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Tour Code: MPNBAT – 03

Tour Duration: 6 days & 5 nights

Day-01:
Meet on arrival at Dhaka airport. Transfer to the hotel. Depend on your arrival; if time permits we shall offer you some city sightseeing activities at this day.

Day-02:
We shall pick you at 08:00hrs from your hotel / residence / office. Accompanied guide will show you the Star Mosque, Armenian Church, Ahsan Manjil and Sadarghat River Terminal. Then we shall arrange a short river cruise by country boat on the Buriganga near Shadarghat what is really interesting. Also we shall visit Shakhari Bazaar before lunch. After lunch visit Rickshaw paint and decoration pieces; bit of luck enjoy the assembling of a rickshaw, walk inside Chawk Bazar, continue Lalbagh fort and Dhakeswari temple.

Day- 03:
Depart at 7am for the drive to Rajshahi by reserved Car / Micro Bus / Mini Bus; cross the world’s11th longest (5.01km.) bridge on the river Jamuna. We shall stop at a highway restaurant in Shirajgonj for refreshment and a tea brake. Next we drive 120 km to visit Puthia (city of temples) King's Palace, Jamindar’s Admin and Tax Office, terracotta ornate nine Hindu temples of16th to 19th century.

Afrer lunch continue approx 30 km to Rajshahi. Check in to the hotel. Then visit Barandra Museum in Rajshahi if it is open this day. Also visit one of a silk processing factory and enjoy the Sun set from the bank of the river Padma.

Day-04:
Enjoy a sunrise from bank of the Padma River (this is the Bangladesh part of the Ganges River) also take a boat cruise there if possible. Return to the hotel for breakfast at 08:00.

Afterwards drive to Naogaon. On the way, visit Kusumba Mosque (16th century)

After lunch visit Paharpur Buddhist Monastery in Naogaon. It is the largest single Vihara at the south of Himalaya; also the UNESCO World Heritage site.
It is an extra ordinary structure of 7- 8 century and the finest symbol of Buddhist civilization of ancient Bengal.
Continue drive, approximate 2 hours to Dinajpur. Check in the Parjatan Motel.

Day-05:
Breakfast at 08:00. This morning we visit the most ornate terracotta Kantanagar Temple what is very special one; 20 km from Dinajpur town.

Afterwards, drive to Bogra. On the way to Bogra visit hili land port and the boundary of Bangladesh and India. Lunch at local Restaurant in Jaypurhat with various Bangladeshi dishes.

After lunch drive again to Mahasthangarh, the earliest capital of Bangladesh (formerly known as Pundravardhana). Mahasthangarh is considered to be sacred by Buddhists and Hindus alike.
It is one of the earliest urban archaeological sites so far discovered in Bangladesh. The village Mahasthan in Shibganj Thana of Bogra district contains the remains of an ancient city that was called Pundranagara or Paundravardhanapura in the territory of Pundravardhana. A limestone slab bearing six lines in Pakrit inBrahmi script, discovered in 1931, dates Mahasthangarh to at least the 3rd century BC. The fortified area was in use till the 18th century AD.

We also stop at a village market. Check in to the hotel in Bogra for overnight.

Day-06:
After breakfast here we visit Vashu Bihara and Gokul Med. Then drive back to Dhaka via Jamuna Bridge. After lunch at a high way restaurant; you may brief stop at the bank of the mighty Jamuna River near Jamuna Bridge. We shall stop en-route to visit the hand loom factory for making designed cotton Sharees and the mustard factory for making mustard oil in Tangail. We shall arrive Dhaka in the evening.

If you have flight at night; we shall arrange your airport transfer after dinner.

Or, you have flight at next day; check in to the hotel in Dhaka.

Day-07:
Depend on your flight schedule we shall arrange your airport transfer. Also we can offer you some activities in Dhaka including visit some souvenir shops if you want. Extra cost will applicable for this day.