Why this ride
The stops in between: Sundarbans East Sanctuary, Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat and back through Sundarbans East Sanctuary. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary and Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 377 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 30
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
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Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary
The Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest in the world, a vast maze of tidal rivers, creeks and muddy islands where the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers meet the Bay of Bengal. The western sanctuary, in the south west of Bangladesh close to the Indian border, is one of the protected cores of this immense wetland, part of the World Heritage listing shared between Bangladesh and India. It is the home of the Bengal tiger, which has adapted to life in the mangroves, swimming between islands and hunting in the tidal forest, as well as spotted deer, saltwater crocodiles, river dolphins and a remarkable variety of birds.
Read the complete Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary is where the day begins. Next is Sundarbans East Sanctuary.
2. Sundarbans East Sanctuary
The Sundarbans are what happens when the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Meghna spread themselves out into the Bay of Bengal and the land simply gives up trying to be land. This is the largest mangrove forest in the world, shared between Bangladesh and India, and the part here lies in the south-west of Bangladesh, in the Khulna region, a maze of tidal channels, mud banks and islands that rise and fall with the tide. Nothing is solid for long, and there are no roads through the middle of it.
Read the complete Sundarbans East Sanctuary write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sundarbans East Sanctuary comes up about 80 km into the recorded legs. Next is Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat.
3. Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat
Bagerhat is a place that makes you stop and wonder how a city of mosques ended up in the swamps of the Ganges delta. In the fifteenth century, a Muslim general and saint named Khan Jahan Ali came to this region, cleared the forest, dug ponds and roads and built a settlement that he called Khalifatabad. The brick mosques, tombs and bridges he and his followers built still stand, and UNESCO listed the site in 1985.
Read the complete Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 188 km into the recorded legs you reach Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat. Next is back through Sundarbans East Sanctuary.
4. back through Sundarbans East Sanctuary
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sundarbans East Sanctuary write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Sundarbans East Sanctuary, late in the day. Next is Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary.
5. Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary to Sundarbans East Sanctuary
Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary → Sundarbans East Sanctuary is 80 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Sundarbans East Sanctuary to Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat
Sundarbans East Sanctuary → Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat is 108 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat to back through Sundarbans East Sanctuary
Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat → back through Sundarbans East Sanctuary is 108 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Sundarbans East Sanctuary to Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary
back through Sundarbans East Sanctuary → Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary is 80 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.