Why this ride
The stops in between: Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary, Sundarbans South Sanctuary, Sundarbans East Sanctuary and back through Sundarbans South Sanctuary.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
The Sundarbans and Sundarbans East Sanctuary
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 565 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 9 h 43
- 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 West Wildlife Sanctuary.
2. 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 comes up about 71 km into the recorded legs. Next is Sundarbans South Sanctuary.
3. 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
about 136 km into the recorded legs you reach Sundarbans South Sanctuary. Next is Sundarbans East Sanctuary.
4. 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, about halfway. Next is back through Sundarbans South Sanctuary.
5. 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 sits at 377 km, about halfway. Next is back through Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary.
6. back through 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 through Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary comes up about 494 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 West Wildlife Sanctuary
The Sundarbans → Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary is 71 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary to Sundarbans South Sanctuary
Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary → Sundarbans South Sanctuary is 65 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 146 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sundarbans East Sanctuary to back through Sundarbans South Sanctuary
Sundarbans East Sanctuary → back through Sundarbans South Sanctuary is 146 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Sundarbans South Sanctuary to back through Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary
back through Sundarbans South Sanctuary → back through Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary is 65 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary to The Sundarbans
back through Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary → The Sundarbans is 71 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.