Bangladesh is a stunning land of flaming sunsets, abundant wildlife, historically significant sights and a unique and varied culture. Most of the country’s attractions are largely unknown and rarely feature in the travel media. For example few have heard of the Sundarbans – a natural UNESCO World Heritage site. It is the world’s largest mangrove forest. Sundarbans means ‘beautiful forest’ and is the natural habitat of the world famous Royal Bengal Tiger as well as spotted deer, crocodiles, jungle fowl, wild boar, lizards, rhesus monkey and an innumerable variety of beautiful birds.

The country has a strong Buddhist culture with sites dating back to 3rd century BC, alongside these are rich Hindu and Muslim sites, making a fascinating mix of culture and history.

In the south, can be found Cox’s Bazar, situated on the world’s longest natural sea beach on the Bay of Bengal. In the Bay travellers can visit St Martin's Island known for its stunning coral reef. In the same area it is easy to make a visit to one of the colonial hill stations such Rangamati, in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.

A visit to one of Bangladesh’s 40 different tribal communities is highly recommended and can easily be arranged from the town of Srimangal, located in Sylhet Division. The town is surrounded by lush tea estates and fruit gardens. It is an area of the country where you can get away from the masses and find some solitude and tranquility. It is an ideal area to explore by bicycle, staying at one of the local tea estates. For British visitors travelling in Sylhet you will soon begin to appreciate the close colonial links between the two countries. Many local people emigrated to the UK from this part of Bangladesh. It was these immigrants that opened the ‘Indian’ curry house found on almost every UK high street. You might say Sylhet is the true origin of the famous Indian Curry, now widely accepted as the UK’s national dish.