Bangladesh - Sylhet Division (PDF Chapter)
This is the Sylhet Division chapter from Lonely Planet’s Bangladesh guidebook.
Pastoral Sylhet is blessed with glistening rice paddies, the wetland marshes of Ratargul and Sunamganj, the forested nature reserves of Lowacherra, and Srimangal’s rolling hills blanketed in waist-high tea bushes. The area boasts a mind-blowing array of landscapes.
- amble through expansive tea estates and sip on quirky, multicoloured seven-layered tea in Srimangal
- maps
- keep an eye out for rare hoolock gibbons while strolling the walking trails of the lowacherra National Park semi-evergreen forest
- transport
- row a skiff under a canopied forest while exploring the swampy wilderness of Ratargul
- restaurants & accommodation
Coverage includes: Sylhet, Ratargul, Sunamganj and Srimangal & around.

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