River, lake and haor, Chandpur
Boro Station Mohona (Mole Head)বড় স্টেশন মোহনা (মোলহেড)
- Time needed
- An evening.
- best months
- Aug–Feb
- Cost
- Free; boats about ৳200–500 an hour.
The point of land where the Padma, Meghna and Dakatia meet, with the launch ghat and hilsa market behind it: Chandpur's evening promenade and the widest river view in the country.
At a glance
- Rivers
- Padma, Meghna, Dakatia
About
The mole head is a spit built out into the confluence to protect the port, now a paved point with a small park, a monument and benches at the very edge of the water. Three rivers meet in front of it and the far bank is only a line. Launches from Dhaka come round the point into the ghat, fishing boats land hilsa at the Boro Station market a few steps away, and from late afternoon the whole town walks out here.
Boatmen on the ghat take you out onto the confluence for a half hour; the current is fierce, so go with a life jacket and in daylight.
Getting there: At the launch ghat, a short walk or rickshaw from anywhere in the town.
Things to do
- Buy hilsa at the Boro Station market and have a restaurant fry it.
- Sunset from the point.
Good to know
- Never swim here; the eddies at the confluence take lives every year.
