Waterfall, Bandarban
Nafakhumনাফাখুম
- Time needed
- Two nights from Bandarban.
- best months
- Aug–Nov
- Cost
- Boat Thanchi–Remakri ৳4,000–6,000 return per boat; guide ৳1,500 a day; beds ৳200–400.
The widest fall in the country by volume, where the Remakri stream drops about 25 feet into a gorge, reached from Thanchi by boat up the Sangu to Remakri and a three-hour walk: the signature trip of the upper Sangu.
Plan your visit
- Best time
- August to November.
At a glance
- Drop
- About 25 ft, very wide
- Route
- Thanchi → boat to Remakri → 2–3 h walk
About
Nafa is the Marma name of a fish that leaps the fall; khum is a pool. From Thanchi bazar, where every visitor registers with the army and takes a guide, boats go up the Sangu through the Tindu rapids and the Raja Pathar stones to Remakri (three to four hours), a Marma village with simple lodgings. From Remakri it is a two-to-three-hour walk along and across the stream to the fall, which pours over a rock lip in a broad sheet, best from August to November. Amiakhum and the Nakshiyang gorge are a further day beyond. Thanchi closes to visitors at times; check in Bandarban first.
Getting there: Bandarban → Thanchi by jeep or bus (3 h) → register, guide → boat to Remakri (3–4 h) → on foot (2–3 h).
Things to do
- Sleep at Remakri, walk to the fall at first light, bathe in the pool below.
Good to know
- The stream crossings are waist-deep after rain; a life jacket on the Sangu boat is not optional. ID copies for Thanchi and Remakri checkposts.
