Thursday, July 30, 2009

Kuakata


Location and accessibility

Kuakata is located at the southern most tip of the country facing the Bay of Bengal, in the sea-queen district of Patuakhali. It is situated about 71 km south of the Patuakhali District. It is accessible by road , water or air transport from Dhaka upto Barisal. Then one may travel by road or water to Kuakata. The beach is about 18 km long and 3 km width elongated east-westward from where sun-rise and sun-set is visible.

Existing facilities

Latachapli and Tangragiri reserved forests in the Kolapara Thana, Gangamoti reserve and Khajura reserve on the east and western part of the beach respectively are bestowed with natural mangrove species like keora, gewa, baen, kankra, goran, hental, goalpata and numbers of wild animals like wild boar, deer, monkey and different types of birds.

Shima Buddist Tample and Rakhaine culture at Kuakata are the added spots of tourism. This place is a real amusing land for local and foreign nature loving tourists.

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