South Asia’s rising travel frontier — riverine landscapes, Mughal-era architecture, the world’s largest mangrove forest (Sundarbans), and tea estates that rival Sri Lanka’s. Cheaper than India for hotels and food.
Capital. Mughal-era Lalbagh Fort, rickshaw-painted Old Dhaka, the National Museum, and Bangladesh’s booming food scene.
World’s longest natural sea beach (120 km). Sunset photography, surfing, and the Inani Beach stretch.
UNESCO mangrove forest shared with India. Royal Bengal tiger habitat. Riverboat tours from Khulna.
Tea country in the northeast. Rolling green tea estates, Ratargul swamp forest, and Jaflong on the Indian border.
Hill tracts in the southeast. Tribal cultures, Nilgiri viewpoint, and Boga Lake hikes.
UNESCO site — ruins of the 8th-century Somapura Mahavihara Buddhist monastery, one of South Asia’s great archaeological sites.