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Beach, Patuakhali

Kuakata Sea Beachকুয়াকাটা সমুদ্র সৈকত

Time needed
A full day, or two with the chars.
best months
Nov–Feb
Cost
Free; motorbike rides along the beach are paid.

An 18 km beach at the southern tip of the district, the one place in the country where the sun both rises from and sets into the sea in front of you.

Plan your visit

Best time
November to February; dawn and the hour before sunset.

At a glance

Length
About 18 km
Known as
Sagar Kanya

About

Locals call it Sagar Kanya, the daughter of the sea. The beach is wide and flat, with the town and its hotels at the middle and the sand running east towards Gangamati and west towards Lebur Char. The name is said to come from a well (kua) dug by Rakhine settlers who came here for fresh water.

Mornings start early at the eastern end for the sunrise; evenings bring everyone back to the western side. Motorbike riders wait on the sand to take you to either end, and fried fish stalls open at dusk.

Getting there: The beach is at the end of the road into Kuakata town.

Things to do

  • Watch the sunrise from the east and the sunset from the west on the same day.

Good to know

  • Swim only where it is calm and never at dusk; the currents are strong.
  • Fix the motorbike fare before you ride.

Getting there

Read the Patuakhali guide

Nearby

Buddhist vihara and pagodaTuhin · CC BY-SA 4.0

Kuakata Buddhist Temple

1 km, Patuakhali

A Rakhine Buddhist temple in Kuakata with a large Buddha image, close to the old well that gave the town its name.

BeachSaiful121157 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Lebur Char

3 km, Patuakhali

The western end of the Kuakata coast, a mangrove-fringed char where people go for the sunset and a look across the water at the forest.

BeachBhoboghure · CC BY 4.0

Kakra Char

4 km, Patuakhali

A strip of sand beside Lebur Char, at the western end of the beach, named for the little red crabs that cover it and vanish into their holes as you walk.

BeachMadhuree Roy · CC BY-SA 4.0

Gangamatir Char

6 km, Patuakhali

The eastern end of the Kuakata beach, where people gather before dawn to see the sun come up out of the Bay beside a strip of coastal forest.

Forest and mangroveSaiful121157 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Fatrar Char Forest

7 km, Patuakhali

A mangrove forest across the river mouth west of Kuakata, reached by boat: keora and gewa trees, creeks and birds, often called a small Sundarbans.

Forest and mangroveMiraz Al Bashar · CC BY-SA 4.0

Tengragiri Wildlife Sanctuary

8 km, Barguna

A mangrove forest on the sea at Taltali, known locally as Fatrar Ban: the largest mangrove in the country after the Sundarbans, with deer, monkeys and birds.

Location

Kuakata Sea Beach, Patuakhali
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