Island

Chhera Dwip

Cox's Bazar

The scatter of tiny islets off the southern tip of Saint Martin's, the last land of Bangladesh: coral rock, keya and a thin strip of sand. Tourist visits are restricted to protect it.

Kutubdia Island

Cox's Bazar

The island upazila off the north of the district: a quiet beach, the old lighthouse, the wind-power masts, salt fields and a slow ferry crossing from Magnama ghat.

Saint Martin's Island

Cox's Bazar

The country's only coral island and its southernmost inhabited land, 9 km off the tip of Teknaf: clear water, coconut palms and keya thickets, open to visitors only from November to mid-March, by ship from Cox's Bazar town.

Sonadia Island

Cox's Bazar

A low island of about 9 km² north-west of town, off Maheshkhali: empty beach, dunes, mangroves, fishing camps and winter shorebirds, with no hotels at all.

Dublar Char

Bagerhat

A fishermen's island at the sea edge of the Sundarbans, a city of drying fish for five months a year, and the site of the Rash Mela, when pilgrims bathe in the sea at the November full moon.

Hatiya Island

Noakhali

The big island in the Meghna estuary, 60 km long, with half a million people, a bazar town at Oskhali, embankments, fishing fleets and the road south to Nijhum Dwip; the stepping stone for the whole trip.

Nijhum Dwip

Noakhali

The "silent island" at the southern tip of Hatiya: a planted mangrove forest on 1970s char land, thousands of spotted deer, a wide beach, winter birds and a sunset over the open sea; a national park since 2001.

Dhal Char

Bhola

One of the remotest inhabited islands in the country, far out in the Bay at the south of Bhola, with forest, beach and a fishing community living on shifting land.

Monpura Island

Bhola

An island upazila in the Meghna, east of Bhola, known for its green fields, open river views, deer in the planted forest and the film that carried its name.