Viewpoint and sunset spot, Bandarban
Chimbuk Hillচিম্বুক পাহাড়
- Time needed
- An hour.
- best months
- Nov–Feb
- Cost
- Free.
The 2,500-foot hill on the Thanchi road, 26 km from town, with a rest house and lookout on top and Mro villages on its slopes: the "Darjeeling of Bengal" to an older generation, and the halfway stop to Nilgiri.
At a glance
- Height
- About 2,500 ft
- From town
- 26 km
About
Chimbuk was the viewpoint before Nilgiri was built, and its top still has the district council rest house, a tea stall and a wide view of ridges to the south and the Sangu valley to the west. The road climbs to it in bends past jhum fields; the Mro villages along the way sell fruit at the roadside. At dawn in winter the cloud sits below here too, with fewer people than Nilgiri.
Getting there: On the Thanchi road, about an hour from town by jeep.
Things to do
- Tea at the top and fruit from the Mro stalls on the way.
Good to know
- Stop here on the way back from Nilgiri when the light is lower.
