Karamjal, Bagerhat
Photo: Khurshid Rajib · CC BY-SA 4.0

Bagerhat District · Khulna Division · করমজল

Karamjal travel guide

The easiest way into the Sundarbans; deer and crocodile breeding centre, wooden trail.

🗓️ Best time to visitNovember–March
⏱ How long it takesHalf a day
💰 Estimated costSmall entry fee; reserved trawler from Mongla ৳1,500–2,500

At a glance

Location
On the Pashur River, 8 km from Mongla
Breeding centre
Saltwater crocodiles and Batagur baska turtles
Trail
About 1 km of boardwalk
Time
A day trip (2–3 hours)

History and details

Karamjal is a tourism and wildlife breeding centre of the Sundarbans East Forest Division, on the Pashur River near Mongla Port. For those who can't do a three-day launch tour, it's the easiest way to see the Sundarbans.

A saltwater crocodile breeding centre opened here in 2002; hundreds of hatchlings from the famous crocodiles 'Juliet' and 'Romeo' have been released into the forest. The critically endangered Batagur baska turtle is also bred here. The deer enclosure, monkeys, boardwalk and watch tower let you see into the forest.

Things to do

  • Walk into the forest along the boardwalk
  • See the crocodile and turtle breeding centre
  • See the forest from the watch tower
  • Take a trawler on the Pashur River

How to get to Karamjal

About 1 hour by trawler from Mongla Ghat; easily a day trip.

Bagerhat is about 200 km from Dhaka; the journey takes 4–5 hours.

  • 🚌 By bus: Bagerhat/Mongla buses via the Padma Bridge (Sohag, Dola, Meghna), fare ৳600–800.
  • 🚗 By road: About 1 hour by bus from Khulna.

Where to stay

  • Parjatan Motel Pashur in Mongla

What to eat

Shrimp, Bagerhat coconuts

Good to know

  • The easiest way to see the Sundarbans in a day
  • Don't feed the monkeys — they snatch things from your hands

More to see nearby

  • Mongla Port (8 km)
  • Harbaria (by trawler)
  • Sixty Dome Mosque (45 km)

More places to visit in Bagerhat district

  • Sixty Dome Mosque — Built by Khan Jahan Ali in the 15th century; a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • Shrine of Khan Jahan Ali — Khan Jahan Ali's tomb and Khanjeli Dighi; the pond's crocodiles were famous.
  • Katka and Kachikhali — A beach deep in the Sundarbans, herds of deer and tiger pugmarks.
  • Nine Dome Mosque — A nine-domed mosque from Khan Jahan Ali's time on the bank of Thakur Dighi.

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