Category: haor wetlands tourism

Destinations

Niladri Lake and the Old Quarry Near Tahirpur

The road from Tahirpur bends through low hills, past paddy fields and scattered betel nut groves. The air smells of wet earth and limestone dust. After about twenty minutes, the landscape opens into something unexpected. A vast, turquoise lake sits in the middle of a valley, surrounded by steep white cliffs. This is Niladri Lake. […]
haor wetlands tourism

A Winter Afternoon In Tanguar Haor

The boatman cut the engine near a floating village. Water hyacinth pressed against the hull. A woman stood on a bamboo platform washing rice in a brass bowl. She did not look up. I had come to Tanguar Haor in December. The dry season, locals call it. The water had dropped enough to expose mudbanks […]