Waterfall, Bandarban
Amiakhumআমিয়াখুম
- Time needed
- Three days from Thanchi.
- best months
- Oct–Feb
- Cost
- Guide ৳1,500–2,000 a day; raft ৳100–200; village beds ৳200–300.
The fall and gorge in the Nakshiyang reach of the Sangu beyond Nafakhum, a day further on foot: white water through a slot in black rock, the Satbhaikhum pools below, and the hardest trek the ordinary visitor does in Bangladesh.
Plan your visit
- Best time
- October to February; never in heavy rain.
At a glance
- Route
- Nafakhum → Thuisa para → Amiakhum
- Pools
- Satbhaikhum, by bamboo raft
About
From Nafakhum the trail continues up to Thuisa para, a Marma village where trekkers sleep, then over a ridge and down a near-vertical descent (the "devil's stair") to the Sangu at Amiakhum. The river falls through a narrow rock gorge in a wall of foam; a bamboo raft takes you through the Satbhaikhum pools below it, between cliffs. Velakhum is a little further. It is two or three days from Thanchi with a guide, registration at every village, and the understanding that the route closes whenever the army says so.
Getting there: On foot from Nafakhum via Thuisa para, about 5–6 hours; everything from Thanchi with a registered guide.
Things to do
- Raft through Satbhaikhum at midday when the sun reaches the gorge floor.
Good to know
- Only for the fit and with an experienced guide; the descent and the stream crossings have killed people.
