Sreemangal: The tea capital of Bangladesh.

Sreemangal, the tea capital of Bangladesh, is basically a picturesque hilly area covered with tea estates, large forests, lemon orchards and pineapple gardens. A large portion of the world’s top quality tea is grown here and exported to different countries. For miles around, tea estates from a perennially green mat on the pitched hills. Besides its fame for tea, Sreemangal is famous for its exclusive natural beauty, Haor, forests, fisheries and wildlife, which makes it an important eco-tourism destination for the visitors.

Sreemongal, an upazila under Moulvibazar district with an area of 450.74sq km, is bounded by sadar upazila on the north, Indian Tripura state on the south, Kamalganj upazila on the east and Chunarighat and Bahuball upazilas on the west. It is about 150 km north-east of Dhaka and 75 km south of sylhet. The climate of this area is temperate and cool with clean and crisp air in winter. It is moderately warm in summer but has an annual rainfall of 5000mm, the highest in the country. Most of the tea produced in Bangladesh comes from this area. One can stroll along the tea estates to learn about the process that culminates in one’s morning tea. Large rubber gardens and lakes of Sreemangal install peace and tranquility into this region which attracts visitors.

Choumohona is the centre of Sreemangal town. Here you will find several hotels to stay. Tea resorts are also available there. To avail tea resorts, booking is mandatory and it cost around Tk 5000 for a 3 rooms bunglow. Normal hotel is not bad for a 2 or 3 day stay. You will find there AC an non AC rooms at a cheap rate.

Lowachara Rain Forest is a key attraction to the tourist which is located only 8 kilometres east of Sreemangal bazaar. Lawachara Rain Forst is also known as Lawachara National Park. Over 460 different species of birds, mammals and reptiles exist in the forest.

One can also travel satchari Forest which is located about 60km southwest of Sreemangal. The satchari National Park was formerly known as Telepara Forest Reserve. Though it is less popular than lawachara, Satchari National Park is a tropical forest with a higher diversity of plants and animals compared to Lawachara, and with far less human disturbance.

Besides, there are Haors where plenty of birds- indigenous and migratory- are visible between December and March. Occasional presence of lemon orchards, pineapple gardens and rubber plantation makes it a perfect place to travel.

So have a trip without delay!