Nazimgarh offers a multitude of sightseeing and tour activities. These include visits to their own sites at different locations. We have our own boat station on the Sharee river, 25 kms from the Resort. Speed boats (in the summer) and special long shaft shallow draught boats (when river water level is low) takes visitors up the crystal clear blue/ green waters of the Sharee river to Lalakhal.
Lalakhal: This is a beautiful location at the point where the Sharee river enters Bangladesh from the Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya. In the winter dry season, the river bed resembles a white sea beach with crystal clear water. It is ideal for swimming, boating (canoes and kayaks are available) and lying on the beach in the sun. Nazimgarh has its on private riverside camp ground. Next to this is the Resort's private hilltop camp site and observation point. 360 degree panoramic views of the hills (Meghalaya) and valley (Bangladesh) will keep visitors enchanted. For those who like to trek, there are miles of interesting paths among the hills and tea gardens.
In the monsoon Lalakhal takes on a pristine green look. The river is a torrent onto which the clouds (megh) of Meghalaya decent. The sight of the Janta Hills rising from the foothill's green foliage and forests of Lalakhal is indeed an unique experience.
Jaflong: Long a must visit place on the foot of the Khasi Hills, this area has become somewhat polluted through indiscriminate stone quarrying. However, across the Jaflong river lies the quaint Khasi Punjis (villages). Built an stilts, these houses and the people who inhabit them, are of immense interest. The Khasi people are an ancient matriarchal tribe, who are said to have first come to the Indian Sub-Continent some 5000 years ago from parts of what is now central China. Fiercely independent, they kept at bay all invaders including the Afgans, Moghuls and even the British till the 1830. Nazimgarh offers guided visits to the villages and also has its own camp site on the river Piyan over looking the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya.
Pantomai: This is a previously undiscovered green gem being developed by Nazimgarh. Located in the UP of West Jaflong, Nazimgarh's camp is in a bamboo grove amidst the greenery of the village Pantomai. Just across the camp, descending from the Khasi Hills is the giant waterfalls of "Borhill". Though in the State of Meghalaya in India, this waterfall is the largest to be viewed in Bangladesh. The river that flows from it passes Nazimgarh's Camp site and in the Monsoon, it is a sight to see. "Cherrapunji" (said to be the wettest place in the would) is a mere 30 kms as the crow flies, and Pantomai has no lesser rainfall.
Tea Estate and Rain Forests: Just 5 five minutes from Nazimgarh is one of the oldest Tea Garden in the Sub-Continent. Nesting in its centre is a Rain forest that is being developed as a National Park. Visitors can drive, bike or simply hike on the sandy roads that wind through it.
Madhabkunda and Lawachara Rain Forest: Madhabkunda is a new eco-park with a waterfall that is being developed as a tourist site. Lawachara is a Rain forest preserved as a park with walking treks through it. Both are an hour and half from Nazimgarh and guided tours are available for individuals or groups.
Sylhet Town: Sylhet is a very ancient town on the bank of the river Surma. The capital of the old Kingdom of Gaur, it was conquered by the Afgans around in 1303 AD. Hazrat Shah Jalal, along with 360 disciples, arrived at that time and inspired the people to embrace Islam. The famous Muslim traveler Ibne Battuta visited Shah Jalal in 1334 and has told of his travels here. Today Sylhet is the Head Quarters of Sylhet Division. Home to the Shrines of Hazrat Shah Jalal, Hazrat Shah Paran and other numerous saints, it is also a bustling commercial and educational centre with many sights to visit.
Nazimgarh can arrange specific trips to different areas of Sylhet based on the visitors wishes. We also have tours to typical Sylhet villages for visitors to experience how village people live, and to see the origins of the multitudes who now populate many places of the UK and USA and other parts of the world.
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