Unseen Bangladesh
Moulvibazar District · Sylhet Division · হামহাম জলপ্রপাত
Hamham Waterfall travel guide
A waterfall deep in the Rajkandi forest; for adventure lovers.
🗓️ Best time to visitJune–September (more water, but muddy paths)
⏱ How long it takesFull day
💰 Estimated costGuide ৳800–1,500; jeep hire from Sreemangal ৳3,000–4,000
History and background
Deep in the Rajkandi Reserved Forest of Kamalganj, this waterfall came to tourists' notice in 2010 and is thought to be about 135–140 feet high. You reach it by a long trek along streams, through bamboo groves and over hill paths.
How to get to Hamham Waterfall
A 3–4 hour trek with a guide from Kalabon Para, Kamalganj.
Moulvibazar is about 200 km from Dhaka; the journey takes 4–5 hours.
- 🚌 By bus: Sreemangal/Moulvibazar buses from Sayedabad (Hanif, Shyamoli, Ena), non-AC ৳500–650.
- 🚆 By train: Parabat/Joyontika/Upaban from Kamalapur to Sreemangal, fare ৳300–900 (the most comfortable).
Where to stay
- Grand Sultan Tea Resort & Golf (luxury)
- Dusai Resort & Spa
- BTRI/Parjatan tea resort
- Many cottages and guesthouses in Sreemangal (৳1,500–4,000)
What to eat
Nilkantha's seven-layer tea, Khasia paan, hill pineapples
Good to know
- Don't go without a local guide — risk of getting lost
- Bring salt and long socks against leeches
- Start the trek by 8 am to be back before dark
More places to visit in Moulvibazar district
- Lawachara National Park — Evergreen rainforest; hoolock gibbons, monkeys and a railway through the forest.
- Sreemangal's tea gardens — Green tea gardens to the horizon, the Tea Museum and tea workers' life.
- Madhabkunda Waterfall — The country's best-known waterfall, falling from about 200 feet.
- Madhabpur Lake — A lake among tea-garden hillocks, where blue lotuses bloom in summer.
- Baikka Beel — A sanctuary in Hail Haor; a watchtower for winter migratory birds.
- Hakaluki Haor — One of the country's biggest haors; hundreds of thousands of birds in winter.