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3 Days in Chittagong

Bangladesh's commercial capital and most important port city: the Sitakunda ship-breaking yards (where 50% of the world's largest ships are dismantled — the most dramatic industrial landscape in Asia), the Bayazid Bostami shrine and its 450 sacred turtles (the most unique religious site in South Asia), the Chittagong Hill Tracts (Bangladesh's only highland area) and the kala bhuna (the most intensely dry-fried beef dish in South Asia)

📍 Chittagong, Bangladesh 📅 3-day itinerary

Chittagong in 3 days: Patenga Beach (the Bay of Bengal mouth of the Karnaphuli River, the "kattumaram" sampan fishermen), the Bayazid Bostami Sufi shrine (the 450 sacred turtles in the most unusual religious animal sanctuary in South Asia), the old city Anderkilla colonial district (Portuguese fort 1528, Mughal mosque 1666), the Sitakunda ship-breaking yards (the most dramatic heavy industrial landscape in the world — where over 50% of the world's largest ships end their lives), Rangamati and the Chittagong Hill Tracts (the most beautiful and most indigenous-culturally-rich region of Bangladesh), Chakma village visit (500,000 Buddhist Tibeto-Burman people — the most important indigenous minority in Bangladesh) and kala bhuna farewell dinner (the most intensely spiced dry-fried beef — the most important Chittagong culinary signature).

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Also explore Chittagong for:

Patenga Beach at dawn (the Karnaphuli river mouth), Bayazid Bostami shrine (450 sacred turtles), Anderkilla old city & the Batali Hill panoramic viewpoint

Sitakunda ship-breaking yards (the most dramatic industrial site in Asia), Kaptai Lake & Foy's Lake (CHT gateway), Chittagong street food (kala bhuna) & Karnaphuli River evening cruise

Rangamati & Chittagong Hill Tracts (the only highland region of Bangladesh), Chakma village & rajbari, Patiya 17th-century mosque & mezban beef farewell feast

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