Forest and mangrove, Rangamati
Kaptai National Parkকাপ্তাই জাতীয় উদ্যান
- Time needed
- Half a day.
- best months
- Nov–Feb
- Cost
- Small entry fee.
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.
At a glance
- Area
- About 5,465 ha
- Park since
- 1999
About
The Kaptai forest holds the first teak plantation in the country and some of the last tall natural forest in the Hill Tracts. The park is cut by the Chattogram–Kaptai road, with the Forest Department's picnic ground, a short nature trail and lookouts on the river side; longer walks need a guide and the forest office's word. Wild elephants cross the road at night. The Kaptai lake and dam are at the park's edge, and the river below has boats to Rangunia.
Getting there: Bus from Chattogram's Bahaddarhat or from Rangamati to Kaptai, about an hour; the park gate is on the road.
Things to do
- Walk the nature trail early for gibbon calls and hornbills.
Good to know
- Do not drive the Kaptai road after dark; elephants.
