Why this ride
On the way it passes Sundarbans South Sanctuary, Sundarbans East Sanctuary, Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat and back through Sundarbans East Sanctuary. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
The Sundarbans and Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 407 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 7 h 01
- 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. The Sundarbans
No road reaches this point. The forest is crossed only by water, and any visit here means leaving the motorcycle behind and taking a boat.
Read the complete The Sundarbans write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The Sundarbans is where the day begins. Next is Sundarbans South Sanctuary.
2. Sundarbans South Sanctuary
Down at the very bottom of Bangladesh, where the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers break into countless channels before meeting the Bay of Bengal, lies the largest mangrove forest on Earth. The Sundarbans South Sanctuary is one of three protected wildlife sanctuaries in the Bangladeshi part of the forest, and the whole area is a World Heritage Site. This is a world of water and tide: creeks, rivers and islands thick with sundari trees, from which the forest may take its name, along with gewa, keora and golpata palms, all standing on breathing roots that poke up through the mud.
Read the complete Sundarbans South Sanctuary write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sundarbans South Sanctuary comes up about 39 km into the recorded legs. Next is Sundarbans East Sanctuary.
3. 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
about 95 km into the recorded legs you reach Sundarbans East Sanctuary. Next is Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat.
4. 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
Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat, about halfway. Next is back through Sundarbans East Sanctuary.
5. 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 sits at 271 km, about halfway. Next is back through Sundarbans South Sanctuary.
6. back through Sundarbans South Sanctuary
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sundarbans South 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 South Sanctuary comes up about 369 km into the recorded legs. Next is The Sundarbans.
7. The Sundarbans
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Sundarbans write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The Sundarbans closes the day.
Leg by leg
The Sundarbans to Sundarbans South Sanctuary
The Sundarbans → Sundarbans South Sanctuary is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sundarbans South Sanctuary to Sundarbans East Sanctuary
Sundarbans South Sanctuary → Sundarbans East Sanctuary is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sundarbans East Sanctuary to Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat
Sundarbans East Sanctuary → Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat is 109 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 109 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Sundarbans East Sanctuary to back through Sundarbans South Sanctuary
back through Sundarbans East Sanctuary → back through Sundarbans South Sanctuary is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Sundarbans South Sanctuary to The Sundarbans
back through Sundarbans South Sanctuary → The Sundarbans is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.