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Kalagachhia Eco-tourism Centre

Satkhira

A forest station in the western Sundarbans, a short boat ride from Munshiganj, with a raised walkway through the mangroves: the easiest day trip into the forest.

Forest and mangroveSaiful121157 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Fatrar Char Forest

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 mangroveMahfuzulangkon17 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Kadigarh National Park

Mymensingh

A small national park of 344 hectares of sal forest in Bhaluka, declared in 2010; quiet and little visited.

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Santoshpur Rubber Garden

Mymensingh

A state rubber plantation in Fulbaria's forest country, with a rubber-processing plant inside and monkeys in the trees.

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Lakshmi Baor Swamp Forest

Habiganj

A freshwater swamp forest in the middle of the haor at Baniachong, locally called the Kharti jungle, larger than Ratargul.

Forest and mangroveeee.mostafizur · CC BY-SA 4.0

Satchari National Park

Habiganj

A small hill forest of 243 hectares on the Dhaka–Sylhet highway, named for the seven streams that run through it: the easiest place in the country to hear gibbons.

Forest and mangrovePearlya · CC BY-SA 4.0

Singra National Park

Dinajpur

A patch of sal forest near Birganj, about 300 hectares protected as a national park: quiet trails under tall straight trees.

Forest and mangroveকুমার দীপ · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sundarbans from Khulna

Khulna

The world's largest mangrove forest begins south of the district, in Koyra and Dacope: boat trips from Khulna city reach spots such as Kalabogi and Hiron Point (Nilkamal).

Forest and mangroveSumon Mallick · CC BY-SA 4.0

Ratargul Swamp Forest

Sylhet

A freshwater swamp forest in Gowainghat where the trees stand in water through the rains: you glide between the trunks in a small wooden boat.

Forest and mangroveSalim Khandoker · CC BY-SA 4.0

Bhawal National Park

Gazipur

About 5,000 hectares of sal forest some 40 km north of Dhaka, protected since the 1970s: the easiest real woodland to reach from the capital, with picnic spots, lakes and quiet trails.

Forest and mangroveSiraj Akram Kayes · CC BY-SA 4.0

Kaptai National Park

Rangamati

About 5,500 hectares of old mixed evergreen forest on the hills above the Karnaphuli at Kaptai, a national park since 1999: elephants, gibbons, hornbills, teak planted by the British in 1873, and trails from the Kaptai road.

Forest and mangrovemohammad fahim · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dhangmari

Bagerhat

A forest-edge village and sanctuary just below Mongla where you can paddle the narrow mangrove canals in a wooden boat, in silence.

Forest and mangroveHiroki Ogawa · CC BY 3.0

Harbaria

Bagerhat

The deep-forest day trip: a kilometre of boardwalk ending at a watchtower in the Chandpai range, two hours down the Pasur from Mongla, with a permit and an armed guard.

Forest and mangroveAbu Hasan Mehedi · CC BY 2.0

Lawachara National Park

Moulvibazar

A protected patch of semi-evergreen forest near Sreemangal, about 1,250 hectares, best known for hoolock gibbons and the railway line that cuts through it.

Forest and mangrovePinakpani · CC BY-SA 4.0

Haringhata Forest

Barguna

A mangrove forest in Patharghata on the Haringhata river, with a wooden walkway through the trees and a path on to Laldia beach.

Forest and mangroveMiraz Al Bashar · CC BY-SA 4.0

Tengragiri Wildlife Sanctuary

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.

Forest and mangroveFerdous · CC BY-SA 4.0

Madhupur National Park

Tangail

A sal forest on the red Madhupur tract, declared a national park in 1962, with walking trails, a watchtower, monkeys and Garo villages around its edges.