Barisal District(বরিশাল)

Barisal Tour Places

Kuakata sea beach is the main tourist spot in the division. It is the one of the two sea beaches in South Asia where both sunrise and sunset at sea can be seen. Durga Sagor is another beautiful Dighi where lot of guest birds comes in every winter season.

Kuakata

Locally known as Sagar Kannya (Daughter of the Sea) is a rare scenic beauty spot on the southernmost tip of Bangladesh. Kuakata in Latachapli union under Kalapara Police Station of Patuakhali district is about 30 km in length and 6 km in breadth. It is 70 km from Patuakhali district headquarters and 320 km from Dhaka. At Kuakata excellent combination of the picturesque natural beauty, sandy beach, blue sky, huge expanse of water of the Bay and evergreen forest in really eye-catching.

Kuakata is one of the rarest places which has the unique beauty of offering the full view of the rising and setting of crimson sun in the water of the Bay of Bengal in a calm environment. That perhaps makes Kuakata one of the world's unique beaches. The long and wide beach at Kuakata has a typical natural setting. This sandy beach has gentle slopes into the Bay of Bengal and bathing there is as pleasant as is walking or diving.

Get In : There exists road communication between Dhaka and Patuakhali district headquarters. Accessible by road, water or air transport up to Barisal. Then one may travel by road or water to Kuakata or Patuakhali.

Getting in Kuakata is a 2 phase journey. first one is from DHAKA to BARISHAL. There are lauch & bus service available for this journey. The 2nd phase is to travel from BARISHAL to KUAKATA. There are some bus service available in the Barishal Launch Port. These buses render daily trip to KUAKATA. This trip takes about 5-6 hours due to bad road condition. In this 2nd phase trip there are 5 Ferries.

Horinghata:


Information

Horinghata is a place where you can see deer roaming around. In Horinghata forest sometimes the ROYAL BENGAL TIGER is seen. Horin is a Bengali word for deer. So name itself express why it's called Horinghata. You can go to Horinghata from Borguna District.

Horinghata in Patharghata Upazila with an area of ??387.36 square km and is bordered by Mathbaria bamna upazilas in the north, the Bay of Bengal in the south, and Barguna Sadar Bishkhali River in the east, and upazila sarankhola Haringhata River in the west

Important unions and places:

There are 11 unions in Patharghata upazila. Betmora, Paihanpur, Nanhnapara, Char duani, Kalomegha etc are the important place of Patharghata. Postal code nearly-8720

Travel from Dhaka

There are available bus from Dhaka (Gabtoli and Saydabad) bus station to Patharghata. And You can go by river way on navygation (Sadargath lanch station to pathorhgata) You may have to go Barguna first and then Patharghata.

Historical or Tourist Places:

We are searching for the historical places of Patharghata. Please help us to add some places in Patharghata which states the history.

Hotel Motel:

There are some residential hotel in Patharghata. People from outside Patharghata if come to visit they can use these hostel for live. These hotels are cheap to live.