Wildlife and national park, Cox's Bazar
Dulahazara Safari Parkডুলাহাজারা সাফারি পার্ক
- Time needed
- Three hours.
- best months
- Nov–Feb
- Cost
- Entry about ৳50; the safari bus extra.
The country's first safari park, opened in 2001 in the Chakaria forest 45 km north of town: tigers, lions, elephants, deer and bears in large enclosures, and the forest's own wildlife around them.
Plan your visit
- Opening
- Daily, about 9 am to 5 pm.
At a glance
- Opened
- 2001, the first in the country
- Area
- About 900 ha
About
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park, as it is officially named, covers about 900 hectares of the Dulahazara reserve forest on the Chattogram–Cox's Bazar highway. Walkways and a bus run past big fenced ranges for Bengal tigers, lions, elephants, crocodiles, hippos, bears and several deer species, with an aviary and a lake. It is the place to take children in the district, and on holidays it is packed.
The surrounding forest is real: Asian elephants still move through Chakaria, and the park is part of an elephant corridor.
Getting there: Any Chattogram-bound bus from town drops you at Dulahazara, about 1.5 hours; CNG from Chakaria.
Things to do
- Take the safari bus for the tiger and lion ranges.
Good to know
- Avoid public holidays; weekday mornings are calm.
