Unrivaled Jaflong

Jaflong is one of the most attractive tourist spots in Sylhet division. It's about 60 km far from Sylhet town and takes two hours drive to reach there. Jaflong is also a scenic spot nearby amidst tea gardens and rate beauty of rolling stones from hills. It is situated besides the river Mari in the lap of Hill Khashia.The Mari river is coming from the great Himalayas of India, which bringing million tons of stone boulders with its tide. You can watch the stone collection from the river in Jaflong as well as you can enjoy the boating in the river Mari.

Jaflong is totally a hilly area of real natural beauty where hills are greenish with the forests. Lots of wild animal lives in this forest, so you need to be careful to enter in the forest alone. You can see the lifestyle of Tribe Khashia in Jaflong. If you intend to visit Jaflong it is advisable to start from Sylhet in the early morning so that you can comeback by evening covering the other tourists spots of nearby areas of Jaflong. The other tourist areas nearby Jaflong are Tamabil, Sripur and Jaintapur.

Incredible LalaKhal

Lalakhal, is another top tourist attraction in Jaintia. It's covered with hills, natural forests, tea gardens, and rivers under the Jainta Hill which comprises part of the Meghalaya Ranges of India. Flowing from the Indian part, the river Myntdu enters Lalakhal as the Saree and meets the river Guaiyan after passing Sarighat. Over a stretch of nearly 12 km of the river from Lalakhal to Sarighat, the color of the water stays transparent green in winter due to the minerals flowing with water and the sandy river bed.

Amazing Ratargul

Ratargul Swamp Forest is a freshwater swamp forest located in Gowainghat. It is the only swamp forest located in Bangladesh and one of the few freshwater swamp forest IN THE WORLD. The forest is naturally conserved under the Department of Forestry, Govt. of Bangladesh. Ratargul is situated by the river Goain and linked with the cannel Chengir Khal. Most of the trees growing here are the Millettia pinnate (Koroch tree). The forest goes under 20–30 feet water in the rainy season. Rest of the year the water level is about 10 feet deep.

Ratargul is about 26 kilometers from Sylhet. Tourists mostly go to see the forest in monsoon. Tourists needs to take permission from the forest office to visit the forest. A local boat (troller or dingi) needs to be hired to travel through the forest. There are two haors namely shimul bil haor and neoa bil haor in the south part of the forest.

Evergreen Sreemangal

Sreemangal is situated in Moulvibazar district. It is an Upazila and Its famous for tea garden. Rain all time occurs here. Nature has adorned sreemangal with green tress. Its natural scenery is very charming. It soothes one’s eyes. Birds are twittering always here. More than 90 tea gardens situated in Moulvibazar and most of them are in here. However, only one tea research institute in Bangladesh name is BTRI (Bangladesh Tea Research Institute) is in Sreemangal. The terraced tea gardens, plantations, and evergreen hills of sreemangal are wonderful treats for the tourists.

On the way of Sreemangal by bus you’ll see a statue “cha konna” (daughter of tree) which is stands for welcome you. But if you come in sreemangal by train you’ll miss this statue. When you’ll come near in the tea garden you find the smell of tea leaves. In Sreemangal, You can go “Nilkantha” tea stall near BDR camp here you’ll get seven layers tea which is very uncommon tea in Bangladesh. Don’t forget to visit “Tea museum” in “British karighor” tea resort. Lawasara, Madhabpur Lake is nearest tourist spots near Sreemangal.

Astonishing Madhabkundo

Madhabkunda Waterfall is situated in Barlekha Upazila in Moulvibazar District of Sylhet Division. It the largest waterfalls in Bangladesh. The waterfall is a popular tourist spot in Bangladesh. Big boulders, surrounding forest, and the adjoining streams attract many tourists for picnic parties and day trips.

The 267 hectors Madhabkunda Eco Park (est. 2001) is located at Madhabkunda under Moulvibazar District. This area was declared as Eco Park with a view to conserve the Madhabkunda waterfall and surrounding biodiversity. The Madhabkunda Waterfall is the most attractive site of this Eco Park which is about 83 meters high. A section of ‘Khasia’ tribe lives in the forest villages of this area. They are engaged in some agro-economic activities in the forestland.

Lawachara National Park

This wonderful patch of tropical semi-evergreen forest, around 8km east of Srimangal, provides some lovely forest walks and also your best chance of seeing the endangered hoolock gibbons in the wild. These are the only apes in Bangladesh and there are only around 200 left in the country, some 60 of which live here. Protected as part of the government-run Nishorgo Network, the park now has walking trails as well as knowledgeable eco-guides.

Apart from the hoolocks, a further 19 mammal species have been identified here including capped langur, macaques, the delightful slow loris, orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel and barking deer. There are also some 246 bird species and 20 varieties of orchid.Remember this is a dense forest, so sightings are not guaranteed and are completely contingent on luck. One thing you won’t miss, though, are the enormous orb spiders – black, red and yellow monsters that hang from Spiderman-sized webs between trees and are supposedly completely harmless.