional customs and ritual always intrigue foreign travelers. The day activities before drive back to Chittagong.
* Early morning sunrise photography over the lake of Rangamati
* Tribal floating market and a cruise on Kaptai lake valley for exploring Island indigenous villages and Bazars.
* Savor delicious bamboo chicken & lake fish in the island restaurant.
* Leave Rangamati for Chittagong airport to catch the last flight towards Dhaka.
Day-12: BANTI BATIK
Photography of row dyeing, printing, sewing, designing over the Batik fabrics. Despite this chemical water impact on environment, many local communities earned a large amount of money.
* we also explore traditional Pit- loom weaving factories & brick fields, transfer to hotel nearby Dhaka airport or nearside of Tongi Ijtema if you visit Bangladesh in the month of January for photo shoots of millions Muslim congregation in the festival mood annual ceremony.
Overnight in hotel grace 21 (3-star)
Overnight in hotel Marino royal (4-star)
Overnight in Hotel Regency ( 5-star)
Day-13: Airport drop to end the tour.
Price Per Person: USD. 1500 ( 3-star hotel )
Price Per Person: USD. 2000 ( 4-star hotel )
Price Per Person: USD. 2500 ( 5-star hotel )
No hidden costs
please book as early as possible at expeditions.bangladesh@gmail.com
Day-13: Airport drop to end the tour.
Price Per Person: USD. 1500 ( 3-star hotel )
Price Per Person: USD. 1800 ( 4-star hotel )
No hidden costs